Desk Notes Newsletter, February 19, 2020
In the February, 2020 edition: 4 projects receive Idea Grants, 3 Diversity Summer Fellowships up for grabs, 2 graduate fellows report back from AAAS, & meet 1 new member.
Featured news
Call for volunteers extended: Prospective Board candidates
Later this year, NASW members will elect new officers and Board members. We are looking for volunteers to help shape NASW leadership. Interested in getting involved? Read below for details on how to join the list of candidates.
Cancer biology and neuroscience students are first Graduate Travel Fellows to AAAS
Selected from a pool of almost 30 well-qualified applicants, Claudia Lopez-Lloreda, a neuroscience Ph.D. student at the University of Pennsylvania and Calley Jones, a cancer biology Ph.D. student at the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, make up the inaugural class of NASW Graduate Travel Fellows to the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, held Feb. 13-16.
$15,000 in Idea Grant funding awarded
Four projects focused on improving craft and diversity in science writing were selected to receive Peggy Girshman Idea Grants. This year, the NASW Grants Committee received 17 proposals and granted a total of $15,000 to four groups or individuals.
Meet new member Jessie Hendricks
Jessie Hendricks, a student in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Graduate Program in Science Writing and a new addition to the NASW community, shares #WhySciWri in this short Q&A.
2020 NASW Travel Fellows experience AAAS
Ten undergraduate and two graduate student science writers received NASW Travel Fellowships to attend the 2020 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting.
Joan Hollobon named an Officer of the Order of Canada
Joan Hollobon, a life member of the National Association of Science Writers, was named an Officer of the Order of Canada on Dec. 28, 2019.
The latest edition of ScienceWriters magazine is here
We're thrilled to bring you the latest edition of ScienceWriters magazine. A PDF version is accessible at nasw.org and an interactive online version is coming this spring.
NASW Internship Fair 2020 Recruiters
Here is the list of internship providers who will be participating in the NASW Internship Fair during the 2020 AAAS Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington.