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The National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications encourages high-quality #scicomm.

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#ICYMI - yesterday our program welcomed 24 new award winners! 🏆🥳🎉

The #scicomm awards given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with Schmidt Sciences recognize excellent science journalists, research scientists, and science communicators.

Learn more: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10...
October 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Congratulations to the 2025 winners of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social !

Learn more about the winners: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm
October 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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@katrinamillerphd.bsky.social is a science reporter for @nytimes.com who writes about the universe and how the pursuit of understanding it impacts society.

We asked her about covering #astronomy and #physics, shifting from research to journalism, and more: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10...
October 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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As a researcher, @stevenstrogatz.com sees #math everywhere — around us and inside us. 👀 ♾️

Read about his love of #mathematics, where it shows up in his everyday life, and what sparked his efforts to communicate about it: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/08... #scicomm
September 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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@andyluttrell.bsky.social is a social psychologist studying people’s opinions and how they change.

We asked Andy about social science, what sparked his efforts to communicate about it, and lessons from his podcast, Opinion Science.

Read the full interview: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/08...
August 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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@zacksavitsky.bsky.social writes stories about our evolving understanding of the universe and our place within it. 🪐

His reporting across multiple continents follows researchers seeking answers to humanity's deepest questions. He shared a few of his #BTS moments with us. #scicomm
Photographing a biologist in the Atacama Desert digging for microbes in the dirt. He travelled to Chile for this story in Quanta magazine about the origins of life on Earth and stayed in a research log cabin alone with the spiders and stars. Inside the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory with NASA scientists as they (intentionally) smashed their spacecraft into an asteroid named Dimorphos Zack was covering this story about NASA's DART mission for Science magazine. Pictured here with Robin George Andrews, a science journalist who recently wrote a book about asteroid-deflection (which featured a chapter about them sneaking into this private event). Entering a clean room at the Vienna University of Technology to watch physicists forge ultra-pure, hair-thin samples of mysterious metals for a feature in Science magazine.
July 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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@migueldobrich.bsky.social is a journalist, educator, and digital entrepreneur based in Uruguay. He's also the CEO and Editor-in-chief of Amenaza Roboto, a science and technology news website that hosts Uruguay's only data and climate journalism vertical. He shared a few of his #BTS moments with us.
In the field, collaborating with drone pilots from the Aerospace Remote Sensing Service of the Uruguayan Air Force (SSRA) and geologists from the Technological University of Uruguay (UTEC). The moment he was informed that he won an Eric and Wendy Schmidt Award for Excellence in Science Communication while working in Greece. Sharing Amenaza Roboto’s open data methodology with data journalists from The Asahi Shimbun in Tokyo. At the iMEdD International Journalism Forum 2024, Athens, Greece, sharing the open-data methodology he uses with journalists from all over the world.
July 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Applications are open for the New Voices Program 2026–2028 cohort!

Join a network of mid-career STEM leaders at the @nationalacademies.org tackling national and global challenges.

📅 Application Deadline: September 3, 2025
🔗 Learn more: www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/new...

#NewVoices #scipol
July 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Are you a grad student or early-career STEM professional interested in learning about careers in science policy?

Apply today for the 2026 #MirzayanFellowship at @nationalacademies.org, held March 2 – May 22, 2026!

Learn more and apply by August 20, 2025: mirzayanfellow.nas.edu
July 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Fredrick Mugira is the founder of Water Journalists Africa, a group that brings together journalists in 50 African countries to report on water conservation. He has reported on water, climate change, and wildlife for over 18 years, and he shared a few of his #BTS moments with us. 📸 🛶 #scicomm
Fishers in the River Nile. Fredrick concentrates on storytelling about waterways such as the River Nile, the longest river in the world. Fredrick investigating the effects of plastic waste on water bodies in Africa. From a project focused on the beauty of lichens. Through photography in various environments, Fredrick isolates the lichens by removing their backgrounds, visually transforming them into delicate, flower-like structures. This project aims to underscore the importance of lichens for maintaining biodiversity, ecosystem health, and potential human benefits. Reporting on plastic pollution in River Rwizi in Mbarara.
July 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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@alecluhn.bsky.social ‬, a climate journalist who’s covered everything from wildfires, droughts, and oil spills to melting glaciers and a polar bear “invasion,” shares a few of his #BTS moments! 🧊🥾

