Category: Grants

  • The Walls That Should Fall

    09. November 2015, Berlin, Deutschland, Aktion Deutschland Hilft. Initiative zur Flüchtlingshilfe von Deutsche Post DHL, SOS Kinderdorf, Stiftung Lesen und Teach First Deutschland. [Foto: KAY HERSCHELMANN Mobil: +49 (0)171 26 73

    The Falling Walls Foundation invites EUSJA journalists to a 3 day study trip to Berlin (7-9 November). The trip will start on November 7 around noon with a Berlin Science Tour (including a visit to a research center and an event in the context of the Berlin Science Week). On 8 November, journalists will attend Falling Walls Venture and/or the Falling Walls Lab, on 9 November – the Falling Walls Conference. A full version of the programme (especially on 7 November) will be announced later.

    EUSJA has 10 slots that include free tickets for the Falling Walls Conference, Lab and Venture, 3 night free accommodation (7-10 Nov) with breakfast, also lunch for 8 and 9 November. Important detail: journalists selected for the trip have to pay for the hotel where they will be accommodated before they arrive to Berlin (rooms reserved at special rate). They will receive the reimbursement upon arrival in Berlin. This is a bit unusual for an EUSJA trip, but we must follow the rules of this fellowship.

     Additionally to these given 10 slots EUSJA may include a group of its members who do not need accommodation. Please indicate if there is no need of a hotel.

    The applications should be sent strongly via national association by September 15. Please write name, association, media, e-mail, mobile, passport details (because of security control). Please rank your applicants should you have more than one.

    Additional info:

    8 November, 9 am – 5.30 pm: Falling Walls Lab

    The Falling Walls Lab is an international forum, which aims at building and promoting interdisciplinary connections between excellent academics, entrepreneurs and professionals from all fields. All participants get the opportunity to present their research work, business model or initiative with peers and a distinguished jury consisting of experts from academia, research institutions and business – in 3 minutes each. The Falling Walls Lab is organised by the Falling Walls Foundation and generously supported by A.T. Kearney, the global management consulting firm (Founding Partner) and Festo, worldwide supplier of pneumatic and electrical automation technology (Global Partner).

    More than 50 international Labs will take place this year in cooperation with academic institutions in over 40 countries – at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia, Israel’s Technion, ETH Zurich, Chimie ParisTech and many more. On 8 November, the winners from all international qualifying rounds will come together in Berlin to present their research ideas in 3 minutes each.

    8 November, 9 am – 5.30 pm: Falling Walls Venture

    Falling Walls Venture is an international forum for outstanding science based start-up companies, venture capitalists and strategic investors as well as their wider academic and business environment. Twenty leading academic institutions and venture capitalists present their most outstanding science based enterprises to an audience and a distinguished jury. Falling Walls Venture is organised by the Falling Walls Foundation and generously supported by Siemens and Boehringer Ingelheim as global partners. The event is organised in cooperation with Invest Europe – The Voice of Private Capital, ASTP-Proton, A.T. Kearney, international partner universities and research institutions.

    9 November, 9 am – 7 pm: Falling Walls Conference

    The Falling Walls Conference was first held in 2009 to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and has now developed into a highly acclaimed platform for international research. Over 20 top scientists will once again present their breakthroughs in 15 minutes each. An up-to-date list of confirmed speakers can be found at http://www.falling-walls.com/conference/speakers-2016. The conference is supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Helmholtz Association, the Robert Bosch Stiftung, the Berlin Senate and numerous other academic institutions, foundations and companies. More information on the Falling Walls Conference, as well as on the expanded programme, can be found at www.falling-walls.com.

    The photo to this page from www.falling-walls.com; FWC-2015, credit: Kay Herschelmann

     

  • 2016 AAAS – Kavli Science Journalism Awards

    2016 AAAS – Kavli Science Journalism Awards

    CJRad

    Dear Journalist,

    The AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards are now global. A doubling of the endowment by The Kavli Foundation allows entries from around the world in each of the reporting categories. We present two awards in each category: a Gold award ($5,000) and a Silver award ($3,500).
    Entries for the 2016 competition will be accepted online starting in early May. The deadline for submissions is August 1, 2016. Entries must have been published, broadcast or posted online during the contest year: July 16, 2015 to July 15, 2016.

    Please read the Contest Rules and Frequently Asked Questions before submitting. Note: If the submitted work was published or broadcast in a language other than English, you must provide an English translation. Submit online at: sjawards.aaas.org

    The awards recognize outstanding reporting for a general audience on the sciences, engineering, and mathematics. Stories on the environment, energy, science policy, and health qualify if they deal in a substantive way with underlying science. Independent committees of journalists select the winning entries.

    The awards will be presented at the AAAS Annual Meeting in February 2017 in Boston. The award covers travel and lodging expenses for winners. For questions, contact: sja@aaas.org

    American Association for the Advancement of Science
    1200 New York Ave NW, Washington DC 20005

  • Demographics, Diversity and Health

    EU-Fahne

    EUSJA has 7 travel grants for its members to attend the prestigious European Health Gastein Forum that takes place Bad Hofgastein, Austria from 28 to 30 September 2016. This year the main topics of this outstanding meeting will be demographics, diversity and health. Leading scientists, experts from academia, NGOs, business and industry, decision makers in health policy will be present to share new ideas and use the EHFG as a platform for the exchange of experiences and opinions at the international level. See the preliminary program to http://www.ehfg.org/1210.html

    Travel grants for EUSJA members include conference fees, accommodation up to 4 nights, meal, transfers from and to Salzburg airport. The first press conference is expected in the morning of September 28, thus the arrival day is September 27. The applications (name, association, media, e-mail, mobile) should be sent via national associations by July 15. The announcement how to proceed and the rules of the applications were sent to EUSJA national associations. Please contact your national delegate.

