Month: February 2014

  • EUSJA again in Lindau

    Shall I start with the names? Peter Agre, Werner Arber, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Bruce Beutler, J. Michael Bishop, Elizabeth Blackburn, Aaron Ciechanover, Steven Chu, Johann Deisenhofer, Sir Martin J. Evans, Edmond Fischer, Walter Gilbert, Harald zur Hausen, Jules Hoffmann, Robert Huber, Sir R. Timothy Hunt, Brian Kobilka, Jean-Marie Lehn, Hartmut Michel, Ferid Murad, Erwin Neher, Richard…

  • The youris.com portal is expanding its freelancers pool

    Are you interested in covering the research results of EU-funded project? Do you have experience in writing popular science articles? The youris.com portal, which provides news related to the results of EU-funded research projects, is currently expanding its freelancers pool. We are looking for experienced journalists–press agency experience appreciated–for commissioned work. Articles are typically 400-500…

  • ESOF opens call for 40 media travel grants

    The organisers of Europe’s largest general science event, EuroScience Open Forum, invite journalists from around the world to apply for media travel grants. It is expected that 250 media representatives will be at the science forum in Copenhagen from 21-26 June 2014. The slogan of EuroScience Open Forum 2014 in Copenhagen is ‘Science Building Bridges’.…

  • Apply for journalist training: Reporting on Forests in Southeast Asia

    The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), a leading global forest research institute, is accepting applications from early to mid-career journalists in Southeast Asia to attend the residential workshop:“Reporting on Forests in Southeast Asia”. The workshop provides journalists with the rare opportunity to see the inner workings of forestry science, through hands-on experience from the…

  • Top Secret of Abel Prize

    It was probably one of the coldest days of last January in St. Petersburg. But it was hot, really hot to a press conference in St. Petersburg University, because journalists tried to get a name, but Professor Nils Christian Stenseth, President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters smiled and promised to announce the…