Life Sciences: contest of popular articles
THE COMPETITION OF SCIENTIFIC AND POPULAR ARTICLES "WORDS OF LIFE"
The organizers of the competition
Biological faculty of Moscow state University named after M. V. Lomonosov
"Science and technology of Russia STRF.ru"
With the support of
The Ministry of education and science of Russia
The Federal Agency for science and innovations
Recently, for biological Sciences and biotechnology has been called a "living system". They occupy a significant amount of modern scientific knowledge, and the results have a direct impact on our lives. It is not surprising that people are more interested in news from the world of life Sciences. The contest aims to identify the best publication in the field.
Participation is open to scholars who wish to try his hand at journalism; experienced promoters; professional journalists and all those interested in living systems. Entries will be evaluated well-known biologists and scientific journalists, and winners will receive cash prizes.
Works are accepted until September 15, 2009, the winners will be announced in October 2009.
Category:
"Golden pen of fundamental science" (in the field of living systems)
Work on fundamental research with a description of the future perspectives of the use and value for society as a whole.
Awards:
I prize – 15 000 rubles.
II prize – 10 000 rubles.
III prize – 5 000 rubles.
"The best coverage of research in biotechnology"
Articles on fundamental and applied research in biotechnology, held in Russia or abroad.
Awards:
I prize – 15 000 rubles.
II prize – 7 000 rubles.
"The best presentation of the scientific staff"
Articles about institutions, laboratories, research groups.
The first prize is 10 000 rubles.
"Portrait of a scientist"
The work of scientists of our time.
The first prize is 10 000 rubles.
"New horizons of living systems"
Articles on applied research and innovation: challenges, prospects and forecast etc.
I prize – 15 000 rubles.
"National recognition"
The winner in each category is determined by a free vote for the work on the website www.strf.ru.
I prize– 15 000 rubles.
The SELECTION criteria FOR the COMPETITION
1. To participate in the contest is open to all comers, regardless of their country of residence.
2. Articles should be submitted in Russian.
3. For the contest are accepted as previously published articles, and original articles written specifically for the contest, or other purposes.
4. The article can be published in printed or electronic publication in the period from 01 January 2008 to 15 September 2009 inclusive.
5. The contest accepts the following article types: popular science articles, interviews, reports, essays.
6. Will not be accepted, books, book chapters, news, short notes, reviews, feuilletons investigation.
7. Articles can be written by the authors.
8. The author may speak under a pseudonym.
9. The jury members are not allowed to participate in the contest.
10. Work is not accepted for the competition, if one of her co – member of the jury.
RULES OF PARTICIPATION
To nominate an article for the contest can: the authors; the editors of the journals where was the publication; head of the scientific organization where the author; the members of the jury.
If You have a series of articles on the contest should provide one publication series, held in the period from 01.01.2008 to 15.09.2009 inclusive.
The author has the right to present several works in various categories.
You cannot submit the same work in several nominations.
Questions about the contest rules, please visit article@strf.ru.
Requirements for the CONTEST articles
1. Plagiarism in competitive articles do not allow it. If the facts of plagiarism will be known to the jury, the job will be removed from the competition at any stage.
2. The article should be presented with the known facts, only truthful the research results of past trials.
3. The article should have references to the sources on which it is possible to determine the accuracy of the presented material. Sources can be: periodicals (magazines, Newspapers, collections of articles, abstracts), literature, education, biographies, essays, etc.
4. Availability of illustrations (photographs, drawings, charts, tables), understanding the material by non-specialists.
KEY DATES
- Acceptance of works for the contest ends September 15, 2009
Manuscripts submitted after the deadline will not be considered and to participate in the competition are not permitted.
Work will be posted on the website www.strf.ru and you will be able to claim victory in the nomination "people's recognition".
- Qualifying round: 6 April to 15 September 2009
During the tour, the members of the jury form a list of works that are eligible to fight for the podium. The list will be published on the website www.strf.ru.
- Final round: Oct 2009
In this tour the jury conduct the selection of winners and distribute prizes.
Submission guidelines
1. Cover letter
The cover letter should indicate the name of the work, if the article was previously published edition, date of publication. In the nominative case needs to be specified about the author (s) in the following sequence: name (in full) or alias, job, position, primary research interests, contact information (address, phone, e-mail).
2. Article
Amount of text: up to 30,000 characters.
Text format: the paper must be submitted in the Russian language in the editor Microsoft word format (*.doc or *.rtf without archiving and encodings). Font – times new Roman, 1.5 spacing.
The title of the article in capital letters without the quotation marks, 14 PT, bold, centered; transfers are not allowed, the period at the end of the string is not set, the underscore is not used.
