[open-science] Gamify your PhD: open science games

Thu Jul 12 08:01:27 UTC 2012

Hi All

The Wellcome Trust is running a competition to 'Gamify your PhD' (open to
anyone currently doing a PhD in biomedical science/medical humanities or
who has completed one in the last 3 years)

From
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/Media-office/Press-releases/2012/WTVM055859.htm

The Trust is inviting researchers to share ideas for games based on their
PhD work in biomedical science or the medical humanities, and small teams
of games developers to turn these ideas into addictive, challenging and
educational games. Those selected will partner at a two-day hack in which
the games will be created. The best of these will receive funding to
develop into a releasable game.

Deadline is 12 August for applications from PhD students with their ideas
or teams of 3-4 developers to generate the games so consider
Info for researchers:
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Public-engagement/Funded-projects/Major-initiatives/Broadcast-media-strategy/Gamify-Your-PhD/WTDV033975.htm
Info for developers:
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Public-engagement/Funded-projects/Major-initiatives/Broadcast-media-strategy/Gamify-Your-PhD/WTDV033976.htm

Results will be CC licensed and winners will be funded for full development
and release.

This sounds like a really fun initiative and if you think you could make a
game to gather data for your project via distributed thinking, we would
encourage you to consider using the pyBOSSA platform for your app
http://pybossa.com/ :-)

Jenny
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