Awards & Fellowships

Nineteen journalists awarded grants to attend ScienceWriters2024 Seven journalists working across the United States have been selected to receive CASW New Horizons Travel Fellowships to support their participation in ScienceWriters2024, taking p...

Usha Lee McFarling awarded 2024 Victor Cohn Prize Usha Lee McFarling (@ushamcfarling), national science correspondent at STAT, has been selected to receive the 2024 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting. Am...

Jason Mast wins 2024 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award Jason Mast at STAT has won the 2024 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award, CASW’s annual prize for a young science journalist, for his reporting at the intersection of medical science, bu...

Hannah Furfaro wins Sharon Begley Award for Science Reporting Hannah Furfaro (@hannahfurfaro), mental health reporter for The Seattle Times, has been selected as the winner of the 2024 Sharon Begley Award for Science Reporting. Furfaro is the...

Journalists supported by CASW publish stories on Antarctic treks, nuclear power, and more For more than two months, science journalist Sofia Moutinho cruised through Antarctic waters on an icebreaker, watching closely as scientists in the GEOTRACES initiative collected ...

CASW selects 2024-25 Taylor/Blakeslee Fellows Seven talented writers pursuing careers in science journalism have been awarded prestigious Taylor/Blakeslee University Fellowships for the 2024-25 academic year from the Council f...

Freda Kreier awarded mentored science journalism project fellowship Freelance journalist and science writer Freda Kreier has been awarded a Taylor/Blakeslee Mentored Science Journalism Project Fellowship, which includes a small grant for an indepen...

Meet the 2024 SHERF fellows Twelve journalists have been selected for the National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships (SHERF) program, now in its third year. The fellowship is a collaboration of...

Applications accepted for SHERF program for early-career journalists The 2024 application window has closed. US-based journalists interested in building careers reporting on science, health and the environment are invited to apply for cross-cutting ...

CASW accepting entries for 2024 prizes, fellowships Update May 16: CASW is no longer accepting fellowship or Sharon Begley Award entries for 2024. The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing is now accepting entries and nomin...

Q&A with CASW’s first physical sciences graduate fellow This year, thanks to support from The Brinson Foundation, CASW expanded its long-running Taylor/Blakeslee graduate fellowship program by adding an enhanced award for a science writ...

Fellows gather for first SHERF Symposium As others attending ScienceWriters2023 were making their way to Colorado on October 6, a select group of early-career journalists were already gathered in Boulder discussing import...

CASW’s first Connector Chat generates fellowship resources Resources from CASW’s first Connector Chat, which offered tips for finding and securing science journalism fellowships, are now available online. Connector is CASW’s library ...

Maryn McKenna awarded 2023 Victor Cohn Prize Maryn McKenna (@marynmck), senior writer at WIRED and a widely published journalist and author specializing in public health, global health, and food policy, has been selected to r...

Four awarded grants to attend ScienceWriters2023 CASW is delighted to announce that four science writers will receive CASW New Horizons in Science travel fellowships to attend ScienceWriters2023 in Colorado October 6-10. The grou...

Sarah Kaplan wins 2023 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award Sarah Kaplan (@sarahkaplan48) at the Washington Post has won the 2023 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award, CASW’s annual prize for young science journalists. Kaplan submitted four stori...

John D. Sutter wins Sharon Begley Award for Science Reporting John D. Sutter (@jdsutter), an independent science and environmental journalist and filmmaker whose remarkable documentaries and investigative reporting have taken audiences to the...

James Dinneen awarded 2023 Taylor/Blakeslee mentored science journalism project fellowship James Dinneen (@jamesNESW) has been awarded a 2023 Taylor/Blakeslee Mentored Science Journalism Project Fellowship. The grant will support a reporting project focused on America...

Michelson grant increases CASW’S Cohn Prize to $5,000 Michelson Philanthropies has awarded the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing a grant to underwrite the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting. The...

Sofia Moutinho awarded Antarctic reporting fellowship Sofia Moutinho (@sofiamoutinhoBR), an award-winning freelance science journalist based in Rio de Janeiro, has been selected to accompany a major oceanographic expedition to Antarct...

Taylor/Blakeslee fellow takes on field reporting in Alaska My visit to Kotzebue, Alaska came on the heels of a less welcome guest: Typhoon Merbok. As this powerful storm pummeled the west coast of Alaska, I enjoyed a sunny weekend in Ancho...

