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The Keck Futures Initiative – a program of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine, with the support of the W.M. Keck Foundation – will award four $20,000 prizes in 2015 to individuals or teams (up to four individuals associated with the creation of the work being nominated) who have developed creative, original works that address issues and advances in science, engineering and/or medicine for the general public. Nominations are accepted in four categories: Book; Film/Radio/TV; Magazine/Newspaper; and Online. The winners will be honored in the Fall 2015 at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C and are expected to attend in person.
ELIGIBILITY
To be considered for a 2015 Communication Award, the work should:
• be accessible and appeal to a broad, public audience;
• demonstrate clarity, creativity, originality, and accuracy;
• address issues and/or advances in science, engineering, and/or medicine;
• cover topics that have an impact on society; and
• have been published, broadcast, or released in 2014, in the United States and in English.
Call For Nominations Now Being Accepted
Nominations will be accepted through February 9, 2015. For more information about the process, please visit:
http://www.keckfutures.org/awards/nominate.html.
2015 TIMELINE
o February 9 – Nomination process closes; all nominations must be submitted online.
o February 13 – All supporting materials must be received or nomination is invalid. Please see specific category for required supporting materials.
o Fall 2015 – Winners honored at a ceremony to be held in Washington D.C. Date to be determined.
NOMINATION FORM
The nominations process closes February 9, 2015; copies of the nominated work must be submitted as described for each category by February 13, 2015. Self- nominations are permitted; there is no nomination fee. Nominators are encouraged to submit to the category that most closely describes the work(s) being nominated. Supporting materials will not be returned.
The criteria for each category are listed below.
BOOK
Books must have been published in the U.S. in 2014 to be considered. Please submit two copies of the book. The publisher and year of publication must be printed on the book. Advance publication dates must include verification from the publisher.
FILM/RADIO/TV
Works in this category must have aired on a U.S. station or have been released in U.S. theaters or on DVD in 2014 and may include a single story or movie, a series, or as many as six brief, unrelated stories. Please submit three CDs or DVDs labeled with the nominee's name(s), the title(s) included on the DVD or CD, and the original airdate (with the name of the U.S. station and the program on which the stories aired) or release date. These must be submitted in protective cases and include authorization allowing the Keck Futures Initiative to reproduce the CD or DVD for review purposes (copyright release). Submission of copies of the program transcript is also encouraged. If you are not able to provide copyright release, please submit an additional 20 copies of the CD or DVD.
MAGAZINE/NEWSPAPER
Work in this category must have been published in the U.S. in 2014, and may comprise a single article or as many as four articles that are unrelated or that constitute a formal series. Please submit three original copies of each article clearly showing the byline and the name and date of the publication and authorization allowing the Keck Futures Initiative to reproduce the article for review purposes (copyright release). If you are not able to provide copyright release, please send an additional 20 copies of the article(s), or a PDF file of the article(s).
ONLINE
Works in this category may include as many as six blog entries, hypertext documents, videos, podcasts, commentaries, data visualizations, interactive components, etc., or any combination thereof, created specifically for the Web that were posted online in 2014. Preference will be given to nominations that make the best use of the medium, including multi-media presentations that incorporate a combination of writings, features, and/or other capabilities unique to this communication medium. Include links to the unique URLs for each work(s). Links must be active through October 31, 2015.
Questions? Or if you would like to be on the awards ceremony invite list please email commawards@nas.edu.
Winners and finalists will be announced early fall 2015.
For More Information
Visit http://www.keckfutures.org/awards/nominate.html for a complete listing of this year's Selection Committee, information about the awards and to nominate.
Kind regards,
~Rachel Lesinski
National Academies Keck Futures Initiative
100 Academy, 2nd Floor
Irvine, CA 92617
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