Sentences with phrase «science writing award»

His first book, The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature (Viking, 2012), was winner of the National Academies» Best Book Award for 2013, finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in nonfiction, winner of the 2013 Reed Environmental Writing Award, winner of the 2012 National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History Literature, runner - up for the 2013 PEN E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, and winner, in its Chinese translation, of the 2016 Shenzheng Dapeng Nature Writing Award.

The program and his script for it won the American Institute of Physics» science writing award for 2009.

She is the guest editor of The Open Laboratory Anthology of Science Blogging, 2009, and the winner of the Society for Neuroscience Next Generation Award and the Three Quarks Daily Science Writing Award, among others.

He was awarded the 2005 American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award for his article «Journey to the 10th Dimension,» and has appeared on CBS, ABC, CNN, Fox and the Discovery Channel.

Billings is the author of Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars, which won the American Institute of Physics science writing award in 2014.

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But there is no industry I can think of — no sport, no science, no game, no writing, no legal system, no athletic ability, no engineering, no drug discovery, no awards for scientific achievement, no Fortune 50 companies (companies that actually make something in addition to money), no adventurism, no culinary art, no nothing in which a woman sits above all men in her field.

Last year, Chinese scientist «Youyou Tu won the Nobel Prize, yet she failed to be nominated for China's own State Science and Technology... Awards,» the researchers wrote.

Her writing has won awards from the National Association of Science Writers, International Free Press Association and the Institute of Food Technologists.

The award program, now in its 12th year, seeks to encourage the writing and publishing of high - quality science books that engage readers across all age groups and leave readers with a richer understanding of all corners of science.

Lisa was a finalist for the AGU David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism and received the Institute of Physics / Science and Technology Facilities Council physics writing aAward for Excellence in Science Journalism and received the Institute of Physics / Science and Technology Facilities Council physics writing awardaward.

«We had 720 applicants to our panel for 18 grants; in other words, only 2 - 3 % got funded,» writes Susan Gasser, chair of the ERC jury panel that made the award, in an e-mail to Science Careers.

Pert wrote that she was «angry and upset to be excluded from this year's Award,» reported J. L. Marx in Science in January 1979.

His work has been selected for the Best American Science Writing 2012 anthology, and he has won the Blakeslee Award for excellence in medical reporting.

Varner is «passionate about public dialogue and engagement in science,» wrote Nalini Nadkarni, a forest ecologist and science communicator who received the 2011 AAAS Public Engagement with Sciencescience,» wrote Nalini Nadkarni, a forest ecologist and science communicator who received the 2011 AAAS Public Engagement with Sciencescience communicator who received the 2011 AAAS Public Engagement with ScienceScience Award.

She has received gold and silver awards in medicine and science writing from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, and received the National Institutes of Health's Plain Language Award in 2009 for contributions to the NIGMS publication Computing Life.

• When Justin Esarey, an assistant professor of political science at Rice University in Houston, Texas, applied for an NSF grant, he was careful to follow a directive from Congress «that any awards made by NSF's division of political science must foster national security or economic development,» wrote Mervis on ScienceInsider.

Dawkins is the recipient of numerous honours and awards, including the 1987 Royal Society of Literature Award, 1990 Michael Faraday Award of the Royal Society, 1994 Nakayama prize, 1997 International Cosmos Prize for Achievement in Human Science, 2001 Kistler Prize, 2005 Shakespeare Prize, 2006 Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science, and was named Author of the Year at the 2007 Galaxy British Book Aawards, including the 1987 Royal Society of Literature Award, 1990 Michael Faraday Award of the Royal Society, 1994 Nakayama prize, 1997 International Cosmos Prize for Achievement in Human Science, 2001 Kistler Prize, 2005 Shakespeare Prize, 2006 Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science, and was named Author of the Year at the 2007 Galaxy British Book AwardsAwards.

After a year spent at Ryerson studying print reporting, magazine writing, broadcasting, copy editing, and Web design, among other things, I was awarded a Graduate Science Writer Scholarship by CIHR (Editor's note: CIHR is a sponsor of Next Wave Canada).

Our approach to confronting these challenges is to center the workshop on research findings emerging from the SciSIP awards; provide for independent, collegial commentary on these presentations by individuals whose work has spanned, or crossed over, implementing and writing about science policy (and who have not applied for SciSIP awards); and then to carefully roll out a distillation of findings from SciSIP awards to federal agencies and other organizations more directly involved in the formulation or implementation of science policy.

For example, Geoff Gadd, a geomicrobiologist at the University of Dundee in the United Kingdom, who has a part - time award for work at the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography in Urumqi, wrote Science that he has not received a resettlement subsidy or any information about the program in English.

The Storygram series, in which professional writers annotate award - winning stories to illuminate what makes a great science story great, is a joint project of The Open Notebook and the Council for the Advancement of Science Wscience story great, is a joint project of The Open Notebook and the Council for the Advancement of Science WScience Writing.

The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, From Stardust to Living Planet, written by the Geophysical Laboratory's Bob Hazen, has been chosen from books released in 2012 as one of the five titles on the short list for the current Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science, one of the three book awards given by Phi Beta Kappa annually.

This story, written by Matthew D. LaPlante and Paul Christiansen, described the efforts to understand what is killing the aspen groves in Utah and won a AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award in 2014.

