AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship 2025 ($8,000 Stipend)Deadline: 1 January, 2025
Applications are open for the AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship 2025. This 10-week summer program places science, engineering, and mathematics students at media organizations nationwide. Fellows use their academic training as they research, write, and report today’s headlines, sharpening their abilities to communicate complex scientific issues to the public.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) works every day to increase public understanding of science and technology and to enhance communication among scientists, engineers, and the public. As one of AAAS’ immersive fellowships, the AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship aims to strengthen the community of scientists who are well-versed in communicating complex ideas to a general audience and to bring accurate science stories to the public.
Award
- Fellows are provided a stipend of $8,000 for the summer as well as travel expenses to and from AAAS and their sites. AAAS does not provide health care or employee benefits. AAAS does not provide housing or an additional housing stipend.
Eligibility
- Applicants must a) be enrolled as students (upper level undergraduate or graduate), b) be a postdoctoral trainee, or c) apply within one year of the completion of a) or b). Applicants must be in the life, physical, health, engineering, computer, or social sciences or mathematics and related fields.
- Students enrolled in English, journalism, science journalism, or other non-technical fields are not eligible for the AAAS Mass Media Fellowship BUT these students may be eligible for the Diverse Voices in Science Journalism Internship.
- Applicants must be US citizens or already hold visas that allow them to receive payment for work during the summer. AAAS cannot assist in obtaining/retaining visas.
- Successful applicants are required to attend an orientation at AAAS headquarters at the beginning of the summer (early June) and a wrap-up session at the end of the summer (mid-August). They will prepare reports on the progress of their fellowships throughout their placement.
The fellowship is open to international students who are already studying in the United States and who hold visas that allow them to receive payment for work during the summer. AAAS cannot assist in obtaining/retaining visas. The fellowship is also open to US citizens studying abroad as long as they can pay their way back into the US for the fellowship.
Application
Applications will remain open until January 1, 2025. The program will run from June 4, 2025 – August 19, 2025.
For more information, visit AAAS.
Deadline: 1 January, 2025
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