In its inaugural year, the Kovler Prize for Trust in Life Science Journalism honors an individual who has significantly increased the public’s awareness and understanding of life science through their distinguished body of work through any media. The prize includes a $25,000 honorarium for the awardee, made possible by a donation to the FNIH by the Judy and Peter Blum Kovler Foundation.

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The winner, selected by a jury of communication and science experts convened by the FNIH, will be honored at the FNIH 12th Annual Awards Ceremony on October 29, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

Nominations for 2024 prize has closed.  The recipient will be awarded at the FNIH 12th Annual Awards Ceremony on October 29, 2024, in Washington, DC.

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2024 Kovler Prize Jury

  • Jay Bernhardt, M.P.H., Ph.D.

    Jury Chair, Kovler Prize for Trust in Life Science Journalism President, Emerson College

  • Willow Bay, M.B.A.

    Dean and Walter H. Annenberg Chair, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

  • Deborah Blum, M.A.

    Director, Knight Science Journalism Program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Publisher, Undark magazine

  • Joan Lunden

    Award-winning Journalist and NY Times Best-selling Author

  • Jim Weiss

    Founder & Chairman, Real Chemistry;
    Executive Advisor, New Mountain Capital
    Member, FNIH Board of Directors

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