Thanks to gifts from NASW members and other conference attendees supplementing the annual Community Support Grant program, 11 grantees received financial support to attend this year's ScienceWriters2025 national conference. Two are recipients of theIndigenous Community Support Grant, supported this year by a generous grant from EurekAlert!
INDIGENOUS JOURNALIST FELLOWS
Abdulmalik Adetola Lawal
UNR Hitchcock Project for Visualizing Science
Seira Duncan
University of Eastern Finland
SCIWRI25 CONFERENCE FELLOWS
Claudia Steiner | UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication Master Program
Julie Bobyock | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Morgan McFall-Johnsen | Freelance
Ngoc Lan Huong (Michelia) Hoang | University of Rochester
Pratik Pawar | Vox
Rita Aksenfeld | Freelance
Sadie Dingfelder | Freelance
Sharon Muzaki | Contributor, Nature Africa Environmental and Science Journalist
Uzma Rentia | George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences
All conference fellows receive complimentary meeting registration, and eligible individuals also receive a complimentary professional, student, or affiliate membership to NASW for the coming year. We deeply appreciate the support from EurekAlert! and the community that makes this possible.
More than 230 applications were received for the fellowships this year. The volunteer judging team of Alla Katsnelson, Amanda Heidt, Ariana Remmel, Saugat Bolakhe, Elliot Richman, Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Katie Mast, Kelly Tyrrell, Marla Broadfoot, Marilynn Marchione, Priyanka Runwal, Rodrigo Pérez Ortega, Shraddha Chakradhar, and Sandeep Ravindran gave generously of their time to ensure each submission was read by multiple reviewers.
About the National Association of Science Writers
Founded in 1934 with a mission to fight for the free flow of science news, NASW is an organization of ~2,400 professional journalists, authors, editors, producers, public information officers, students and people who write and produce material intended to inform the public about science, health, engineering, and technology. To learn more, visit www.nasw.org and follow NASW on LinkedIn and Bluesky
About ScienceWriters2025
ScienceWriters is the largest U.S. convening for journalists, authors, editors, producers, institutional communicators, students, and people who write and produce material intended to inform the public about science, health, engineering, and technology. The conference attracts 600-800 attendees from North America and beyond. The conference is a co-production of the National Association of Science Writers (NASW) and the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW) with the support of sponsors, donors, and volunteers.
It is a meeting for science writers, by science writers.
