Science journalism awards

AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards

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The Awards

The AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards represent the pinnacle of achievement for professional journalists in the science writing field. The awards recognize outstanding reporting for a general audience and honor individuals (rather than institutions, publishers or employers) for their coverage of the sciences, engineering and mathematics.

Since their inception in 1945, the awards have gone to more than 300 individuals for their achievements in science journalism. The winning journalists have helped to foster the public's understanding and appreciation of science. Independent screening and judging committees select the winning journalists and their entries based on scientific accuracy, initiative, originality, clarity of interpretation and value in fostering a better understanding of science by the public.

Committees composed of reporters and editors judge the entries. The decisions of the judging committees are final.

The awards will be presented at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada in February 2012. The award for each category is $3,000. AAAS will reimburse winners for reasonable travel and hotel expenses. In cases of multiple authors or producers, only one person's travel expenses will be covered.

2011 Contest Year

1 July 2010 through 30 June 2011

2011 Deadline

All entries must be postmarked on or before 1 August 2011.

2011 Brochure

In the following two PDFs, you can fill out the form online, print it out, and attach copies of it to your entry as specified in the contest brochure. You cannot save data typed into this form.

• Download the 2011 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards brochure.
• Download a PDF of the entry form, print and fill it out and submit it with each copy of your entry. This form can also be filled out within Adobe Reader and then printed.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Previous Recipients

Read the AAAS news article about the 2010 winners.

Read conversations with three 2010 winners.

View the list of 2010 winners and past recipients.