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The competition is open to UK citizens of all ages. There are three entry categories:
1. Individual entry - over 18
This category is open to anyone over the age of 18. Individuals are asked to enter a single photograph accompanied by a caption of up to 50 words. Together, they should address the question, 'How is science changing us?'.
First prize will be photographic equipment to the value of £1000 and one year's membership to the Royal Photographic Society. There are two runners-up prizes of photographic equipment to the value of £500.
2. Individual entry - under 18
This category is open to anyone under the age of 18. Individuals are asked to enter a single photograph accompanied by a caption of up to 50 words. Together, they should address the question, 'How is science changing us?'.
First prize will be photographic equipment to the value of £1000 and your winning image displayed on www.bbc.co.uk. There are two runners-up prizes of photographic equipment to the value of £500.
3. School entry
Secondary schools are invited to send an entry, of up to seven images, representing the work of a group of up to ten individuals from within a school. Collectively the images must address the question 'How is science changing us?' and entries will be judged as a group. Each image should be accompanied by a caption of up to 50 words.
The group must select one of these images to be their poster image. It should represent the work of the group, in the same way that a poster can be used to represent an exhibition.
Schools can make more than one entry to this competition. First prize will be photographic equipment of the school's choosing to the value of £2000 and a BBC media workshop for the class of the winning group.
Two runners-up schools will receive photographic equipment of their choosing to the value of £1000.
Winning pupils from all schools will win £50 worth of photography equipment.
All categories
Prizes including BBC books, BBC DVDs and backstage tours around BBC Television Centre will be awarded to a selection of the best entrants who do not win first or runners-up prizes, in all categories. Winning entries will be displayed in a national exhibition to be held at the Royal Albert Hall, London, and at science centres around the UK in 2005.
A panel of expert judges drawn from the worlds of science, photography, science communication and the arts will select the winning entries.
The selection criteria include:
- originality
- creativity
- ability to portray an aspect of how biomedical science is changing us
- demonstrable thought behind photographic content and composition.
The closing date for entries is 14 January 2005. Winners will be notified by the end of February 2005 and results will be announced on the BBC Science and Nature and Wellcome Trust websites before 16 March 2005.
1. This competition is open to UK residents only. Overseas entries will not be considered.
2. This competition is not open to employees or contractors of the Wellcome Trust or the BBC, any person directly or indirectly involved in the Wellcome Trust, the BBC, the running of the competition or their direct family members or professional photographers.
3. The same photograph cannot be submitted in more than one category.
4. Entrants under 16 must obtain written permission from a parent or guardian before entering.
5. You must provide the Wellcome Trust and the BBC with your name, address and email address if you wish to enter this competition. The Wellcome Trust and the BBC will only ever use your personal details for the purposes of administering this competition, and will not publish them or provide them to anyone without your permission. If you would like to know more about the BBC's privacy policy, please see the BBC policy section on data protection at www.bbc.co.uk/privacy.
6. Photographs cannot be returned.
7. Entrants submitting digital files using the online entry form or by email should print and keep a copy of the online entry form with all necessary details added.
8. The Wellcome Trust and the BBC do not accept any responsibility for late or lost entries due to the internet or postal service. Proof of posting is not proof of receipt.
9. The Wellcome Trust and the bbc.co.uk/science site editor's decisions are final in every situation and no correspondence will be entered into.
10. The Wellcome Trust and the BBC reserve the right to publicly display all entries and to publish any images to promote the BBC, the Wellcome Trust and/or the photography competition. Copyright will remain with the photographer.
11. It is the entrant's responsibility to ensure that all the necessary permissions are obtained from people featured in a photograph. The Wellcome Trust Medical Photographic Library can also offer advice (Tel: 020 7611 8347).
12. The prize(s) must be taken as stated and cannot be deferred. There will be no cash alternatives.
13. The Wellcome Trust and the BBC reserve the right to cancel this competition at any stage, if deemed necessary in their opinion, and if circumstances arise outside of their control.
14. Prizes unclaimed after 28 days will be deemed to have been forfeited and the Wellcome Trust and BBC reserve the right to offer the prize to another entrant.
15. Entrants will be deemed to have understood the above rules and accepted them and agree to be bound to them when entering the competition.
16. These rules are governed by the laws of England and Wales.
17. This competition is administered by the Wellcome Trust and the BBC.
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