Scientific Image Competition

The hidden beauty of science

“Bloc froid pour éprouvettes”, prizewinning image in the category “Places and instruments of research“, sent in by Madlaina Boillat, doctoral student at the University of Geneva.

Research can produce extraordinary images that reveal unseen worlds, display astonishing tools or document unique human stories. To encourage researchers to come forward and share these images with the public, the SNSF has launched an annual competition for scientific images and videos. They not only show current objects of study, but also different scientific locations and tools, as well as the men and women who do the actual research work. The initiative has been a success: 239 researchers from all parts of Switzerland have made nearly 500 entries to the competition. An international jury will pick the winning entries, which will then be awarded at a ceremony to be held at the Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography between 5 and 28 May 2017.