The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) recently announced the winners of its 2nd annual Stand Up for Science competition. Take a look at the winning video, which took home the grand prize of $5,000:

The 2013 Stand Up for Science competition asked contestants to submit a 1-4 minute video, demonstrating how federal funds are used to support scientific breakthroughs.

Runners-up included Stay Curious, Funding and Impact of the NIH, and Unexpected Innovation, but the grand prize went to a team of 5 graduate students and 1 post-doc at the University of California, San Francisco. Their video, Funding Basic Science to Revolutionize Medicine (embedded above), shows how government funding decisions in 1960 led to huge advances in the treatement of diabetes, HIV, cancer and many other diseases.

Take a look at “The story behind FASEB Stand Up for Science winning video” to learn about the process that went into creating the winning video. For more information about the competition, see the FASEB contest website, and be sure to check back later this year to enter the 2014 Stand Up for Science Competition!