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June 30, 2025

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Past Events

January 1, 2025

Deadline: AAAS Mass Media Fellowships

This 10-week summer program places STEM students at media organizations nationwide. Fellows use their academic training as they research, write, and report today’s headlines, sharpening their abilities to communicate complex scientific issues to the public.

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November 10, 2024 / 4:30 pm EST

Connector Chat: Co-creating science stories with your audience

This hybrid interactive session, which will take place in Raleigh at ScienceWriters2024 and will be streamed for virtual-only registrants, will bring engagement journalism strategies — and a frank discussion of the opportunities and challenges they present — to science writing.

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November 8, 2024 - November 11, 2024

ScienceWriters2024

ScienceWriters 2024 will take place in Raleigh, North Carolina. The program, which will be concentrated on weekend days, will provide extensive opportunities for professional development, career networking, as well as field trips.

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October 31, 2024 / 11:59 pm EST

Deadline: The Open Notebook Early-Career Fellowship

The Open Notebook offers a paid, part-time fellowship program for early-career science journalists. During the course of this fellowship, fellows work with a mentor to plan, report, and write articles for

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October 29, 2024 / 2:00 pm EST

Stats essentials for math-averse reporters

This free, one-hour “crash course”—designed for reporters who cover science, health, or environment issues but lack statistics or data training—aims to take the stress out of reporting on the numbers that could be crucial to your next story.

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October 28, 2024 - October 31, 2024

Science Journalism Forum

This virtual conference returns this year for its fifth edition, focusing on the theme "Transforming Narratives: Reshaping the Landscape of Science Journalism."

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October 25, 2024 / 5:00 pm EST

Deadline: NIHCM Journalism Grants

Applications are being accepted for the 2024-2025 cycle of the NIHCM Foundation Health Care Journalism Grant program. The grants fund projects that will advance understanding of how to improve health care management by the private sector while lowering costs.

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October 17, 2024 - October 18, 2024

ScienceWriters2024 “Early Access”

This virtual component of ScienceWriters 2024 will be held October 17-18. The conference is a co-production of the National Association of Science Writers (NASW) and the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW).

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October 13, 2024 / 7:00 pm EST

Deadline: Oxford Climate Journalism Network

The Oxford Climate Journalism Network supports a global community of reporters and editors across beats and platforms to improve the quality, understanding and impact of climate coverage around the world.

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October 4, 2024

Deadline: AHCJ U.S. Health System Reporting Fellowship

Through the U.S. Health System Reporting Fellowship, you can pursue a significant reporting project related to the U.S. health care system at the local, regional and/or national level.

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September 30, 2024

Submissions deadline: Science Talk ’25

The Association of Science Communicators is accepting session proposals for the Science Talk '25 annual conference, which will be held April 3-4, 2025, in Raleigh, N.C.

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August 19, 2024 / 2:00 pm EST

SciLine Crash Course: Social science essentials for local reporters

This free one-hour “crash course”—designed specifically for local and general assignment reporters—teaches basic principles about how social science works and ways it can be used to strengthen virtually any news story with a human element, especially this election season. 

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August 1, 2024

Deadline: AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards

The AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards honor professional journalists worldwide for distinguished reporting on the sciences, engineering, and mathematics. The contest year is from July 16, 2023 to July 15, 2024.

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July 17, 2024 / 1:00 pm EST

NASW Science Writers Roundtable: Writer-Owned Publications

Several worker-owned, often subscription-based outlets have popped up that rely on subscriptions, grants, and other sources of funding other than different from the traditional advertising-based business models of journalism.

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July 15, 2024

Deadline: Louise Behan Reporting Grants

The Louise Behan Reporting Grants, administered by the World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ), support those in the Global South who are reporting on matters of interest in their country or region.

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July 11, 2024 / 3:00 pm EST

Media briefing: Reproductive health and abortion

This SciLine briefing will cover the latest stats on abortion, the types of abortions that are available remotely and in healthcare settings, challenges in data collection, and more.

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July 9, 2024 / 1:00 pm EST

Media briefing: Climate change and the green energy transition

This SciLine briefing will cover what the latest scientific research says about greenhouse gas emission sources and trends, promising sectors where green transitions are already happening, and more.

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June 30, 2024

Deadline: Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting

The Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting honors a writer for a body of work that has made a profound and lasting contribution to public awareness and understanding of critical advances in medical science and their impact on human health and well-being.

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June 30, 2024

Deadline: Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award

CASW’s Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award is intended to encourage young science writers by recognizing outstanding reporting and writing in any field of science.

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June 25, 2024

Media training: Stats essentials for math-averse reporters

This free, one-hour “crash course”—designed for reporters who cover science, health, or environment issues but lack statistics or data training—aims to take the stress out of reporting on the numbers that could be crucial to your next story.

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June 17, 2024 / 11:59 pm EST

Deadline: SEJ Awards for Reporting on the Environment

SEJ's 23rd annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment honor the best environmental journalism in 10 categories, bringing recognition to the stories that are among the most important on the planet.

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May 15, 2024

Deadline: Sharon Begley Science Reporting Award

The Sharon Begley Award comprises a career prize, recognizing the accomplishments of a mid-career science journalist, and a grant of at least $20,000 to enable the winner to undertake a significant reporting project.