He has published several papers on the evolution of cooperation in wasps, and has written over 140 popular science articles for magazines including New Scientist, L'espresso and Le Scienze, before being awarded a Marie Curie European fellowship to start his current line of research.

These awards, which were established in 1989, are intended to encourage young science writers by recognizing outstanding reporting and writing in any science field.

Dr. Gould received the Alexander von Humboldt award for most significant agricultural research over a five - year period, the Sigma Xi George Bugliarello Prize for written communication of science, the Holladay Medal in recognition of research achievements and contributions to North Carolina State University, and the O. Max Gardner Award for contributions to human welaward for most significant agricultural research over a five - year period, the Sigma Xi George Bugliarello Prize for written communication of science, the Holladay Medal in recognition of research achievements and contributions to North Carolina State University, and the O. Max Gardner Award for contributions to human welAward for contributions to human welfare.

The submission and awards process is managed by the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW, which also presents Showcase).

Blaire Briody is an award - winning journalist who has written for The New York Times, Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, Fast Company, and Glamour, among others.

American Idol won The Governors Award, which honors exceptional achievement in the television arts and sciences, while the CNN - produced documentary The Hunting Ground, which investigates sexual assault on American college campuses, won the award for music and lyrics for the original song «Til it Happens to You,» which was written and performed by music artists Lady Award, which honors exceptional achievement in the television arts and sciences, while the CNN - produced documentary The Hunting Ground, which investigates sexual assault on American college campuses, won the award for music and lyrics for the original song «Til it Happens to You,» which was written and performed by music artists Lady award for music and lyrics for the original song «Til it Happens to You,» which was written and performed by music artists Lady Gaga.

Spike TV has drafted J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5) to write their drama based on Kim Stanley Robinson's best - selling Nebula and Hugo Award - winning science fiction trilogy (Red Mars, Green Mars and Blue Mars) about terraforming Mars.

In 1999, Michigan increased the reward for good academic performance by offering the Michigan Merit Award, a one - year $ 2,500 scholarship for any student who scores at Level I or Level 2 on the Michigan Educational Achievement Program (MEAP) tests in reading, mathematics, science, and writing.

-- The National Science Foundation (NSF) promoted the NCTM standards beginning in 1991 and awarded millions of dollars in grant money for the writing of math texts that embraced them and to state boards of education whose math standards aligned with them (see Figure 1).

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The Writing Awards categories included the following: Critical Essay, Dramatic Script, Flash Fiction, Humor, Journalism, Personal Essay / Memoir, Persuasive Writing, Poetry, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Short Story, and Writing Portfolios.

Among these were the National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Award, Milken Teacher of the Year, International Science Teacher of the Year, National Exemplary Reading Award, State PTA Program of the Year Award, State Exemplary Writing Hall of Fame Mentor, National Public Relations Golden Achievement Award, South Carolina International Reading Award, National Science Teaching Award, Astronomy & Space Science Award, CIBA - GEIGY Award for Excellence in Elementary Science, International Science Teacher of the Year, NCNB Young Artist Showcase Award, NASA Newest Program, National Presidental Award for Math and Science, and the North American Invention Convention Winner.

January has been a busy month for our network of schools — from record participation in the BT Young Scientist Awards and RDS Primary Science Fair to a letter writing campaign to the Minister of Education.

The awards celebrate — you guessed it — the best in science fiction and fantasy writing.

Card has written two books on writing: Character and Viewpoint and How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy, the latter of which won a Hugo award in 1991.

Jill writes, «The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America's 49th Annual Nebula Awards Weekend is May 15 - 18, 2014 at the San Jose Marriott.

If you have written a great science fiction / fantasy novel like Hugh, why not enter our Full Moon Awards competition?

«Daimones» is the recipient of the 2012 PRG Award Reviewers» Choice in Science Fiction, and the Seal of Excellence in Quality Writing from both the Awesome Indies, and the indiePENdents.org association.

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Maxwell Alexander Drake is an award - winning Science Fiction / Fantasy Novelist, Playwrite, Tie - In Writer, Graphic Novelist, and Writing Instructor.

Today I'm an award - winning novelist and write in three genres (young adult adventure fantasy, paranormal / fantasy romance for adults, science fiction mystery), and run a successful business as a coach and consultant for authors.

Honored in the Rainbow Awards, Dusk Peterson writes historical speculative fiction with diverse characters: historical fantasy, alternate history, and retrofuture science fiction.

Think Write Publish will award twelve $ 10,000 two - year TWP Science & Religion Fellowships.

He has won the Association of British Science Writers and the Wellcome Trust Awards for science writing and a BBC Radio One Award for factual radio and the American Genesis Award for Best Popular Television DocumScience Writers and the Wellcome Trust Awards for science writing and a BBC Radio One Award for factual radio and the American Genesis Award for Best Popular Television Documscience writing and a BBC Radio One Award for factual radio and the American Genesis Award for Best Popular Television Documentary.

Award, a literary prize that honors science fiction and fantasy writing that explores issues of gender.

Katy Butler, a National Magazine Award finalist and winner of the «Science in Society» prize from the National Association of Science Writers, has written about neuroscience, medicine, Buddhism, and human behavior for the New Yorker, The New York Times, Vogue, Mother Jones, The L.A. Times, MORE, and The Washington Post.