AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science, deadline 30 June
The AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science, established in 2010, recognizes early-career scientists and engineers who demonstrate excellence in their contribution to public engagement with science activities. The award comes with a cash prize.
The AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science, established in 2010, recognizes early-career scientists and engineers who demonstrate excellence in their contribution to public engagement with science activities. The recipient receives a monetary prize of $5,000 (US), a commemorative plaque, and recognition at the AAAS Annual Meeting.
For the purposes of this award, public engagement activities are defined as the individual’s active participation in efforts to engage with the public on science- and technology-related issues and promote meaningful dialogue between science and society.
You can nominate yourself or others. Nominees must be an individual (no team nominations). Nominee must represent a field of science, technology, engineering and/or math (STEM) and be actively conducting research in any scientific discipline (including social sciences, mathematics, engineering and medicine). They may be based in academia, government or industry. Public engagement activities must be above and beyond job responsibilities.
Candidate must be “early career” which is defined as an individual who has completed their terminal degree within seven years of the deadline for nominations.
Please note that AAAS also offers the Mani L. Bhaumik Award for Public Engagement with Science.
Deadline for nomination is 30 June, 11:59am (ET)
Click here for full details and to nominate
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