Photo Competition 2023 - Details & requirements
Thank you for your interest in participating in the photo competition "Snapshots of Explorations" for Bachelor, Master and doctoral students at our faculty! For the second time, we are looking for exciting and aesthetically pleasing photos that creatively and/or innovatively depict your field of study at the Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy, were taken as part of your studies, or have a thematic connection to your studies.
All photos can be submitted until March 24, 2023 - we look forward to your "Snapshots of Explorations"!
Zusätzlich zu den drei Hauptpreisen werden in diesem Jahr zwei Sonderpreise zum Thema "Planetare Gesundheit" für Fotos vergeben, die Bezug auf den Planeten Erde, Nachhaltigkeit und/oder eine gesunde Zukunft für unseren Planeten und die Menschheit haben. Diese beiden Fotos werden von der Jury aus allen Einreichungen ausgewählt; ein Hinweis auf das Thema "Planetary Health" in der Kurzbeschreibung ist optional.
Requirements for valid submission
- Submit your picture using the online form by 10 April 2023 at the latest - including title and short description (max 500 characters); reference to the topic of "Planetary Health" is optional.
- All Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral students of one of the study programmes of SPL28 - Earth Sciences, Meteorology-Geophysics and Astronomy, SPL29 - Geography or DSPL45 - VISESS (as well as doctoral students of other DSPLs, that are part of an FGGA working group) at the University of Vienna who are enrolled in the summer term 2023 are welcome to participate. The photo may also have been taken before that term.
- Please note that the images need a high resolution. The minimum width is 2835 pixels (if available, preferably higher), ideally in landscape format. The focus should be in the centre of the image, as the images can be cropped for presentation (website, poster, ...).
- Please upload a preview with a maximum of 2 MB using the form on the next page and then send the high-resolution image file via FileSender ACONET to snapshots.fgga@univie.ac.at (please send link actively, no automatism! Alternatively please send via wetransfer indicating your u:account e-mail)
Please name the two photo files according to the following examples to avoid confusion:- Surname_First name_short title_preview.jpg/tiff
- Surname_First name_short title_high resolution.jpg/tiff
- A maximum of two photos per person can be submitted (please fill in another form for the second photo).
- Only photos that have been taken by the submitter him*herself will be accepted (the submitter must be the author).
- If other persons are visible (i.e. not from behind or in large groups), written consent is also required from the persons depicted that they also agree to the data processing and, if applicable, publication of the data by the University of Vienna and by the participating student representatives (on websites, in printed materials and in social media). (In the case of minors, the written consent of their legal guardians should generally be obtained before taking a photo).
- Please note that intentional fraud will lead to disqualification from the competition without exception.
- With the submission you accept that the University of Vienna and the participating student representatives reserve the right to publish the images and abstracts on websites of the University of Vienna and the student's representatives, on the Twitter-, LinkedIn and Instagram-Channels of the University of Vienna and in printed materials (folders, posters, postcards, etc.) (right of use). The author of the image will of course be mentioned.