Brain Awareness Video Contest

Reviewed15 Oct 2025
Source BrainFacts/SfN

The Brain Awareness Video Contest (BAVC) is an annual competition held by BrainFacts/the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) to showcase videos of entertaining and educational neuroscience concepts and activities.

Since the launch of the contest in 2011, BrainFacts has featured over 100 of these imaginative, brainy videos from contestants around the world.

Congratulations to the 2025 Brain Awareness Video Contest Winners!

First Place and People's Choice: "Something to Savor: The Neuroscience of Flavor" by Gina Rizzo, Allison George, Diana Guarino & Lindsey Czarnecki.
Second Place: "The Shape of Our Memories" by Yewon Jun.
Third Place: "The Caffeine Conundrum" by Andi Liu.

Prizes:

First Place: $4,000 and complimentary registration to Neuroscience 2025 in San Diego, CA
Second Place: $500
Third Place: $250
People's Choice: $500

Thank you to all who took the time to create and submit a video for the 2025 contest.

A selection of the video entries will be published on BrainFacts on a rolling basis over the next few months.

Things to consider when crafting a great BAVC video:

Brain Awareness Video Contest Tips by BrainFacts

Be professional.
- Pay attention to grammar, lighting, and audio quality.
- Obtain permissions for material you do not own.
Be concise.
- Keep it short and sweet. 50% of viewers tune out after three minutes.
Know your audience.
Be entertaining.
- Use humor, a snappy beat, and your creativity.
- Utilize your resources: White board drawings do well, and so do videos shot in the lab or other interesting settings.
Be unique.
- Create a video that has not been done before.
  - Check out previous videos from the Brain Awareness Video Contest.
  - Think outside the box: Videos about surprising and quirky facts are popular.
- Come up with a catchy title.
  - Accurately convey the video's content.
  - Lists and questions tend to do well.