Nikon Small World Competition 2025 ($3,000 prize) – YOA

Deadline: April 30, 2025

Are you keen about microscopy and images? The Nikon Small World Competition 2025 invites scientists, artists, and lovers worldwide to showcase their gorgeous pictures and movies captured by a lightweight microscope. Celebrate the wonder and complexity of life on the microscopic stage and compete for prestigious prizes.

The Nikon Small World Competition first started in 1975 as a way to acknowledge and applaud the efforts of these concerned with images by the sunshine microscope. Since then, Small World has turn into a number one showcase for photomicrographers from the widest array of scientific disciplines.

Categories

The Nikon Small World is an internationally famend competitors for pictures and movies taken by a lightweight microscope. It options two distinct contests:

• Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition: For nonetheless pictures captured utilizing a lightweight microscope.
• Nikon Small World in Motion Video Competition: For motion pictures or digital time-lapse images taken by a lightweight microscope.

Prizes

Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition

• 1st Prize: $3,000
• 2nd Prize: $2,000
• third Prize: $1,000
• 4th Prize: $800
• fifth Prize: $600
• sixth Prize: $500
• seventh–tenth Prizes: $400 every
• eleventh–twentieth Prizes: $300 every
• Honorable Mentions – USD $200 every

Nikon Small World in Motion Video Competition

• 1st Prize: $3,000
• 2nd Prize: $2,000
• third Prize: $1,000
• 4th Prize: $800
• fifth Prize: $600
• Honorable Mentions – USD $200 every

Eligibility

• Open to anybody with an curiosity in images by the microscope.
• Participants can submit as much as three (3) entries per contest.
• Images and movies should adhere to the competitors pointers.

Guidelines and Restrictions

Photomicrography Competition

• Images have to be submitted in .jpeg, .png, .psd, or .tiff format.
• Images needs to be submitted with the very best high quality with regard to file dimension, bit depth, and backbone.
• Images don’t must be taken with a Nikon-branded microscope.
• AI generated pictures usually are not permitted and Nikon holds the precise to request the unique picture for verification.
• Images have to be taken by Entrant utilizing a lightweight microscope. Images taken with an electron or some other microscope(s) that don’t seize imagery utilizing optical mild expertise usually are not eligible.
• Images should make the most of a microscope goal in all work.
• Macro images just isn’t eligible.
• Images which have received anywhere or recognition beforehand in any lively or ongoing photomicrography competitors, usually are not eligible.
• The Submission have to be within the English language.
• The Submission should not include materials that violates or infringes one other’s rights, together with however not restricted to trademark, privateness, publicity or different mental property rights, or that constitutes copyright infringement.
• The Submission should not disparage Sponsor, Administrator or some other particular person or entity.
• The Submission should not include model names, logos and/or emblems; any URL addresses; and/or the names, addresses, cellphone numbers, e-mail addresses, picture, and/or likenesses of third events.
• The Submission should not include viruses, Trojan horses, worms, bots, spy ware or some other pc code that’s supposed to or does injury, intervene with, and/or surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, information or info.
• The Submission should not include materials that’s inappropriate, indecent, discriminatory, obscene, hateful, tortious, defamatory, slanderous or libelous, or include materials that’s in any other case illegal, in violation of or opposite to any relevant legal guidelines or laws.

Motion Video Competition

• Videos have to be submitted in .mp4, .mpg, .wmv, .avi, or .mov format.
• Videos could not exceed sixty (60) seconds.
• Videos could not embrace using sound and should not embrace any graphics of any sort.
• Videos needs to be submitted with the very best high quality with regard to file dimension, bit depth, and backbone.
• Videos don’t must be taken with a Nikon-branded microscope.
• AI generated movies usually are not permitted and Nikon holds the precise to request the unique video for verification.
• Videos have to be taken by Entrant utilizing a lightweight microscope. Videos taken with an electron or some other microscope(s) that don’t seize imagery utilizing optical mild expertise usually are not eligible.
• Videos should make the most of a microscope goal in all work.
• Macro images just isn’t eligible.
• Videos which have received anywhere or recognition beforehand in any lively or ongoing photomicrography competitors, usually are not eligible.
• The Submission have to be within the English language.
• The Submission should not include materials that violates or infringes one other’s rights, together with however not restricted to trademark, privateness, publicity or different mental property rights, or that constitutes copyright infringement.
• The Submission should not disparage Sponsor, Administrator or some other particular person or entity.
• The Submission should not include model names, logos and/or emblems; any URL addresses; and/or the names, addresses, cellphone numbers, e-mail addresses, picture, and/or likenesses of third events.
• The Submission should not include viruses, Trojan horses, worms, bots, spy ware or some other pc code that’s supposed to or does injury, intervene with, and/or surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, information or info.
• The Submission should not include materials that’s inappropriate, indecent, discriminatory, obscene, hateful, tortious, defamatory, slanderous or libelous, or include materials that’s in any other case illegal, in violation of or opposite to any relevant legal guidelines or laws.

Application

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For extra info, go to Nikon Small World Competition.