Picture This: UNC Research Photo Contest
A competition for awe-inspiring photos based on University research that serves the state
University of North Carolina (UNC) General Administration (www.northcarolina.edu) is pleased to announce a call for entries to the inaugural Picture This: UNC Research Photo Contest. This is an amateur photography competition open to all graduate students currently enrolled at any University of North Carolina campus.
How to Enter
To enter, simply submit the photo entry form (PDF, 65 KB) along with up to three images that demonstrate original research and creative works conducted while pursuing a graduate degree at any UNC campus to photocontest@northcarolina.edu. Please include a caption or description along with your photos.
Rules
Entries will be accepted through May 9, 2014.
Entrants should submit high-resolution images that are the original work of the entrant and created exclusively by the entrant. We recommend submitting photos in JPEG format, 300dpi, 4in x 6in. Identifiable images of research subjects should not be submitted without specific and informed consent.
Entries will be judged on whether the image and description convey knowledge gained through University research to a general public audience in a clear and compelling way and how the research can potentially benefit NC people and communities.
Prizes
Winners will be notified by email and winning photographs displayed during Graduate Education Day at the NC General Assembly, May 21, 2014.
A grand prize and runner-up winner will be selected. Winning graduate students and their photos will be the subject of a feature article on the UNC General Administration homepage.
All photo entries are eligible for rotation in the Picture This: UNC Research webpage.
By submitting the "Picture This: UNC Research Photo Contest Entry Form," entrants grant permission to UNC General Administration (UNC-GA) for a royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual license with respect to all materials provided, including photos, that are submitted to the contest. Entrants provide permission to UNC-GA, in its sole discretion, to copy, distribute, display, modify, edit, or condense submitted photos and corresponding captions, credits and entrant biographical information. Entrants also grant UNC General Administration permission to use materials submitted as part of this competition in print and web-based projects associated with UNC General Administration. Entrants represent that they have the right to enter into this agreement and that they have such rights and interests in the materials submitted as will lawfully permit entrant to grant all rights set out above.
Entrants acknowledge that UNC-GA and its successors and assigns, shall own all right, title and interest, including copyright, in the Picture This: UNC Research Photo Contest project, including material submitted by entrants and included in the project. However, entrants shall retain copyright and ownership of the original materials submitted.
Entrant further releases and indemnifies UNC-GA from any and all claims for libel, slander, invasion of privacy, invasion of copyright, or any claim based on the use of submitted materials.
For more information, go to: http://www.northcarolina.edu/?q=photocontest
Contest Flyer (PDF, 1.7 MB)