Tweet about your research and win

Having trouble writing your 20-page paper? Or 100-page thesis? The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) wants you to communicate your research in 280 characters or less. (Okay, you get to include an image or video too.)

The CFI’s second annual #IAmInnovation contest asks undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to tweet an image or video with a caption showcasing their research.

Three grand prize winners will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Ottawa, two nights’ hotel accommodation and a professional research communications workshop. The winners will also get the opportunity to take over CFI’s Twitter account and share their research with the agency’s 12,000+ followers.

To be eligible, you must be working in a CFI-funded research space or with CFI-funded equipment. Your tweet must say how you use the facilities or equipment and include the hashtags #IAmInnovation and #Contest.

The most and second-most retweeted submissions will receive secondary prizes of $500 and $250 cash respectively.

If you need inspiration, check out last year’s submissions. 

Not sure if you work in a CFI-funded space or with CFI-funded equipment? Ask your supervisor or download a list of funded projects.