     

     

     

  • Meet science in Lindau!

    59th Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau 2009

    The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings and the European Union of Science Journalists´ Associations (EUSJA) have agreed to support the participation of EUSJA member journalists in the coming meeting of Nobel Laureates with young researchers. 30 Nobel Laureates and Vinton Cerf (ACM A.M. Turing Award 2004) have confirmed their participation in this unique meeting that will be dedicated to physics. They will meet approximately 400 aspiring undergraduates, PhD students, and post-docs from 80 countries.

    EUSJA members – employed as well as freelance science journalists – interested to covering the Lindau Meeting are eligible to apply for funding of their travel and accommodation. The Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings will cover the costs of a return-flight in economy class to a nearby international airport (transfers not included) and a three-night’s stay at a hotel in or around Lindau (additional nights may be booked at one’s own expense). Additional expenses, e.g. train tickets/taxi costs/boarding/etc., will not be refunded.

    Please send your application consisting of a short CV and a motivation letter indicating your specific journalistic interests by email to the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting by 1 April 2016 (deadline).

    Contact person: Gero von der Stein, Project Manager Communications

    Phone: +49 (0)8382 277 31 26

    Email: gero.vonderstein@lindau-nobel.org

    See more information about the 66-th Lindau Laureste Meeting to

    http://www.lindau-nobel.org/

    Photo: Nobel Laureate Harold Kroto to Lindau Meetings.

    Credit:http://www.lindau-nobel.org/

     

  • European Science Writer of the Year award NOW open for entries

    National associations are invited to nominate their candidate for the European Science Writer of the Year award worth £500 and a free trip to attend the reception at the 3rd European Conference of Science Journalists in Manchester, UK.

    The deadline is 17:00 on Friday 15 April 2016.

    Here’s how to do it  (info is from the Association of British Science Writers’ website):

    “The ABSW is co-ordinating an award for ‘European Science Writer of the Year’ for the second year.   This initiative has been made possible by support from Janssen Research and Development.

    Criteria

    The award is intended to celebrate the work of a journalist or writer who promotes excellence and creativity in science journalism and writing. They will be recognised for entertaining and informing audiences, for inspiring new generations of journalists and writers, and for innovation in their main area of expertise.

    The award is in the first year limited to those who primarily work with the written word, be it features, news, or blogs, but not books. Their work may appear in print, online or both. The ABSW may extend the award to broadcast journalists in the future, but in the first instance is limiting entries to the written word for ease of translation and to simplify judging.

    Process

    Each European science journalism/writing association has been asked to put forward their nomination for the Award (one nominee per association). It is entirely up to each association to determine the most appropriate way to select their nominee.

    The ABSW has decided to ask its members for their nominations with the ABSW’s Executive Board then selecting the winner to be put forward to the European Award. Entries from each national association will then be judged by the ABSW Awards Judging panel.

    The nominated writer must have been working in the country of the nominating national European association during the relevant competition year, 1 January 2015 – 31 December 2015.  Supporting articles provided with the nomination must have all been first published during the competition year 1 January 2015 – 31 December 2015.

    The winner of the European Science Writer of the Year Award will receive a cash prize of £500.00 and will be invited to attend the 3rd European Conference of Science Journalists and ABSW Science Writers Awards ceremony to be held in Manchester, UK, Saturday 23 July 2016.  Funds are available to cover the costs of attending the conference and ceremony.

    For European Science Journalism Association Nominations

    The method by which each Association chooses its nominee is entirely down to that Association.   Only one nominee may be made by each Association. When you have decided on your nomination then please make your entry via the online entry form.

    You may also want to look at this form in order to ensure you gain appropriate information about potential nominees during your selection process. A key requirement is that supporting work should have been published in the entry year which runs 1 January 2015 – 31 December 2015 and that the nominated writer must have been working in the country of the nominating national European association during the relevant competition year, 1 January 2015 – 31 December 2015.

    You must also seek permission from the relevant journalist/writer before making the nomination. The deadline for making your nomination is 17:00 on Friday 15 April 2016.

    The ABSW Awards are a celebration of science journalism in Britain and Ireland, and are much appreciated by journalists as they are always judged and/or nominated by their peers. The ABSW is delighted that this ethos can now be extended to our science journalism colleagues throughout Europe.”

    Last year’s winner was Croatian science journalist, Tanja Rudez of Jutarnji List daily national newspaper, while the second and third place went to Jop De Vrieze, freelance journalist, from the Netherlands who was nominated by VWN (Dutch Association of Science Journalists) and Ewen Callaway, senior reporter at Nature, UK, nominated by the ABSW.

    Tina Popovic, reporter at Vijesti newspaper from Montenegro got an honorable mention for brave investigative reporting.