Turkey has been organizing regular National Antarctic Science Expeditions to the Antarctic Continent since 2017. In line with raising awareness about the poles as one of the goals of the TÜBİTAK MAM Polar Research Institute, a nationwide Painting Contest with the theme "Science at the Poles in the 100th year of our Republic" is organized, with an award ceremony planned to be held on Antarctica Day.
While the Antarctic Continent, which is kilometers away from our country, has the coldest and harshest conditions in the world, is not suitable for human life and hosts more than half of our planet's fresh water and hosts huge glaciers, is located at our south pole; When we look at the opposite of our world, that is, at the north pole, we see the Arctic Region, which has the coldest ocean in the world, where indigenous peoples live and is one of the areas most affected by climate change today. With the competition, it is aimed for our young people to paint their thoughts about both polar regions by using visual arts, inspiration and their sense of curiosity, and to create widespread awareness in our country in the field of polar sciences with these works. Thus, it is aimed to create a generation that combines art and science at a young age by imagining the work of our scientists who conduct scientific research by going to the farthest points in the world from our country and the nature, environment and animal life there, and to create a generation that follows their scientific curiosity in the future.
- Surprise gifts will be given to the winners of the competition.
- The competition is organized in three categories: primary school, middle school and high school.
- Participation in the competition is free of charge and one person can participate in the competition with a single work. If it is determined that a person has submitted more than one work, the most recent work will be taken into consideration.
- The works sent to the competition should be on the themes of Polar Sciences, Polar, Arctic, Antarctic. Works on different themes will not be evaluated.
- The information on the application address should be examined in detail and filled in correctly according to the requested information.
- Information about the works, including technical details, rules and important dates for the competition competition specifications is located within.
- You must read the competition specifications before submitting your work to the competition. Works that do not comply with the conditions in the contest specification will not be evaluated.
- In the first evaluation stage of the competition, the works will not be sent by cargo, the photographs of the works will be taken and uploaded to the application link. As a result of the first evaluation phase, the finalist works will be determined by the selection committee. After the finalist works are announced according to the contest calendar, the original versions of the works will be delivered to the address specified in the contest specifications by the specified date within the period specified in the calendar. The works that are not delivered will be eliminated from the competition. The finalized original works will be subjected to the final evaluation by the selection committee on the dates specified in the competition calendar. The final evaluation of the award-winning works will be announced on November 30 - December 1. Announcements and developments https://kare.mam.tubitak.gov.tr/ will be followed at
Application address: https://bilimgenc.tubitak.gov.tr/kutupresimyarismasi
Competition Calendar
- Application start date ----------------- September 25, 2023
- Deadline for application ------------------ October 26, 2023
- First Evaluation Period of the Selection Committee ----------- October 27 - 31, 2023
- Announcement of Finalists ------------- November 01-03, 2023
- Deadline for submission of the original versions of the finalist works --- November 15, 2023
- Selection Committee Final Evaluation ------------- November 15-20, 2023
- Award Ceremony ----------------------- December 5, 2023
