The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), through the National Museum of Natural Sciences (MNCN-CSIC) and its Deputy Vice Presidency for Scientific Culture and Citizen Science (VACC-CSIC), and  and the Catalan Association of Science Communication (ACCC) organize the 11th “International Award on Scientific and Nature Illustration ILLUSTRACIENCIA”, an initiative that promotes scientific culture and scientific illustration as well as that encourages the development and knowledge of this discipline, long linked to science and scientific dissemination.

ILLUSTRACIENCIA award joins this year the celebration of the ‘Santiago Ramón y Cajal Year of Research 2022-2025’ (Cajal Year), promoted internationally as an Event of Exceptional Public Interest.

ELIGIBILITY:

This award is open to individuals and teams made up of adults 18 years old or older, regardless of their country of residence. The winners of the previous edition, the organizing committee and the members of the jury are excluded from this call.

. Each participant (single or team) may submit one single work, using the web form at the link www.Illustraciencia.info/participa, indicating personal data and the details of the presented work, as well as the category in which it is registered. In the case of teams, the name and personal data of every member of the team must be indicated.

The work must have been created between January 1st 2023 and March 31st 2024. The subject of the illustrations must be related to science or nature and the technique is free.

The size of the illustration must be uploaded at A4 (210 x 297mm) 72 DPI in RGB and it should not include watermarks or text (except signatures, numbers, figure letters or symbols included in the art work).

The participation form must include an informative text in Spanish, English or any other official Spanish language. In the case the text is not in Spanish, it must be provided also the corresponding Spanish version. The text must have the following characteristics:

The text must have from 100 to 150 words.

The texts must be totally original and rigorous. Proposals which include plagiarism or a copied text from external not mentioned authors, will be excluded.

It must rigorously describe the species or elements represented and explain the scientific, informative or artistic interest with which it has been created, as well as any scientific curiosity or relevant characteristic shown in the illustration.

Languages: the text may be written in Spanish, English, or any other official Spanish language. If it is not written in Spanish, the corresponding revised translation into Spanish must be included.

BENEFIT:

The Illustraciencia Award will give a prize of 1,000 euros per winning work in each of the three categories, while the author of the Jury Mentions and the Mention of the public will receive a diploma. The 40 selected artworks will receive a digital accrediting certificate. The reduction corresponding to personal income tax will be applied to the economic prizes.