VIDEO COMPETITION FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS

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Photo by Jakob Owens on Unsplash

Are you a graduate student who is conducting research on crime victims, victimization, and/or service providers that assist crime victims? If so, please let us know about your research project by participating in the Center for Victim Research Graduate Student Researcher Video Competition!

The Center for Victim Research (CVR) will hold a 3-minute video competition for graduate student researchers to highlight research collaborations between graduate students and practitioners and/or organizations within the field of victim services. The winning video of the competition will receive a $100 award; a letter of congratulations from the CVR; and a feature in CVR Monthly, the CVR’s monthly newsletter that reaches practitioners, subject matter experts, and researchers across the country.

Participation Details

We define “graduate student researchers” as individuals enrolled in an accredited master’s or doctoral program (in any field of study). At the time of video submission, the graduate student should be enrolled in or have recently graduated (within 2 years) from the accredited program. Verification of enrollment or graduation will be required – this can be an unofficial transcript or formal letter from the department.

To enter the Graduate Student Researcher Video Competition, participants must answer one of the following questions in their video response:

How does your research partnership with a practitioner and/or organization(s) advance the field of victim services?

or

Why have you chosen to include a partnership with a practitioner and/or organization(s) in your victimization research?
Submission Details

The entire video, including the response to the chosen questions, must be under 3 minutes. The graduate student researcher should be on camera for the majority of the video (approx. 2 minutes) and should not hold any notes. The researcher may show additional backgrounds/footage for approximately 1 minute. A script must also be submitted in addition to the video.

Group research projects are permitted, but if multiple members of a project are interested, each must apply individually, as this is an individual competition.

Participants will be evaluated on the following criteria:

  • Knowledge of the field of victim services
  • Contribution to the field of victim services
  • Description of your research (specific groups on which you focus and/or methodological approach)
  • Description of how you are partnering with a practitioner and/or organization(s) for your project
  • Overall public speaking and presentation skills

Participants should present to a general audience and limit academic language.

The competition will open on Monday, August 27, 2018. Video submissions will be accepted until Sunday, December 9, 2018 at 11:59 PM EST.

A panel of researchers and practitioners will select a small group of finalists, and all contestants will be notified via email no later than Saturday, January 19, 2019.

Video specifications

Length: Video should be 3 minutes in length with a 15 second grace period.
File Format: mov, mpeg4, mp4, avi, wmv, mpegps, flv, 3gpp, webm
Video Resolution: 1080p | Preferred Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Max File Size: 512mb | Landscape mode preferred with a neutral background.
Please make sure the audio is of high quality. If we cannot hear you appropriately and understand you, your submission will be disqualified and you will be notified via email.

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