Seven science writers selected for 2023-24 Taylor/Blakeslee Graduate Fellowships Six writers motivated to acquire journalism skills to cover science, health, and environment issues have been awarded prestigious Taylor/Blakeslee University Fellowships for the 20...

CASW opens entry window for 2023 awards Update: Submissions for the 2023 Sharon Begley Award are no longer being accepted. And the Victor Cohn Prize deadline has been extended to July 16. The Council for the Advancement ...

CASW announces Antarctic expedition reporting opportunity The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing is pleased to announce a fellowship that will enable an early-career science journalist to accompany a major oceanographic expedi...

GEOTRACES Expedition Reporting Fellowship: Frequently Asked Questions The application deadline for the fellowship has passed. What is the purpose and nature of this fellowship? CASW and the scientists leading the GEOTRACES cruise to Antarctica seek t...

SHERF fellows announced for 2022-23 Twelve journalists have been selected for the 2022-23 National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships (SHERF), a collaboration of CASW, the Association of Health Care Jo...

Nine fellows awarded grants to attend ScienceWriters2022 CASW is pleased to award nine science writers grants to attend ScienceWriters2022 both in person and virtually. Four will receive New Horizons in Science travel fellowships and wil...

Sabrina Imbler wins 2022 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award Sabrina Imbler has won the 2022 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award, CASW’s annual prize for young science journalists. Imbler (@aznfusion) submitted four pieces they wrote while worki...

Pam Belluck and Stephanie M. Lee share 2022 Victor Cohn Prize Journalists Pam Belluck of The New York Times (@PamBelluck) and Stephanie M. Lee (@stephaniemlee), formerly with BuzzFeed News, have been chosen to receive the 2022 Victor Cohn Pri...

Bijal Trivedi wins first Sharon Begley Award for Science Reporting Bijal P. Trivedi (@BijalPTrivedi), senior editor for science at National Geographic, is the inaugural winner of the Sharon Begley Award for Science Reporting. The award was establi...

Journalism partners announce second year of National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships program Journalists interested in building careers reporting on science, health and the environment are eligible to apply for cross-cutting fellowships designed to provide training, networ...

Saima Sidik awarded Taylor/Blakeslee mentored science journalism project fellowship Saima Sidik (@saimamaysidik) has been awarded a 2022 Taylor/Blakeslee Mentored Science Journalism Project Fellowship. The grant from CASW will support a reporting project exploring...

2022-23 Taylor/Blakeslee Fellowships help six students plunge into science writing Six talented students passionate about science journalism have been awarded prestigious Taylor/Blakeslee University Fellowships for the 2022-23 academic year from the Council for t...

Taylor/Blakeslee Fellow reports from the Norwegian Arctic Brett Simpson (@brettvsimpson) traveled to Norway as an independent journalist last year to report on conflicting interests of a Norwegian mining company and Indigenous Sámi commu...

Student, professional science writers attend ScienceWriters2021 with CASW support CASW is happy to announce that five journalists have been awarded New Horizons attendance fellowships to support their participation in the ScienceWriters2021 virtual conference. I...

New award to honor science journalist Sharon Begley The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW) is pleased to announce the launch of a new award honoring the late science journalist Sharon Begley. The Sharon Begley Sci...

Nicholas St. Fleur wins Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award The winner of the 2021 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award, an annual prize for young science journalists, is STAT reporter Nicholas St. Fleur (@SciFleur). St. Fleur received the award an...

Helen Branswell and Amy Maxmen share 2021 Victor Cohn Prize Journalists Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) of STAT and Amy Maxmen (@amymaxmen) of Nature have been chosen to receive the 2021 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Sci...

First National Science, Health and Environmental Fellows selected The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW), the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ), and the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) have announced the ...

Brett Simpson awarded Taylor/Blakeslee mentored science journalism project fellowship CASW is pleased to announce the award of a Taylor/Blakeslee Mentored Science Journalism Project Fellowship to Brett Simpson (@brettvsimpson). Simpson, who completed her masters at ...

CASW invites award nominations and entries; deadline June 30 CASW is now accepting nominations for the 2021 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting and entries for the Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award for a young science...

