{"id":20389,"date":"2021-05-04T01:37:02","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T22:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unistoretz.com\/magazine\/?p=20389"},"modified":"2021-05-04T01:39:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T22:39:01","slug":"john-maddox-prize-2021-for-individuals-promoting-science-3000-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unistoretz.com\/magazine\/john-maddox-prize-2021-for-individuals-promoting-science-3000-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"John Maddox Prize 2021 for individuals promoting science (\u00a33000 prize)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Maddox Prize 2021 for individuals promoting science (\u00a33000 prize)<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"httpsss:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- 2021 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4564014896468666\" data-ad-slot=\"9068680313\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MAY ALSO APPLY FOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"httpss:\/\/www.unistoretz.com\/magazine\/mixed-migration-centre-mmc-alternative-voices-short-essay-competition-2021-for-young-researchers-and-writers-usd-1500-prize\/\">Mixed Migration Centre (MMC) Alternative Voices Short Essay Competition 2021 for young researchers and writers. (USD 1,500 Prize)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"httpss:\/\/www.unistoretz.com\/magazine\/xprize-carbon-removal-competition-2021-usd-100-million\/\">XPRIZE Carbon Removal Competition 2021 ($USD 100 Million)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nApplication Deadline: June 4th 2021<\/p>\n<p><strong>The John Maddox prize<\/strong>\u00a0is a joint initiative of the charity Sense about Science and the leading international scientific journal\u00a0<em>Nature<\/em>. The Prize has been awarded annually since 2012 to researchers who have shown great courage and integrity in standing up for science and scientific reasoning against fierce opposition and hostility. Each year there is one or two winners, and an additional prize for an early career researcher.<\/p>\n<p>The prize brings into the spotlight the difficulty faced by many who fight to share the results of research evidence, and inspires and encourages people the world over to do the same. In 2019 there were over 200 nominations from 38 countries.<\/p>\n<p>Nominations illustrate a wide variety of circumstances faced by researchers and communicators around the world, and judges consider these in the round. They also consider:<br \/>\n<script async src=\"httpsss:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- 2021 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4564014896468666\" data-ad-slot=\"9068680313\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The significance of an individual\u2019s effort to advance the discussion of sound science in the public sphere.<\/li>\n<li>The nature of the challenge(s) faced by the individual, whether they persevered and whether those challenges were beyond what would be expected in their position.<\/li>\n<li>How well they placed the evidence in the wider debate and engaged others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The John Maddox Prize awards evening is hosted at Wellcome Collection, London in November. Winners receive \u00a33000 (winners in public office usually waive this).<\/p>\n<p>Candidates for the John Maddox Prize must be nominated.<\/p>\n<p>This is a global prize: people from any\u00a0country and in any field can be nominated.<\/p>\n<p>The winner is chosen by a judging\u00a0panel, not by Sense about Science or Nature.<\/p>\n<p>The 2021 judges are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Professor Lord Martin Rees \u2013 Astronomer Royal<\/li>\n<li>Ms Natasha Loder \u2013 Health Policy Editor, The economist<\/li>\n<li>Professor Sir Colin Blakemore \u2013 Yeung Kin Man Professor of Neuroscience and Senior Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study<\/li>\n<li>Ms Tracey Brown OBE \u2013 Director, Sense about Science<\/li>\n<li>Dr Magdalena Skipper \u2013 Editor-in-chief, Nature<\/li>\n<li>Professor Terrence Forrester \u2013 Chief Scientist &amp; Managing Director, UWI Solutions for Developing Countries at the University of the West Indies<\/li>\n<li>Professor Dennis Lo \u2013 Director, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Ms Anin Luo (judge for the early career award) \u2013 Princeton University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><script async src=\"httpsss:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- 2021 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4564014896468666\" data-ad-slot=\"9068680313\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<strong>For More Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"httpsss:\/\/senseaboutscience.org\/john-maddox-prize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO&#8212;-&gt;&gt;&gt;Visit the Official Webpage of the John Maddox Prize 2021<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Maddox Prize 2021 for individuals promoting science (\u00a33000 prize) YOU MAY ALSO APPLY FOR Mixed Migration Centre (MMC) Alternative Voices Short Essay Competition 2021 for young researchers and writers. 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