Awards & Fellowships

The award is intended to encourage young science journalists by recognizing outstanding reporting and writing in any field of science. The winner receives $1,000 and travel expenses to attend the joint awards ceremony of CASW and the National Association of Science Writers.

The recipient of this career prize receives a cash award of $5,000, a certificate, and travel expenses to attend the joint awards ceremony of CASW and the National Association of Science Writers.

The Sharon Begley Award will comprise both 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. The first winner was recognized at ScienceWriters2022.

This early-career training program—a partnership of CASW, the Association of Health Care Journalists, and the Society of Environmental Journalists—provides holistic professional development opportunities for journalists specializing in science, health, and environment reporting.

The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing offers travel fellowships to offset the cost of attending meetings and conferences.

CASW awards fellowships to students enrolled in U.S. graduate-level science writing programs to help defray the cost of tuition. Awards of $6,000 are available to fellows selected on the basis of a national competition. An enhanced fellowship is available for covering the physical sciences.

Project fellowships offer a small grant for an independent reporting project and come with the support of a senior journalist as a mentor.