Call for Proposals for New Logo Design for the UK Neutron Scattering Group

The Neutron Scattering Group (NSG) is pleased to announce its new logo competition. This logo will represent the NSG in all official documents and communication tools.

Submission deadline: 31 October 2019

Competition: The new NSG logo should be simple, modern, energetic and innovative. The logo must include both the letters of the “NSG” (or the letters can be placed next to the logo) and the full name of the Organisation. The logo shall be easily recognisable and, as such, should stand out and be different from other logos. The design should be in colour, but should also be usable in black and white. There are not specific colours that need to be included in the design. Due to the requirements for high quality printing and re-sizing,Entries must be submitted in scalable vector graphic format (EPS).

Compensation: The winner will be awarded with a 100 GBP book voucher to be used for purchases from the IOP and RSC collections.

How to enter: Entries must be submitted in electronic format (Subject: Call for New NSG Logo Design) to the NSG Logo officier : gerelli@ill.fr. The entries must be submitted as a scalable  vector  graphic  in  EPS format and also as a JPG. Entries must conform to the Submission Guidelines set out above. Entries which fail to do so will be rejected. The email must include the name, institution, postal address, phone number/sand email address of the participant. The deadline for Entries is midnight on 31 October, 2019. We will attempt to acknowledge all entries within one week of receipt; however, we cannot be responsible for entries or responses lost in email. By submitting, any candidate gives ownership of the logo design to the Neutron Scattering Group.

The winner will be announced and the logo revealed approximately in November. For any questions: gerelli@ill.fr

Eligibility and rules:

The Competition is open only to individual members of the UK Neutron Scattering Group. The Rules of NSG Logo Competition are the following:

• The object of this competition is to design a logo for the NSG. Information on how to enter and about the prizes  is  part  of  these  Rules.

• Entries  that  are incomplete or do not adhere to the Rules or specifications may be disqualified at the sole discretion of the NSG board.

• The limit on attachment sizes for our email is 5Mb. If your submission exceeds this size, even after compression, please send the images individually and note clearly in your emails that you are doing so.

• The NSG reserves the right to reject any or all logo submissions, and to extend or cancel the competition at its discretion.

• No more than 1 logo may be submitted by any one participant.

• The logo will be used online, in print, on formal documents and publications and other uses the NSG deems  appropriate.  Flexibility  is  a  key  requirement,  including  the  need to  resize  easily  and  to  look good in black/white as well as colour. The final version of the logo will need to be suitable for high quality printing.

• Participants should take care to ensure that their logos are not in any way similar to existing logos or other copyrighted images.

• All entry materials  become the exclusive property  of the NSG and will not be returned.  Any  and all intellectual property rights in and ownership of the winning submission will be deemed transferred, without any compensation or consideration, to the NSG at the time of submission. If considered necessary by the NSG, the winner  will be required, and undertakes by virtue of his/her submission, to sign an affidavit of eligibility and transfer to the NSG the intellectual property rights and ownership of the winning logo entry.

• The Organisation’s website will announce the winner on a page devoted to the logo and the competition. The NSG shall have the right to adapt, edit, modify, or otherwise use the winning submission in part or in its entirety in whatever manner it deems appropriate.