Awards, fellowships, and grants

NASW's Science in Society Journalism Awards honor and encourage outstanding investigative and interpretive reporting about the sciences and their impact for good and ill. Official rules and entry forms are available in mid-November each year for work published during that year. Deadline for submissions is Feb. 1.

  • Nov 21 2011

    2012 Science in Society Awards

    Entries for the 2012 Science in Society awards are open. We're proud to announce that this year's entry process is online. The Science in Society awards, now in their 40th year, are sponsored by the National Association of Science Writers with no outside subsidy and require no submission fee. To learn more and enter, read on.

  • Sep 13 2011

    2011 Science in Society Awards

    Winning entries include coverage of antibiotic resistant bacteria, troublesome medical devices, nuclear power, and surprising climate change skeptics.

  • Dec 21 2010

    2010 Science in Society Awards

    Winners include an examination of height manipulation in children; entries on drug resistance and water pollution, and the story of how cattle grazing aids an endangered butterfly.

  • Dec 21 2010

    2009 Science in Society Awards

    Winning entries explore the pharmaceutical industry, antibiotic resistant germs, the shortcomings of DNA evidence, and why some organic farmers are embracing genetic engineering.

  • Dec 21 2010

    2008 Science in Society Awards

    Winning entries explore genetic screening, assisted reproduction, and a pioneering African-American chemist.

  • Dec 21 2010

    2007 Science in Society Awards

    Winning entries include a book on genetic insights into evolution, a newspaper series on the world's oceans, and a public television documentary on air pollution's connection to global warming.

  • Mar 15 2011

    About the Science in Society Journalism Awards

    NASW sponsors the annual Science in Society Journalism Awards and co-sponsors the Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award for Young Science Journalists. Official rules and entry forms for the Science in Society Journalism Awards are posted here in mid-November each year for work published during that year. Entry deadline is Feb. 1 of the following year.