Submissions are invited for Science Photography Competition 2023 by India Science Festival. The last date of submission is October 13, 2023.

About India Science Festival

The India Science Festival (ISF) is the flagship annual event of the Foundation for Advancing Science and Technology (FAST India), a non-profit institution of excellence working to enable the transformation of India’s science and technology ecosystem through research and policy, government support, institutional strengthening, corporate sector engagement, and science communication.

Competition Details

Ready to capture the extraordinary science in your everyday adventures? Get your cameras/microscopes/telescopes ready because ISF 2024 is launching an epic imaging/photography (micro/macro) competition that celebrates the marvels of science in the real world.

Science isn’t just for nerdy labs or stuffy classrooms—it’s the key to unlocking a better understanding of the world and solving the problems that challenge us. And guess what? Photography/imaging is here to save the day! It allows us to tell captivating stories about science and simplify mind-boggling ideas that words alone can’t capture.

Best-of-the-best entries will be showcased in a dazzling exhibition at the ISF 2024 at IISER Pune on 20th and 21st January 2024! Your talent will be on display for all to see!

Guidelines

• Images must be recent, preferably taken in 2023 itself.
• Images should be supplied at as high a resolution as possible (for printing up to A1 minimum), suitable for printing in media and an exhibition. Make sure that they are clean, i.e., they contain no text, watermarks, symbols, or borders. Images should be squared, preferably 2000×2000 pixels in JPEG file format. Images should be no smaller than 1 MB and no larger than 10 MB.
• Each participant can submit up to two images. Evaluation will be based on a single image, not a series of images.
• Using processing techniques such as cropping and adjustments to refine exposure or enhance colors, is allowed, as long as it does not involve manipulation such as the addition, removal, or distortion of significant content.
• AI- and software-generated images are not allowed at all in the competition. Entries found to have used AI and/or software for image generation will be disqualified.
• Each image must be accompanied by the name of contributor, the title of the image, and the story behind the image (a brief description of the image which should incorporate the scientific concept/science behind the image, preferably in the form of a story), in not more than 80 words. These details should be submitted in the respective fields in the Google form.

Prizes

Exciting cash prizes will be awarded to the top 3 entries.

• 1st prize: INR 30,000
• 2nd prize: INR 20,000
• 3rd prize: INR 10,000

How to Submit?

Interested participants can submit online via this link.

Submission Deadline

The last date of submission is October 13, 2023.

Contact

Email: indiasciencefestival[at]fast-india[dot]org

FAQs

Click here to view the official notification for Science Photography Competition 2023 by India Science Festival.