Targeted Fields
Health Sciences. Life Sciences. Physical Sciences. Social Sciences. School of Engineering. School of Public Health. Applicants must be enrolled in the physical, biological, geological, health, engineering, computer, or social sciences or mathematics in order to apply.
Open To
Prospective/Current Graduate Students. Students Working on Doctoral Dissertation. Postdoctoral Scholars.
Citizenship
No citizenship requirements.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must be enrolled as college or university students (graduate, doctoral, or upper level undergraduates) or within one year of a completed degree. Students majoring in English, journalism, science journalism or other non-technical fields are not eligible to apply. Minorities and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Stipend
Fellows receive a weekly stipend of $500 as well as travel expenses to and from AAAS and their sites.
Deadline
1/15/2014
Program Description
AAAS selects 15-20 Mass Media Fellows each summer to work for 10 weeks during the summer as reporters, researchers, editors, and production assistants at radio and television stations, newspapers, and magazines. The goal of the program is to improve coverage of science and technology in mass media by placing advanced science, mathematics and engineering students in newsrooms across the country.
For More Information
Dione Rossiter Manager Mass Media Program 1200 New York Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 326-6645
[email protected]
www.aaas.org/programs/education/MassMedia/