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World Town Planning Day Schools Competition

The Royal Town Planning Institute is calling on 7-18 year olds to enter the 2017 World Town Planning Day Schools Competition. Using up to 5 images, entrants need to show how they would make their local place more: Inclusive: Planning for everyone, regardless of age, ability, gender or background. Resilient: Planning for a place that […]

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IOP Early Career Physics Communicator Award 2017

The IOP Physics Communicators Group invites applications from people at the start of their careers in physics who have undertaken activities that support and encourage excellent communication of physics. The deadline for applications is 2 October 2017. Shortlisted applicants will give a presentation demonstrating their physics communication methods at a special event on 24 November […]

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10th annual ‘Dance Your PhD’ contest

Do you wish that more people understood your Ph.D. project? It doesn’t matter if you’re doing that research right now, or you did it years ago: It doesn’t get any easier to explain—unless you dance it out. That’s right. It’s the annual Dance Your Ph.D. contest, sponsored by Science and AAAS. And this year marks […]

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Royal Society of Biology SciComm Awards

Are you a bioscience researcher involved in science communication? The Royal Society of Biology Science Communication Awards have returned for 2017 and this year’s competition is now open for entries. This competition is open to researchers working in any sector of UK biosciences, including universities, institutes and industry. They are intended to reward outreach work carried […]

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SSFX Space Sound Effects Short Film Competition

Space Sound Effects (SSFX) is an online short-film competition for filmmakers to submit up to 15 minute-long entries featuring and inspired by sounds recorded in space by satellites. The SSFX Short-Film Competition is free, open to all, and divided into categories by both age and location: Under 25 (UK) Under 25 (International) 25+ (UK) 25+ […]

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STARTS prize 2017 – call open!

On behalf of the European Commission, Ars Electronica in collaboration with BOZAR and Waag Society issues an open call for entries to a competition that determines the second recipients of STARTS, prestigious and—with two €20,000 prizes—highly endowed awards. Expressly encouraged are innovative projects at the interface of science, technology and art. Science, Technology and Arts […]

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Poetry Competition almost closed!

Verve is Birmingham’s first Festival of Poetry and Spoken Word, coming soon in February 2017 and organised in partnership with Waterstones Birmingham and local publisher the Emma Press. “We believe that Birmingham deserves its own dedicated poetry and spoken word festival, and we hope Verve will help the people of Birmingham and beyond to celebrate […]