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Past Fresh Scientists
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How to nominateNominations for 2009 are now closed. Fresh Science 2009 will be held in Melbourne from Monday 1 to Thursday 4 June 2009. For information, here are the guidelines for 2009. The 2010 guidelines will be published in early 2010. Please:
Nominations are now closed.
Why
nominate for “Fresh Science”? Fresh Science offers the potential for wide media exposure for your work. It helps young researchers develop expertise in presenting their ideas clearly to a general audience and to the media.
Fresh Science also assists the media to identify and publish accurate stories about Australian science, and demonstrates that science in Australia is exciting, vibrant and successful. Fresh Science encourages and provides recognition for Australia’s best young scientists and engineers.
The selected researchers are likely to gain substantial media exposure. In previous years our Fresh Scientists have attracted national and international interest resulting in hundreds of media stories in Australia and overseas.
What
will it involve?
The successful nominees will: · participate in a one-day media and communication training course · have access to experienced science communicators to advise them on talks, media releases and interviews · swap ideas with other participants · present their research to the media and to public audiences · take part in a Fresh-Science-at-the-Redback event · attend an evening reception with representatives from business, government, research and the media · have the opportunity to, and be expected to, participate in talks in their home state during Science Week.
Travel and accommodation will be provided for participants from outside Melbourne.
The Fresh Scientists will also have the chance to win a one-year subscription to New Scientist and a one-week internship with The Australian newspaper.
Fresh
Science selection criteria
The successful nominees and prize winners will be selected by the Fresh Science selection committee, which comprises scientists, journalists and science communicators.
The committee is looking for Fresh Scientists who can tell an interesting story in everyday language about their significant, peer-reviewed, scientific achievement.
The initial selection will be made on the basis of the nomination form submitted. This means how the application is written will be used as a guide to the ability of the nominee to communicate in everyday English.
The nominee must write their own entry.
The nominee must have peer-reviewed results; and be able to explain what they have found, not what they are planning to find or discover.
Please note that the committee will select the Fresh Scientists not only on quality of their science, but also on the news worthiness of their topics. The group selected will also include a spread of disciplines, topics, gender and states.
Fresh Scientists will be chosen based on the following criteria:· The research must have been conducted in Australia or by an Australian scientist. · The research must have reached a significant milestone and produced peer-reviewed results. Evidence of peer review must be presented. · The research must not have had significant media coverage. · The research must be current, that is, published or concluded since 1 January 2008. · The research must be cleared for public and media presentation i.e. nominees may need to consult with their collaborators and commercial partners. · The nominees must demonstrate the ability to present their research to a lay audience in a clear, interesting and informative way. · Research teams may nominate, but a single person who has played a substantial role in the research must be named as spokesperson. Only that individual will be invited to participate in Fresh Science and present the work. · We are looking for early-career scientists. Researchers must be in the early stages of their career, e.g. honour students, PhD students and post docs. Age per se is not a barrier but nominees must be no more than five years past the completion of their PhD (if they have one). · Researchers must not have an established media profile. · Nominations must be made online using the Fresh Science nomination form. Fresh Science is supported by the Federal government’s Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Museum Victoria and New Scientist. Nomination form: nominations for 2009 are now closed.
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