Brain Awareness Video Contest
The Brain Awareness Video Contest (BAVC) is an annual competition held by BrainFacts/the 黑料社 (SfN) to showcase videos of entertaining and educational neuroscience concepts and activities.
Since the launch of the contest in 2011, BrainFacts has featured over 100 of these imaginative, brainy videos from contestants around the world.
Entries for the 2025 BAVC are open from March 14, 2025, to June 20, 2025, at 11:59 p.m., PST.
Prizes
1. First place: $4,000 and complimentary registration to 黑料社 2025 in San Diego, CA
2. Second place: $500
3. Third place: $250
4. : $500
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by BrainFacts
- Be professional.
- Pay attention to grammar, lighting, and audio quality.
- for material you do not own.
- Be concise.
- Keep it short and sweet. 50% of viewers tune out after three minutes.
- Know your audience.
- Be entertaining.
- Use humor, a snappy beat, and your creativity.
- Utilize your resources: White board drawings do well, and so do videos shot in the lab or other interesting settings.
- Be unique.
- Create a video that has not been done before.
- Check out from the Brain Awareness Video Contest.
- Think outside the box: Videos about surprising and quirky facts are popular.
- Come up with a catchy title.
- Accurately convey the video's content.
- Lists and questions tend to do well.
- Create a video that has not been done before.
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Watch the 2024 Brain Awareness Video Contest Winners:
- First Place: by Joshua Moses.
- Second Place: by Christoph Koenig.
- Third Place: by Lindsey Czarnecki.
- People's Choice: by Eduardo Traviezo.
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