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April 3, 2024 - April 12, 2024

Science Talk 2024

Science Talk, the annual conference of the Association of Science Communicators, will include both virtual programming an in-person portion and will feature science communication projects, research, best practices, and more.

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March 31, 2024 / 11:59 pm EST

Deadline: Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications

The awards will be given to nine research scientists, nine science journalists, and six science communicators who developed created, original work published or released in 2023 that explores issues or advances in science, engineering or medicine for the general public.

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March 22, 2024 / 11:59 pm EST

Application deadline: ComSciCon24 Flagship Workshop

The 12th annual ComSciCon Flagship Workshop will be at Emerson College in Boston, Mass., July 24-27, 2024. ComSciCon empowers future leaders in science communication to share their research and passions with broad and diverse audiences.

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March 18, 2024 / 11:59 pm EST

Application deadline: Taylor/Blakeslee Graduate Fellowships

The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing offers fellowships of $6,000 to working journalists and students of outstanding ability who have been accepted for enrollment in graduate-level programs in

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March 1, 2024

Entry deadline: Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism

The Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism recognize the best health reporting in print, broadcast, and online media across 14 categories. The contest was created by journalists for journalists and is not influenced or funded by commercial or special-interest groups.

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February 23, 2024 / 6:00 pm EST

Application deadline: National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships

The National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships (SHERF) are designed to support early-career journalists who are pursuing — or have a strong interest in pursuing — careers in science, health or environmental reporting (or all three).

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February 13, 2024

Early registration deadline: Health Journalism 2024

Health Journalism 2024, the annual conference of the Association of Health Care Journalists, will be held June 6-9 in New York City. The early registration deadline is February 13. Learn

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February 7, 2024 / 1:00 pm EST

SHERF informational session

Interested in applying for the National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowship? Join representatives from the Society of Environmental Journalists, Association of Health Care Journalists, and the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing to learn about this opportunity to gain reporting skills at the intersection of science, health and environment.

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January 31, 2024

Entry deadline: NIHCM Awards

These awards, given by the National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation, "recognize tremendous contributions of researchers and journalists who brought to light new evidence that advances the health system and the health of Americans."

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January 31, 2024

Entry deadline: Victor K. McElheny Award

The Victor K. McElheny Award recognizes outstanding local and regional journalism covering issues in science, public health, technology, or the environment.

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January 29, 2024 / 2:00 pm EST

Media training: Stats essentials for math-averse reporters

“Many journalists lack confidence when including numbers in their reporting, or they fear misrepresenting the data when it comes to covering facts and figures, studies, or technical reports. This free,

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January 17, 2024

Using ChatGPT for Communications

This workshop series explores the transformative potential of ChatGPT in enhancing communication strategies and content creation.

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January 15, 2024

Deadline for Knight Science Journalism Fellowships at MIT

The Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT offers academic-year fellowships to 10 science journalists from around the globe to explore science, technology, and the craft of journalism; to concentrate on a specialty in science; and to learn at some of the top research universities in the world.

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January 10, 2024 / 1:00 pm EST

Connector Chat: Best practices for pitching freelance stories

Pitching stories can be one of the most challenging parts of science journalism, whether you’re just starting out as a freelancer or you’ve been at it for a while. Join us for a conversation with an accomplished panel of editors and writers, who will discuss tips and advice for pitching and answer your questions.

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December 7, 2023

Deadline for the AACR June L. Biedler Prize for Cancer Journalism

The AACR June L. Biedler Prize for Cancer Journalism is open to "print, broadcast, and online professional journalists whose stories appear in newspapers, magazines, websites, and broadcast platforms that target lay public audiences."

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November 30, 2023 / 12:00 pm EST

How to Cover Academic Research Fraud and Errors

In this free, one-hour webinar by The Journalist's Resource, participants will learn what constitutes research misconduct and why it's important to cover.

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November 16, 2023

Institute of Physics Communicators Conference

The Outreach and Communication conference at the Institute of Physics in London is an opportunity for all kinds of communicators, from enthusiasts to professionals, industrial scientists to students, to come together to discuss their work and learn from others.

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November 8, 2023 / 12:00 pm EST

Connector Chat: How to find and apply for fellowships for science journalists

Join us for an informal conversation on how to find fellowship opportunities, how to make the most of a fellowship, and more. We’ll show you how to search for fellowships in the CASW Connector library, and we’ll chat with fellowship coordinators and alumni.

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November 8, 2023

Science essentials for local reporters

This free, one-hour “crash course” — designed specifically for local and general assignment reporters — teaches basic principles about how science works and ways it can be used to strengthen virtually any news story.

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October 23, 2023 - October 26, 2023

Science Journalism Forum 2023

The Science Journalism Forum is a fully virtual global event where science journalists, writers, publishers, scientists, students, and academia can share new ideas and thoughts in science journalism.

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October 6, 2023 - October 10, 2023

ScienceWriters 2023

Registration is now open for the ScienceWriters2023 annual conference. A co-production of the National Association of Science Writers, the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, the University of Colorado Boulder, and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, the conference will offer sessions online and in-person.

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ScienceWriters2023 Colorado