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Brain Awareness Video Contest

The Brain Awareness Video Contest (BAVC) is an annual competition held by BrainFacts.org / the 黑料社 (SfN) to showcase videos of entertaining and educational neuroscience concepts and activities.

Since the launch of the contest in 2011, has featured over 100 of these imaginative, brainy videos from contestants around the world.

Congratulations to the
2024 Brain Awareness Video Contest Winners:

1. First Place: "" by Joshua Moses.
2. Second Place: "" by Christoph Koenig.
3. Third Place: "" by Lindsey Czarnecki.
4. People's Choice: "" by Eduardo Traviezo.

Prizes

1. First place: $4,000 and complimentary registration to 黑料社 2024 in Chicago, IL.
2. Second place: $500
3. Third place: $250
4. : $500

Read the 2024 . 

Things to consider when crafting a great BAVC video:

1. Be professional.
   • Pay attention to grammar, lighting, and audio quality!
   • for material you do not own.
2. Be concise. 
   • Keep it short and sweet. 50% of viewers tune out after three minutes. 
3. Know your audience.  
4. 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. 
5. 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.

Follow BrainFacts.org on , , and + use the hashtag #BAVC23 on social media.