Abstract
A competition is a contest between individuals or groups. The gain is often an award or recognition, which serves as a catalyst to motivate individuals to put forth their very best. Such events for recognition and success are part of many International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) Student Council Regional Student Groups (RSGs) activities. These include a popular science article contest, a Wikipedia article competition, travel grants, poster and oral presentation awards during conferences, and quizzes at social events. Organizing competitions is no different than any other event; they require a lot of hard work to be successful. Each event gives remarkable organizational and social experience for students running it, while at the same time the participants of the competitions are rewarded by prizes and recognition. It gives everybody involved an opportunity to demonstrate their extraordinary talents and skills. Competitions are unique because they bring out both the best and worst in people.
Highlights
You and your colleagues are competing over the same pot of grant money, but you still need to be friendly enough to collaborate on other projects
In 2011, Regional Student Groups (RSGs) Poland organized a contest in collaboration with a local bioinformatics magazine, based on making an English version of the magazine’s Polish web portal
This magazine focuses on articles in bioinformatics that are easy for students to understand
Summary
Learning to collaborate under the stress of a ticking clock is of critical importance to any scientist Even if it is an individual competition, you will probably have to interact socially with your opponents, preferably in a civilized way. RSGs have organized many different types of competitions including popular science writing contests, travel fellowships, poster and presentation awards, and quizzes. The competition was open to students and trainees at any level, and gave them four months to improve a Wikipedia article of their choice in the field of computational biology. While two examples from the previous section were clearly identified as public competitions, there are many other aspects of science that focus more on the award and less on the competitive process to get there Among these are the best-poster and best-presentation awards that are included at a variety of meetings. The four top students were given cash awards, with prizes funded by the ISCB Student Council grant
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