Steward Rhind Competition Guidelines

Stewart Rhind Competition Guidelines

Submissions for 2025 are closed but submissions for 2026 are being accepted.

The communication prize should be designed in a delivery style accessible to the educated non-specialist reader and is assessed on delivery style, outreach and impact, relevance to the field and accessibility. This could include graphics, written content, podcasts blogs and / or video to deliver the topic. You could view New Scientist articles, SfE video award (link) or the Nature news/videos for inspiration.

Competition Guidelines

The submission should be:

• About an aspect of reproductive biology and will be assessed on delivery style, outreach and impact, relevance to the field and accessibility.
• Delivered in a style accessible to the educated non-specialist reader.
• Creative and include a combination of written content and: figures/graphics/ animation or video to deliver the topic. You could view New Scientist articles, SoE video award (link) or the Nature news/videos for inspiration. Essay style submissions are discouraged.
• A maximum of two A4 pages.
• If a video is used to support the article, this is suggested to be between one and two minutes long. The video should be in a youtube compatible format, with the following criteria applied: <25MB, MP4 file format, frame size 1920 x1080 m, frame rate: 25 frames / second.
• Entrants must ensure that all figures comply with UK copyright regulations. The judging panel encourages development of own artwork.
• Entries must include the author’s name and institution. It is also a recommendation to provide a twitter handle for networking purposes if used.
• Entries can be submitted from both members and non-members.
• Entries must be submitted via the application form below.
• SRF reserves the right to scan submissions electronically to detect plagiarism for written content.
• SRF reserves the right to withhold the prize in the event that no entry is deemed to be of a sufficiently high standard.
• By submitting, the author agrees to transfer copyright to the SRF and to allow the Society to disseminate the collection in electronic media.

• Entries will be collated and assessed for quality by the SRF education committee and will be published on the SRF education section of the website as a readily available submission if deemed appropriate.
• Submissions can be submitted at any time throughout the year but shall close before the September academic term begins for judging.
• Submissions shall be assessed according to the marking rubric.