The Office of Foundation Relations is pleased to share this open call for funding from The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, & Medicine.
UCSC Contact: Samantha Forde | forde@ucsc.edu
Funder: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine
Opportunity: Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications
Deadline: March 31, 2024
Overview
The National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications encourages high-quality science communication and build a diverse community of science communicators, science journalists, and research scientists that will help society meet the challenges and realize opportunities posed by complex issues such as climate change, future pandemics, human genome editing, and artificial intelligence. A broad range of science communications and journalism are encouraged.
Submission Categories and Subcategories
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Research Scientists
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Graduate student researchers, early-career researchers, later-career researchers
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Science Journalists
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Local/regional journalists, early-career journalists, and freelance journalists.
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Science Communicators
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Independent communicators and organizational communicators.
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Provide one to three example(s) that clearly support the subcategory to which you are applying, and:
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communicate scientific, engineering, or medical concepts to non-technical audiences
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demonstrate clarity, creativity, originality, and accuracy
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address issues or advances in science, engineering, or medicine
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cover topics that have an impact on society
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are presented in a way that a public audience can understand
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have been published or released anytime in 2023
Award Amount 24 awards totaling $640,000 (16 $20,000 prizes and 8 $400,000 prizes)
Eligibility
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If you are applying to the Research Scientist: Graduate Student Subcategory, work examples must have been published or released in 2023 and produced while you had graduate student status. .
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Science fiction, reference books, textbooks, peer-reviewed articles, testimony, advertorials, and corporate-branded content are not eligible for consideration.
See here for a list of previous award winners.
Timeline
- March 31, 2024 Applications due
- Fall 2024 Winners announced
Special Instructions
Please notify the Office of Foundation Relations if you are interested in applying for this opportunity (fr@ucsc.edu). Please submit a proposal intake form prior to UCSC’s internal Institutional Deadlines. For support developing your proposal, please contact the Research Development Specialist assigned to your unit or send a request to resdev@ucsc.edu. Within the Division of Social Sciences, please contact Ashlee Tews (ashleeac@ucsc.edu).
Call sent: March 6, 2024
The Office of Foundation Relations is a unit of University Advancement. The FR team creates and maintains mutually beneficial, long-term relationships with private organizations, matching grant initiatives with educational and research programs and centers. FR supports faculty and staff to identify and approach these and other private foundations for funding, to assist in strategic positioning of the grant application, and to facilitate funder campus visits. For a list of recent funding opportunities, please visit the FR website. FR Calls for Funding