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Did you know? FENS launched a video contest on the occasion of the FENS Forum 2012 in Barcelona. Apply now to this video contest to win great prizes.

FINAL DEADLINE: May 15, 2012

Who can apply:

Open to individual neuroscientists or teams of neuroscientists, who include at least one PhD student or postdoctoral fellow registered to the FENS Forum 2012.

Prizes

Up to eight (8) prizes will be awarded: the top four (4) winners will receive €1,000 each and the other four, €700 each. For videos produced by teams, prizes will be equally divided between the filmmakers.

Winners announcement

Winners will be announced during the 2012 FENS Forum in Barcelona at the EJN Social event (Tuesday July 17, 2012 at 18 h 45, CCIB room 129).

Winning videos will be played during the FENS Forum 2012 and will be featured on the EJN blog, as well as on the FENS social network pages.

Video Contest Rules

At least one of the participants of the video must be a PhD student or postdoctoral fellow registered for the FENS Forum 2012.

Content MUST be related to neuroscience (videos can be funny), including, but not limited to: protocol videos, educational presentations, data presentations, life in the lab…

Videos must be original work and not previously published.

If videos use music or images, they must be rights-free or must have permission from copyright owner.

Videos must be no longer than three (3) minutes in length (excluding credits).

Videos must be in English.

All participants of the videos must sign a release form and winners will have to provide the original copies of these forms.

Submission procedure

To enter your video into the contest, please upload it on YouTube as an unlisted video and send us the link via email:

1. Create a YouTube account if you do not have one
2. Create a channel in your YouTube account
3. Click on Upload menu (top menu)
4. Upload video file
5. Under Privacy, select “Unlisted” and click “Save Changes” at the bottom of the page
6. To view the link to your video, click on the Share tab (i.e. http://youtu.be/xxxxxxx)
7. Send the title of your video, the link of the video, as well as your full name and registration information to britta.morich@fens.org and to editorial.office@ejneurosci.org with the subject “FENS Forum 2012 video competition”.