[Scholarship_alert] AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellows Program

[Science & Engineering Scholarships Alert]

Title:            AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellows 
Program 


Sponsor:          American Association for the Advancement of Science

SYNOPSIS:  The sponsor makes awards to strengthen the connections
between scientists and journalists by placing advanced science,
engineering and mathematics students in newsrooms across the country.
Approximately fifteen to twenty fellows will be selected.

Deadline(s):      01/15/2011
Established Date: 12/29/1997
Follow-Up Date:   11/01/2011
Review Date:      10/05/2010

Contact:          Stacey Pasco, Manager Mass Media 
Program

Address:          1200 New York Avenue, NW
                   Washington, DC 20005
                   U.S.A.
E-mail:           spasco at aaas.org

Program URL: http://www.aaas.org/programs/education/MassMedia/index.shtml
Tel:              202-326-6441
Fax:              202-371-9849
Deadline Ind:     Receipt
Deadline Open:    No



Award Type(s):    Fellowship
                   Summer


Citizenship/Country of Applying Institution:
                   Any/No Restrictions

Locations Tenable:    U.S.A. Institution (including U.S. Territories)


Appl Type(s):     Postdoctoral
                   Graduate Student
                   Undergraduate Student


Target Group(s):  NONE
Funding Limit:    $450   WEEK
Duration:         10 WEEK(s)
Indirect Costs:   Unspecified
Cost Sharing:     No
Sponsor Type:     Professional/Academic Assoc & Soc.


Geo. Restricted:  NO RESTRICTIONS

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OBJECTIVES:  Fellows work for ten weeks during the summer as
reporters, researchers, and production assistants in mass media
organizationsnationwide. Fellows collaborate with media professionals
at radio and television stations, newspapers, and magazines. The
student-scientists and their host-journalists strive to make science
news clear and readily understandable for the public.  The
fellowship program is designed to enhance coverage of science-related
issues in the media in order to improve public understanding and
appreciation of science and technology. Fellows have the opportunity
to observe and participate in the process by which events and ideas
become news, improve their communication skills by learning to
describe complex technical subjects in a manner understandable to the
lay public, and increase their understanding of editorial decision
making and the way in which information is effectively
disseminated.

ELIGIBILITY
  Applicants must be enrolled as college or university students (in
their senior year, or in any graduate or postgraduate level) in the
natural, physical, health, engineering, computer or social sciences or
mathematics in order to apply. Applicants must apply for the summer
fellowship within one year of graduation or defense of their
thesis.

FUNDING
  Fellows are provided a weekly stipend of $450 as well as travel
expenses. (cas)

KEYWORDS:         Journalism
                   BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL SCIENCES
                   Mass Communication/Media
                   ENGINEERING
                   HEALTH AND SAFETY/MEDICAL SCIENCES/BIOMEDICAL
                   Computer Science
                   Materials Sciences
                   Physical Sciences
                   Science, General/Other
                   Technology
                   Natural Sciences




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