2021-22 Taylor/Blakeslee Fellows pursue journalism with a passion for science, justice Six talented journalists passionate about science, health, the environment, and social justice have been awarded prestigious Taylor/Blakeslee University Fellowships for 2021–22 f...

Journalism partners unveil 2021-22 National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships Journalists interested in building careers reporting on science, health and the environment are eligible to apply for new cross-disciplinary fellowships designed to provide trai...

Katherine J. Wu wins 2020 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award The winner of the 2020 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award, an annual prize for young science journalists, is New York Times science and health reporter Katherine J. Wu (@KatherineJWu)...

Ed Yong awarded 2020 Victor Cohn Prize for medical science reporting Ed Yong (@edyong209), a staff writer for The Atlantic, is the recipient of the 2020 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting. Judges for the prize, awarded ...

2020-21 Taylor/Blakeslee Fellows pursue science journalism in every medium Five talented journalists endowed with multimedia skills and a determination to make a difference have been awarded prestigious Taylor/Blakeslee University Fellowships for 2020–2...

Taylor/Blakeslee Fellow selected for 2020 mentored reporting project CASW is delighted to announce the award of a Taylor/Blakeslee Mentored Science Journalism Project Fellowship to Jerimiah Oetting (@joetting13). The fellowship, which is awarded com...

Taylor/Blakeslee Fellow reports on water crisis in Jordan In the summer of 2018, Elizabeth Whitman travelled to the Middle East to explore Jordan’s water crisis and to learn how the government is responding. Her story, “A land without...

Apoorva Mandavilli awarded 2019 Victor Cohn Prize Apoorva Mandavilli (@apoorva_nyc), a seasoned science journalist known for both superb narrative writing and breaking news coverage, is the recipient of the 2019 Victor Cohn Prize...

CASW awards 2019 New Horizons travel fellowships CASW is happy to annouce that two journalists have been awarded travel fellowships to attend New Horizons in Science briefings at ScienceWriters2019. Bobbi Booker (@bobbibooker) is...

Ryan Cross wins 2019 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award The winner of the 2019 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award, an annual prize for young science journalists, is Ryan Cross, assistant editor at Chemical & Engineering News. Cross receiv...

2019-20 Taylor/Blakeslee Fellows combine passions for science, narrative and a better world Six talented journalists with experience in research, writing and policy have been awarded prestigious Taylor/Blakeslee University Fellowships for 2019-20 from the Council for th...

Paired Fellows selected for first mentored science journalism project grants Two recent Taylor/Blakeslee Graduate Fellows have been awarded CASW’s first Taylor/Blakeslee Mentored Science Journalism Project Fellowships, small grants for independent reporti...

Freelance journalist Laura Beil awarded 2018 Victor Cohn Prize for Medical Science Reporting Freelance medical writer Laura Beil, a career journalist whose work combines gripping narrative and dogged reporting to illuminate issues of personal concern to a wide range of rea...

Joshua Sokol wins 2018 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award The winner of the 2018 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award, an annual prize for young science journalists, is freelance writer Joshua Sokol. Sokol received the award and its $1,000 pri...

2018-19 Taylor/Blakeslee Fellows bring varied backgrounds to science writing Five women with backgrounds ranging from astronomy, mathematics and biology to investigative journalism and film have been awarded prestigious Taylor/Blakeslee University Fellowsh...

CASW Fellow awarded project grant to report on Middle East water issues Elizabeth Whitman (@elizabethwhitty), a master’s student at the Columbia University School of Journalism, has won a $5,000 special reporting grant from CASW’s Taylor/Bl...

Accomplished journalist Sharon Begley awarded 2017 Victor Cohn Prize for Medical Science Reporting Sharon Begley, a seasoned medical reporter who is senior science writer at STAT, is the recipient of the 2017 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting. Judges ...

Eric Boodman wins 2017 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award The winner of the 2017 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award, an annual prize for young science journalists, is Eric Boodman, a reporter at STAT. Boodman received the award and its $1,000 p...

2017-18 Taylor/Blakeslee Fellows aim to ‘elevate the public conversation about science’ Five writers with varied backgrounds in crime and business reporting, science and education have been awarded the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing’s prestigiou...

