The Awards
The awards are presented annually. There are four categories:
- The Euroscience Stiftung Young Journalists Award
- The Euroscience Stiftung Lifetime Journalism Award
- The Johnson and Johnson Award for R&D/Science TV journalism
- The AlphaGalileo Award for Research Public Relations
The closing date for the competitive awards - television and public relations - is 31 March 2010.
Judging panels
Euroscience Stiftung Young Journalists and Lifetime Journalism Awards
These awards will be made by the Board of Euroscience Stiftung with advice from EUSJA
Popular R&D/Science TV journalism
Derek Nelson, AlphaGalileo Foundation, ex-BBC producer and former ESA media consultant
Carl Johan Sundberg, Euroscience and Karolinska Institutet
Philippe Bijvoet, VRT – The Flemish Radio- and Television Network
Barbara Gallavotti, Research Italian TV journalist
Media Relations
Antonio Marín Ruiz, GDESCO, Spain
Tom Miller, Imperial College
Andreas Archut, Press Office, University of Bonn
Peter Green, AlphaGalileo Foundation
Tina Zethraeus, Vetenskapsrådet
How to Apply
Applications for the TV and media relations awards must be made via this web site.
Awards will be worth €5,000 each apart from the Young Journalist category where the sponsors reserve the right to award one award of €5,000 or two awards of €2,500.
Additional sponsors of new or existing awards will be welcome in future years.
Further information from Peter Green
+44 (0)7866 727 141
euroscienceeawards@alphagalileo.org
Sponsors
Euroscience Stiftung
The Euroscience Foundation was founded in 2000 as a foundation under German civil law; it has its offices in Hanover, Germany. Its purpose is the advancement of European science and culture. It awards prizes such as the European Science Writers Award and supports workshops and symposia. The Euroscience Foundation is linked to the Euroscience Association in Strasbourg, a pan-European association for the advancement of European science for which the foundation collects money. The Euroscience Association was founded 1997 by engaged European scientists to support as an open forum European research and technology policy and to strengthen the link between science and society.
Katja Ebeling
Euroscience Foundation
Seilerstraße 15 E
30171 Hannover
Germany
Website: www.eurosciencestiftung.de
Email: behrens@volkswagenstiftung.de
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development - Europe
Our Purpose: The Promise of Better Healthcare
At Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Division of Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V. (J&JPRD), we start each day focused on the promise that better healthcare can bring to patients around the world. By leveraging our world-class discovery and development expertise, we bring innovative, effective treatments for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, central nervous system disorders and pain to ease patients' suffering and to significantly improve their health and overall quality of life. With sites around the world, we take a global approach to discovering and developing new medicines for patients.
Kris Verhoeven
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development
Turnhoutseweg 30
B-2340 Beerse
Belgium
www.jnjpharmarnd.com
kverhoe2@prdbe.jnj.com
European Union Association of Science Journalists Associations (EUSJA)
EUSJA is a not-for-profit umbrella organization for national science journalists' associations in Europe. EUSJA has 27 member associations in 25 countries. The national delegates meet once a year, in March, at the general assembly.
Hajo Neubert
EUSJA
1 Quai Lezay Marnésia
F-67000 Strasbourg
http://www.euroscience.org
office@euroscience.org
http://www.eusja.org
hajo@eusja.org
AlphaGalileo Foundation
The AlphaGalileo Foundation provides the AlphaGalileo News Service, whose aim is to secure more and better understanding of the benefits of research in the media and society. This is an essential prerequisite to creating a knowledge–based society in Europe and elsewhere.
Peter Green
AlphaGalileo Foundation
Suite 4.05
130 Shaftesbury Avenue
London W1D 5EU
United Kingdom
www.alphagalileo.org
peter.green@alphagalileo.org
Euroscience
Euroscience is a grass-roots organisation open to research professionals, science administrators, policy-makers, teachers, PhD students, post-docs, engineers, industrialists, and in general to any citizen interested in science and technology and its links with society. Euroscience represents European scientists of all disciplines (including social sciences and the humanities), in the public sector, universities, research institutes as well as business and industry.
Euroscience
1 Quai Lezay Marnésia
F-67000 Strasbourg
www.euroscience.org
office@euroscience.org