Author: 12 PT.
Abstract: 12 PT, no more than 600 characters.
Article text:font 12, and indentation
Subheadings:font italic, 14 PT, left aligned.
Illustration:
1) Can be placed inside the text. Illustrations should be numbered consecutively according to the article (not the partitions) and signature. Alphanumeric numbering (1A, 2B) are undesirable.
2) Artworks are sent separately from the text in jpg, tif, pdf (no larger than 200 KB each);
If the article was published, then it can be represented in the form of an electronic copy of a publication in jpg, tif, pdf or html (the file size no more than 1 megabyte). The copy should be visible attributes of publication: publishing, author, title of article, date of publication.
Please send your work in electronic form at: article@strf.ru (mark "For the contest "the Living word")
Jury:
Kirpichnikov M., academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dean of the Biological faculty of Moscow state University named after M. V. Lomonosova – Chairman.
Ananchenko A., assistant to the head of the Federal Agency on science and innovation.
Belyakova G.s., C.b.N., Deputy Dean of the faculty of biology of Moscow state University named after M. V. Lomonosov.
A. Vaganov, Executive editor app "Nezavisimaya Gazeta-science."
Gabibov A., corresponding member of RAS, head of laboratory of Biocatalysis, Institute of Bioorganic chemistry named after M. M. Shemyakin and Y. A. Ovchinnikov Russian Academy of Sciences.
Govorun V., Deputy Director of the Institute of physical-chemical medicine.
Makarenko E., C.b.N., the press Secretary of the faculty of biology of Moscow state University named after M. V. Lomonosov.
Orlova O., scientific reviewer of "Radio Liberty".
Pichugina T., head of the information of the project "Russian nanotechnology".
Sergeev A., coordinator of the scientific Club of journalists, the editor of the magazine "Around the world"
Strelnikov L., editor in chief of the journal "Chemistry and life".
Sychev V., scientific editor of informational projects "Park media".
Shaitan K., Professor, D. SC.m.N., Ph. D., Department of bioengineering, faculty of biology, Moscow state University named after M. V. Lomonosova, member of the Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences on Biophysics.
Shvyadas V., Professor, Deputy Dean for Scientific Work of the Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics of Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Shpagina M., chief editor of information projects "Park-media" and the agency "InformNauka".
CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING WORKS
1. Compliance of the content of the article with the declared nomination.
2. The topicality of the topic.
3. The depth of the study of the material.
4. Focus on reaching a wide audience.
5. Originality of the theme and presentation of the material.
6. Literary skill.
7. Absence of factual and terminological errors.
Submitted works are not reviewed. The jury reserves the right to reject the article or send it for revision if it does not correspond to the subject of the competition, contains unrepresentative scientific material or a large number of spelling and stylistic errors. In case of doubts about the authorship of the submitted works, they are withdrawn from the competition at any stage.
Summing up and awarding prizes
The results of the competition will be announced by the jury in October 2009 at the award ceremony of the contest participants in Moscow. Detailed information will be posted on the website of the publication "Science and Technology of Russia – STRF.ru ".
All competitive works will be published in the publication "Science and Technology of Russia – STRF.ru ". The articles of the winners with the consent of the authors can be published in the printed editions of the company "Park-media".
Additional information about the terms of the contest and its results can be obtained
by phone:
+7 (495) 930 8850, 930 8707
at the address: article@strf.ruon the website www.strf.ru
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
What are living systems?Living systems is a generalizing name for biological sciences and biotechnologies – what is called life sciences abroad.
I am a pensioner (student, electrician, unemployed, etc.). Can I participate in the competition?Any author can participate in the competition "Living Words", regardless of professional affiliation, age, country of residence and other parameters that do not contradict the selection criteria for the competition.
My article is published in Ukrainian, can I participate?To participate in the contest, you must back up the original article with a neat translation into Russian.
What will happen to the winning articles?All competitive works will be published in the publication "Science and Technology of Russia – STRF.ru ".
The articles of the winners with the consent of the authors can be published in the printed editions of the company "Park-media".
I publish in the media under a pseudonym. Do I need to disclose my name to the jury to participate in the competition?The author of the competitive publication is not obliged to disclose his real name.
When does the acceptance of works for the competition end?The works are accepted until September 15, 2009.
Works that came later than this date will not be admitted to the competition.
I have a wonderful publication on the topic of the contest "Living Words", published 2 years ago. Can I send her to the contest?You can't.
The contest accepts articles published from 01.01.2008 to 15.09.2009 inclusive.
I didn't find an answer to my question in the Competition Regulations, what should I do?Contact us by phone +7 (495) 930 8850, 930 8707 or el. почте:article@strf.ru
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