Brain Awareness Video Contest (Society for Neuroscience)
Annual contest for short educational neuroscience videos, with a dedicated Best High School Submission award; winners featured on BrainFacts.org.
The Brain Awareness Video Contest (BAVC) is an annual competition held by BrainFacts/the Society for Neuroscience (SfN)
Since the launch of the contest in 2011, BrainFacts has featured over 100 of these imaginative, brainy videos from contestants around the world.
Prizes: First Place: $4,000 and complimentary registration to Neuroscience 2026 in Washington, DC.
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