Jennifer Lu wins special CASW grant for investigative project Jennifer Lu, now studying toward a master’s degree in journalism at the University of Missouri, has won a $5,000 special reporting grant from CASW’s Taylor-Blakeslee univer...

Natalie Wolchover wins 2016 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award The winner of the 2016 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award, an annual prize for young science journalists, is Natalie Wolchover, senior writer at Quanta Magazine. Wolchover received the a...

Liz Szabo wins 2016 Victor Cohn Prize for medical science journalism for work at USA Today Liz Szabo, whose work as USA Today’s medical reporter combined authoritative breaking-news coverage with dogged investigative journalism, is the recipient of the 2016 Victor C...

2016-17 Taylor/Blakeslee Fellows distinguished by diverse experiences, accomplishment Five science-trained journalists who have pursued their passions for science and writing in locations as diverse as Mexico and Yemen have been awarded the Council for the Advancem...

Special reporting grant awarded to Amy McDermott Amy McDermott, now studying at the University of California, Santa Cruz’s Science Communication Program and already a prolific reporter, writer and editor, has won a $5,000 speci...

Madhumita Venkataramanan wins 2015 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award The winner of the 2015 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award, an annual prize for young science journalists, is Madhumita Venkataramanan, now head of technology coverage for the Telegraph i...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Mark Johnson awarded 2015 Victor Cohn Prize for medical science journalism Milwaukee Journal Sentinel science and medical reporter Mark Johnson, a career newspaper journalist whose work is marked by its scientific breadth, human impact and storytelling ve...

Five awarded Taylor/Blakeslee University Fellowships for 2015-16 Five journalists who have distinguished themselves as student and professional writers, authors and scientists have been chosen by the Council for the Advancement of Science Writin...

Azeen Ghorayshi wins 2014 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award The winner of the 2014 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award, an annual prize for young science journalists, is Azeen Ghorayshi. Ghorayshi (@azeen) received the award and its $1,000 priz...

New York Times reporter Elisabeth Rosenthal awarded 2014 Victor Cohn Prize for Medical Science Reporting New York Times reporter Elisabeth Rosenthal, a physician and newspaper correspondent for 20 years, is the recipient of the 2014 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science ...

Taylor/Blakeslee Fellows for 2014-15 announced Four writers who have helped readers discover science in topics from basketball to curly fries have been chosen by the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing to receive pre...

Health journalists John Fauber and Joanne Silberner share 2013 Victor Cohn prize for medical science reporting Health journalists John Fauber, a medical investigative reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Joanne Silberner, a freelance multimedia journalist and former National Pub...

Jon Cohen awarded 2012 Victor Cohn medical science reporting prize Jon Cohen, a contributing correspondent for Science magazine, was presented the 2012 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting at the annual awards ceremony he...

Ron Winslow of Wall Street Journal receives 2011 Victor Cohn medical science reporting prize Ron Winslow, the New York-based deputy bureau chief for health and science and a veteran medical reporter at the Wall Street Journal, has been awarded the 2011 Victor Cohn Prize...

Marilynn Marchione of the Associated Press Wins 2010 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting Marilynn Marchione, a medical writer at the Associated Press, has been awarded the 2010 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Journalism for her compelling and ent...

Joe Palca of NPR Wins 2008 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting Joe Palca, science correspondent for National Public Radio, has been named to receive the 2008 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting for his outstanding, in...

Six receive travel fellow awards to visit Austin, Texas Six science writers have been awarded CASW Travel Fellowships to cover the cost of attending the 2009 New Horizons in Science briefing for journalists, to be hosted by the Universi...

Denise Grady of NY Times Wins 2009 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting Denise Grady, a New York Times science reporter, is the recipient of the 2009 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting in recognition of the unusual breadth an...

Geeta Anand Wins 2007 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Reporting Geeta Anand, a New York-based senior special writer for the Wall Street Journal‘s investigative group, has been awarded the 2007 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical S...

Jerome Groopman wins 2006 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Reporting Jerome Groopman, a staff writer at The New Yorker and a professor of medicine at Harvard, has been awarded the 2006 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting fo...

Rick Weiss Wins 2005 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Reporting Weiss Wins 2005 Cohn Prize Rick Weiss, a science and medical reporter for the Washington Post who has produced in-depth coverage of stem cell research and the accompanying debate, ...