Learn more about Alec: www.nationalacademies.org/awards/excel... #scicomm #journalism #climate
Riding a Soviet-made helicopter to report on indigenous reindeer herders in the Russian Arctic Posing with a 10,000-year-old woolly mammoth head that was preserved in permafrost. As the permafrost thaws, people in Siberia are illegally hunting mammoth tusks to sell to Chinese ivory carvers Packrafting 100 miles down the Salmon River with scientists to figure out why Alaskan rivers are turning orange and acidic Taking a snowmobile to get to where researchers are trying to artificially thicken sea ice in the Northwest Passage in Canada
June 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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As a gifted science communicator, Grace Huckins — a lecturer and award-winning science writer — covers neuroscience, AI, chronic illness, and other topics at the intersection of science, philosophy, and society.

Learn more: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/06... #scicomm #neuroscience #AI
June 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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@rudymolinek.bsky.social, a geologist, science journalist, and audio producer shares a few of his #BTS moments producing the podcast "Under Our Feet!" 👣 🪨

Learn more about Rudy: www.nationalacademies.org/awards/excel... #scicomm #podcast #geology
Giving a public talk on the geologic and glacial history of the Lake Superior region, while on a ridge overlooking the lake and some outstanding fall colors Behind-the-scenes of Rudy’s set-up to record an episode of Tiny Matters with Sam Jones, a fellow scicomm awards winner (appropriating what will very soon become Rudy’s baby’s room and changing table!) Visiting Blanche the gorilla at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History for a story about museum taxidermy in Smithsonian Magazine
June 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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First up — @alexdainis.bsky.social, a science communicator and video producer creating content that makes science approachable, accessible, and fun. Take a sneak peek at Alex’s work behind-the-scenes! #BTS #scicomm
Filming at the Museum of Neon Art for a video about the chemistry of color With co-producer Stephanie behind-the-scenes on a "Hungry Planet" shoot about corn and tacos! Filming in South Carolina for "Hungry Planet"
June 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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For the next few months, we'll be sharing behind-the-scenes snapshots and stories from these standout communicators—showing the creativity, hustle, and, sometimes, chaos that goes into making science clear, compelling, and accessible to all.
June 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Ever wondered what goes on behind-the-scenes to bring science stories to life? 🎥 🎨

From fieldwork and podcast recordings to unexpected moments that shaped their work, #SciComm awards winners are giving us a peek behind the curtain.
June 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Ever wondered why flamingos eat upside down? 🦩

2023 award winner Saad Bhamla and team @bhamlalab.bsky.social have figured out that the flamingo feeding process is actually an impressive performance in fluid dynamics in a study published in @pnas.org.

Learn more: www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
May 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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On June 3, @nasonline.org President Marcia McNutt will explore the current status of the U.S. research enterprise and strategies for navigating a rapidly changing scientific landscape.

Register now: events.nationalacademies.org/44894_06-202...

#StateOfTheScience
May 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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@sofiaquagliajourno.bsky.social is a freelance journalist writing about all things science and nature. We asked Sofia about her experiences covering #biodiversity, traveling the world, and her unique love of often-forgotten creatures.

Read more: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/04... #scicomm
April 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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2023 award winner @stevenstrogatz.com will be presenting a research briefing on the math and science of synchronization at the National Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting on April 26 at 2:30 pm ET!

Tune in to the live webcast at: nasonline.swoogo.com/NAS162_resea... #NAS162 #scicomm @nasonline.org
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April 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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There are 3 days left to apply for the #scicomm awards given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social, which honor science communicators, science journalists, and research scientists! 🏆

Apply now: www.nationalacademies.org/awards/excel...
March 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Submissions are being accepted until March 31 for the awards for excellence in science communication given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social which honor science communicators, journalists, and researchers.

Apply now: www.nationalacademies.org/awards/excel...
Applications accepted until March 31 Quote from NAS President Marcia McNutt Quote from Schmidt Sciences co-founder Wendy Schmidt
March 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Submissions are being accepted until March 31 for the awards for excellence in science communication given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social which honor science communicators, journalists, and researchers.

Apply now: www.nationalacademies.org/awards/excel...
February 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM