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$15,000 in Idea Grant Funding Awarded

Five projects aimed at fostering diversity in science writing and helping science writers navigate complex data on the pandemic were selected to receive Peggy Girshman Idea Grants. Since 2010, the National Association of Science Writers has funded projects totaling more than $475,000 to benefit science writers and communicators.

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