Deadline: 7 December 2023
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is accepting applications for the AACR June L. Biedler Prize for Cancer Journalism to raise awareness of the critical role that the media play in educating the public about cancer and cancer research.
The AACR June L. Biedler Prize for Cancer Journalism has been established to showcase outstanding examples of cancer journalism, and to recognize individual professional journalists who have produced accurate, informative, and compelling stories.
Categories
- Submissions will be judged and recipients selected based on the following categories:
- Print and Online
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Online/multimedia
- Broadcast
- Television/radio/podcasts
- Print and Online
- Each submission may only be considered for one category as selected by the candidate in his or her application form.
Prize Information
- The prize provides an unrestricted cash award of $5,000 and a commemorative award.
Eligibility Criteria
- Prizes are intended to honor individual journalists. However, more than one journalist may be co-nominated and selected to receive a prize should the submitted piece be a result of contributions made by all involved parties.
- There are no fees associated with submitted nominations.
- Trade publications as well as institutions and/or organizations are ineligible to receive the prize.
- Candidacy is open to journalists targeting the lay public.
- The submission must be in English, or accurately translated into English.
- The submission must enhance the public’s understanding of cancer, cancer research, cancer advocacy, or cancer policy.
- More than one individual may share the prize as co-creators, 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.
For more information, visit AACR.
