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The Office of the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education hosts an annual Retzky College of Pharmacy (COP) “Images of Research” competition. The purpose of the competition is to assemble a portfolio of the most innovative and creative images to convey the range of research taking place in COP. These images will be used to promote, advance and represent our College both in printed and digital media.
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This competition offers COP trainees the opportunity to submit digital images created over the course of their research and is open to any student enrolled in one of the COP programs or postdoc currently working in the College. Between October 3 and November 18, 2024, students and postdocs are invited to submit up to two images. The images may be of research (technical images generated in the course of the research or to illustrate a research topic) OR of scientists at work (creative images demonstrating how the research is done)
After the submission period ends, everyone in the College will be able to review the submissions and vote for the best image. Prizes will be awarded to the top three entries, max 1 prize per person, in the form of Amazon gift cards.
- 1st Prize: $150 Amazon gift card
- 2nd Prize: $100 Amazon gift card
- 3rd Prize: $50 Amazon gift card
An exhibit of the winning images will be on display on the COP web site, and each image entered will be featured in our “Image of the week” news feature on social media.
All entries will become property of the College and remain in a College of Pharmacy database. They will be used to promote the College and research going on in the College in both printed and digital media.
Competition Guidelines:
- Only two entries per person. To be entered into competition, you do not need to submit 2 images; one is sufficient and 2 is the maximum.
- Submission must be an image that was generated as part of the trainee’s research in COP.
- Entrant(s) must be principal creator(s) of image. Collaborative submissions are allowed.
- Upload your image in either of the following formats: .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .png. Maximum size is 2 MB.
- Provide brief description of each image and/or how it was created. Maximum 150 words.
- For any questions about the competition and technical issues with submission, or if you do not receive e-mail confirmation within 3 days of your submission, please contact lmcquade@uic.edu.
- Entrants are responsible for ensuring that any relevant permission has been sought, that no copyright has been infringed, and that any necessary release forms have been signed.