AACR June L. Biedler Prize for Cancer Journalism 2025 ($5,000 cash award) Deadline: 9 December, 2024
Applications for the AACR June L. Biedler Prize for Cancer Journalism 2025 are now open. The AACR June L. Biedler Prize for Cancer Journalism was established by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in 2015 to raise awareness of the critical role that the media play in educating the public about cancer and cancer research.
Funded by a major bequest to the AACR from cancer research pioneer Dr. June L. Biedler, a scientist, mentor, and former member of the AACR Board of Directors, this prize showcases outstanding examples of cancer journalism and recognizes individual professional journalists who have produced accurate, informative, and compelling stories that enhance the public’s understanding of cancer, cancer research, cancer advocacy, or cancer policy.
Benefits
- The prize provides an unrestricted cash award of $5,000 and a commemorative award.
Eligibility
- Open to print, broadcast, and online professional journalists whose stories appear in newspapers, magazines, websites, and broadcast platforms that target lay public audiences.
- Submissions must have been published or broadcast for the first time between December 1, 2023, and November 30, 2024.
- The submission must enhance the public’s understanding of cancer, cancer research, cancer advocacy, or cancer policy.
- Candidacy is open to journalists whose primary audience is the lay public.
- The submission must be in English, or accurately translated into English.
- More than one individual may share the prize as contributors, with a maximum of two representatives invited to attend the AACR Annual Meeting to accept the prize if the prize is shared.
- Institutions or organizations are not eligible for the prize.
Deadline: 9 December, 2024
Application
Eligible submissions must include the following:
- Applicant information and indication of prize category.
- Impact Statement written in English (Max: 200 words), which succinctly describes the submitted body of work and the impact of the submission on enhancing the public’s understanding of cancer, cancer research, or cancer policy.
- An electronic version of the submitted body of work. An English translation will need to be provided for all non-English pieces.
For more information, visit AACR June L. Biedler Prize.
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