Call for Submissions: Lundbeck TBMC Research Award 2024 & TBMC’s Image Competition

1. The Prize will be handed out every year at a TBMC event.

2. The Prize is 2000 euros.

3. The Prize is a personal grant for the first and/or last author of the publication and the affiliation must be Turku Brain & Mind Center.

4. The publication should be of a very high scientific standard (typically JUFO 3 or IF >10, but these metrics are only indicative and the assessment is made by scientific merits regardless of the publication forum).

5. Proposals from the entire Turku Brain & Mind research community will be invited for the award during each spring. As a general rule, each group can submit one proposal.

6. The proposed papers should have been published during the previous year based on the first electronic publication date.

7. The TBMC board does the pre-qualifying and the best candidates are sent to the selected external panel each year. The criteria for selecting the best article for the external panel are:
– How novel and innovative the ideas behind the articles were (i.e., how much we saw them to advance the state-of-the-art).
– The level of methodological rigor and soundness of the articles.
– The potential impact to the research field.

8. The TBMC board makes the final decision on the articles to be submitted for review in accordance with the above principles and resolves cases open to interpretation on a case-by-case basis.

1. Images should be in high-resolution (JPG or PNG format).

2. Images should be original, either captured through neuroimaging techniques (2D or 3D images, 3D brain reconstruction, etc..) or creatively rendered representations of the brain with artistic touch. Microscopic images and AI-generated images of the brain will not be considered.

3. Images should not be presented or won in other competitions.

4. Participants can submit up to 3 images.

5. Participants can submit an image previously published in a paper if they have the copyrights. However, they need to comply with the legal constraints associated with the original publication.

6. Participants should briefly explain the context, significance, or artistic inspiration behind each image, including the technique used. They should also present a title for each image.

7. Images should not have any labels or text.

8. The competition is open to UTU researchers and students interested/working in brain imaging.

9. Images will be judged by an external panel (outside UTU) based on creativity, visual impact, scientific relevance, and overall artistic aspects.

10. All images will be published on TBMC’s website, and the winning one will be featured on the cover of TBMC’s magazine.