Every year, The Science Coalition (TSC) proudly hosts the Alyse Gray Parker Memorial Student Video Challenge!
The contest celebrates Alyse’s passion for students and for science, as well as her belief in the power of young voices to inspire change.
The challenge is open to undergraduate and graduate students at TSC member institutions across the country, offering an opportunity for the next generation of scientists and researchers to showcase their creativity, passion, and interests via 60-90 second videos that highlight how scientific research benefits the country and the American people. The experiences that students share can help shape public understanding and encourage elected officials in Congress to maintain our nation’s longstanding and bipartisan commitment to robust and sustained university research.
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The 2025 submission period is now closed, but stayed tuned for next year’s challenge!
The 2025 Student Video Challenge is now closed.
The Challenge:
Create a 60 – 90 second video about why science and scientific research matters.
Your Video Should Include:
Technical Requirements:
Videos can be recorded on your phone or with other digital video equipment – and edited with freely available software. Tips for making videos can be found here and here.
Timeline:
Please note: By submitting your entry, you grant TSC rights to use your video for promotional purposes. Winning and featured videos may be highlighted on TSC’s website, social media, and other outreach materials.
For inspiration, check out past winners to see how students used their voices.
Participants will be evaluated based on their messaging and communication, creativity, and video and editing quality. Below is a sample rubric judges will use to evaluate each submission.
Judges will consist of students, university government relations professionals, and university communications professionals.
A: No. Students from all majors and disciplines who are enrolled at a TSC member institution are welcome to participate. If you yourself are not doing research to share in the video, you can tell a story about research that was conducted in the past and had an impact on the world or, you can pair up with another student(s) who is doing research and tell their story.
A: Members of Congress and the public are the primary audience. We will share the winning videos with members of Congress and their staffs. Tell them a story about why research is important for our future.
A: If you are a team comprised of both undergraduate and graduate students, please select “Graduate Student(s).”