Arctic On Film Contest
Share your research through a creative lens
ArcticNet is thrilled to present an exciting social media contest designed to encourage students to share their research through visual media. We are pleased to announce the “Arctic On Film” contest with the Association for Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) Canada and the ArcticNet Student Association (ASA). This contest entails creating a short video reel depicting your Arctic research which will be submitted and ranked by a group of judges comprised of members from ArcticNet, APECS Canada and the ASA. As science communication efforts become more prevalent in research, we invite students to explore new platforms and tools to share their meaningful research. The goal of “Arctic On Film” Is to communicate using plain language and creative filming, while maintaining the complexity of your research.
Video submissions will be accepted from June 19th -August 25th 2023 via a Google form. The videos will be evaluated based on the criteria listed below. Those selected as winners will be allotted prizes (listed below), will be featured on our social media pages (Instagram, Twitter and Facebook), and will have their videos presented at the banquet taking place during the 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) in Iqaluit.
Video guidelines
- The video should not exceed 2 minutes.
- An unlimited number of participants per video BUT only one prize will be allotted per winning submission.
- No offensive, profane, vulgar language or inappropriate content.
- The video should be filmed in portrait mode, ideally with an aspect ratio between 1.91:1 and 9:16 and submitted as .mp4 or .mpv (to fit on Instagram).
Prizes
1st place – $250, ArcticNet Toque, APECS sweater and pin
2nd place – $150, ArcticNet Toque, APECS pin
3rd place – $100, ArcticNet Toque, APECS pin
Evaluation criteria
- Explanation of project design and methodology
- Research is well explained, the research objective is clearly addressed and understandable to a non-expert
- Explanation of results and conclusions OR the potential research impact
- Results OR impact are clearly explained and understandable to a non-expert
- Technical appeal/creativity and video quality and editing
- Outstanding technical appeal and editing, clear visuals/text/music/narration, video is appropriate and engaging.