Awards & Fellowships

NASW Science in Society Journalism Awards. Honoring and encouraging outstanding investigative and interpretive reporting about the sciences and their impact for good and ill. Sponsored by National Association of Science Writers. Awards in five categories: newspaper, magazine, broadcast, book, and Web.
Award: $1,000 in each of these five categories.
Deadline: February 1

The AAAS Science Journalism Awards. Recognizing outstanding reporting on science, engineering and mathematics for a general audience.
U.S. Categories: large newspaper, small newspaper, magazine, television, radio, online.
International Category: children's science news.
Award: $3,000 in each category, plus travel and lodging expenses to the AAAS Annual Meeting where the awards are presented.
Deadline: August 1

Edward Clark/Seth Payne award For Young Science Journalists. Intended to encourage science writers under the age of 30 by recognizing outstanding reporting in all fields of science.
Award: $1000, plus expenses to the New Horizons in Science briefing.
Deadline: June 30