Nominations will be accepted through February 10, 2012.
To be considered for a 2012 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 2011, in the United States and in English.
Material primarily intended for children, reference books, and textbooks are not eligible for consideration. Candidates may be individuals or teams of not more than four people. National Academies’ employees are not eligible and posthumous awards are not permitted. This award is not for lifetime achievement; the work for which a candidate or team is nominated must have been published or broadcast in 2011.
Magazine/Newspaper
Works in this category must be published in the U.S. in 2011, and may compromise 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 National Academies Keck Futures Initiative to reproduce the article(s) for review purposes. (This can be done by checking the appropriate box through the online nomination form, or by submitting a signed, printed copy of NAKFI's copyright release with the supporting materials.) Nominators who are not able to provide copyright release are required to send an additional 20 copies of the article(s) or a PDF file of the article(s) on CD-ROM, or to email copies of the PDF to commawards@nas.edu. Submit a magazine/newspaper nomination.
Questions? Please email commawards@nas.edu.
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