Applications open for 2020 Diversity Summer Fellowship
Apply for NASW's Diversity Summer Fellowship, which supports talented students and early-career science communicators undertaking summer internships.
Grants & awards
Meet the 2020 NASW Travel Fellows to AAAS
Congratulations to the 2020 NASW Travel Fellows to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting, set for Feb. 13-16 in Seattle, Wash.
NASW Peggy Girshman Idea Grant Do’s and Don’ts
The NASW Grants Committee has put together these tips to help you build a successful proposal for a Peggy Girshman Idea Grant.
Apply for a Peggy Girshman Idea Grant. Applications due Nov. 22
The NASW Grants Committee is now accepting applications for 2019-2020 Peggy Girshman Idea Grants. Applications are due on Friday, November 22, 2019.
2019 Science in Society Journalism Award winners announced
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Science in Society Journalism Awards, sponsored by the National Association of Science Writers.
2019 Excellence in Institutional Writing Award winners
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Excellence in Institutional Writing Awards, sponsored by the National Association of Science Writers
Diversity Fellowship recipients announced
The National Association of Science Writers’ Diversity Committee is pleased to announce Rodrigo Pérez Ortega, Helen Santoro, and Anuradha Varanasi as recipients of our 2019 Diversity Fellowships. As fellows, Ortega, Santoro and Varanasi will each receive $5,000 to help defray relocation and living costs associated with completing a summer internship. Each will also receive a one-year membership to NASW.
Improv your way to better science writing
With support from Peggy Girshman Idea Grant, Katherine Mast, Allison Mills, and Phil Weaver-Stoesz are hosting a workshop using improv—live performance in which the plot, characters, dialogue, and movements develop in the moment—to help science writers become better storytellers.
LegalEye will aid access to federal court system
Charles Seife, a journalist, author and professor at New York University, is building LegalEye, an automated research service that will help journalists find new lawsuits that are relevant to their beats and notify them of developments in interesting cases.
Meet the 2019 NASW Undergraduate Travel Fellows to AAAS
Ten students from across the U.S. and Canada won NASW Undergraduate Travel Fellowships to attend the 2019 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting.