Foresight Institute Communication Prize Instructions

This page will be updated in 2008 for the 2008 nominations

Nominations

Deadline for submitting 2007 nominations was: June 30, 2007.

Nominations must have a summary with the nominee's address, telephone, and (if possible) fax and email address.

Entry quality will be judged on the basis of accuracy, objectivity, scope, content, and appeal. Nominations may be submitted by any interested individual or by the publisher, author, radio or television station, responsible for the effort.

The nomination must include either:

Complete identification and a copy of the article or a book chapter (with the necessary permission to place on Foresight's website, should it be selected as a finalist); or
Complete identification of the media piece, with location and time presented, and submission of tapes, URLs, transcripts or other reasonable evidence that may be used by the panel in judging, accompanied by a 50-100 word summary of what the basic subject is and why the piece meets the objectives in an outstanding way.

The article, book or presentation must have been published, aired, or heard in the three calendar years preceding the submission.

It is strongly encouraged that nominations include the potential winner's bio and list of previous work, with URLs as available.

The 2008 Communication prize application will be located here.

Supporting documents for all applications must be submitted in one of two ways:

A URL pointing at the full document, no fee required, entered into the "Relevant publications:" field
An email attachment of the full document emailed to foresight@foresight.org, with nominee's name included

Key components

Accurately and thoroughly described the underlying project or issue, including balanced treatment of technological benefits and potential risks;
Effectively explained how the molecular nanotechnology or other emerging technology project, or the outcome of a particular issue, will benefit the community;
Covered all sides of the issue fairly, in cases of controversy;
Clearly described the molecular nanotechnologist's or other researcher's role (Examples: How did researchers contribute to the project's completion? How did researchers influence the positive outcome of key developmental issue, an environmental issue, or critical legislation?);
Advanced public knowledge and understanding of molecular nanotechnology or other emerging technology, our issues, and the challenges of the profession.

Award

The prizewinner for the Communication Award will be awarded a $1,000.00 prize plus a physical award. Attendance at the award ceremony is strongly recommended but not mandatory.

2007 Communication Award

Previously awarded Communication Awards