Application Deadline: March 31, 2026 (11:59pm mainland Spain time).
LOCATION: Spain
The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), through its Deputy Vice-Presidency for Scientific Culture and Citizen Science (VACC-CSIC), the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC) and the Instituto Español Oceanográfico (IEO-CSIC), together with the Associació Catalana de Comunicació Científica (ACCC), are organizing the 13th edition of the ‘International Award for Scientific and Nature Illustration ILLUSTRACIENCIA’. The initiative aims to promote scientific culture through scientific illustration, as well as to encourage the development and knowledge of this discipline long linked to science and science communication.
ELIGIBILITY:
The competition is free to enter.
All individuals or teams of individuals over 18 years old may participate in this award, regardless of their current country of residence. The winners of the previous edition, the members of the organizing committee, the members of the jury, and the teaching staff of the Illustraciencia Academy are excluded from this call.
Each participant may submit a single work, using the web form at the link www.Illustraciencia.info/participa, indicating their details and those of the submitted work, as well as the category in which it is entered. In the case of participating as a team, the names of all its members must be indicated.
The theme of the illustrations must be related to science and/or nature, and the technique is free. The work may deal with topics related to all areas of scientific production and knowledge and must have been created between January 1, 2025, and March 31, 2026. It is mandatory to indicate whether Artificial Intelligence has been used in its creation.
For registration, the size of the original illustration must be adapted to the following size: A4 (210 x 297 mm) 150 DPI in RGB. The proposal must not include watermarks, titles, or texts (except for possible signatures, numbers, or letters of figures and symbols that are part of the work). The image file of the illustration must be named with the title of the submitted proposal. Example: “Loligo-vulgaris.jpg ”.
BENEFIT:
The Illustraciencia Award grants an endowment of 1,000 euros per winning work in each of the three categories. The authors of the 40 selected works, the Public Mention, and the Jury Mentions will receive a digital certificate of accreditation. The corresponding personal income tax reduction (IRPF) will be applied to the monetary prizes.
Awarded participants must submit by email within a maximum period of ten days the following documentation:
Copy of passport or identification document.
Certificate of bank account ownership.
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