The Annual BCI Award

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PROJECT

1. Prepare Your Project Description

Write a clear and concise description of your project in English (maximum 2 pages). Begin with a short executive summary of 3–5 sentences highlighting the key idea, innovation, and significance of your work.

2. Include the Required Information

Your submission should include:

• Project title
• Full name(s) of the author(s)
• Affiliation(s)
• Contact information
• Brief project description
• Current status of the work
• Images, figures, and tables (if appropriate)

3. Create a Short Video

Prepare a 2-minute video (16:9 format) introducing your project and explaining its main contribution. The presentation must be spoken in English or include English subtitles.

4. Submit Your Entry

Submit your PDF project description together with your two-minute project video to:

submit@bci-award.com

before the official submission deadline.

5. Attend the BCI Award Ceremony

The 12 nominated projects will be notified approximately one month before the BCI Award Ceremony. All nominees are invited to present their work during the virtual BCI Award Ceremony or may appoint a delegate to present on their behalf.

We encourage researchers, clinicians, engineers, students, startups, and companies from around the world to submit their most innovative Brain-Computer Interface projects. We look forward to celebrating the next generation of BCI innovations with the global neurotechnology community.

6. Scoring criteria

All submissions are evaluated by an independent international jury based on scientific excellence, innovation, and their potential impact on the field of Brain-Computer Interfaces.

While no single criterion determines the outcome, highly ranked projects typically demonstrate outstanding performance in several of the following areas:

• Innovation: Does the project introduce a novel BCI concept, application, or use case?
• Methodology: Does it present a new methodological approach or significantly improve upon existing techniques?
• User Benefit: Does the project provide a meaningful benefit for end users, patients, or researchers?
• Performance: Does it improve communication speed, information transfer rate, or overall system efficiency?
• Accuracy: Does it demonstrate improved classification, decoding, or control performance?
• Clinical Impact: Does the project include results obtained from patients or other intended end users?
• Real-Time Operation: Does the system operate online and in real time?
• Usability: Does the project improve ease of use, user experience, robustness, or practical deployment?
• Technology: Does it introduce innovative hardware, software, algorithms, or integrated BCI technologies?
• Scientific Rigor: Are the experimental design, validation, and results scientifically sound and well documented?
• Potential Impact: Does the project have the potential to significantly advance the field of Brain-Computer Interfaces or improve patient care?

The jury also considers the overall originality, technical quality, significance, and potential impact of each submission on the future of Brain-Computer Interfaces and Neurotechnology.

7. Confidentiality

All submitted projects are treated confidentially throughout the evaluation process.

The 12 nominated projects will be invited to publish a chapter in the BCI State-of-the-Art book series published by Springer, providing international visibility for their work and contributing to one of the leading reference books in the BCI field.