Grants | Science Writer Fellowship

Armenise-Harvard Italian Science Writer Fellowships

The Giovanni Armenise-Harvard Foundation, in conjunction with the Italian Science Writers Association (UGIS), has launched a Science Writers Fellowship Program for young Italian science writers working in Italy.

Each year two Italian science writers at the beginning or mid-career are selected to spend a week in June or July at Harvard Medical School. Science Writer Fellows have the opportunity to interview top HMS researchers from diverse fields, tour laboratories, attend Armenise-Harvard and/or HMS symposia and conferences, meet science writers from the HMS community, and work with editors at HMS.

Eligibility and Grant Application Process
Candidates must:

: Be Italian science writers in the earlier stages of their career, who are currently working in Italy.
: Have a good command of English and previous experience writing about science for the general public.

Funding
During the fellowship period, the Science Writer Fellows will be provided with return economy airfare between Italy and Boston, hotel accommodation, and will be reimbursed for documented local meal and transport expenses for up to $50 per day.

Evaluation and Reporting
Award recipients will be expected to provide a full report, in English and in Italian, to both the Armenise-Harvard Foundation and to UGIS at the end of the fellowship. Science Writer Fellows are also asked to send UGIS and the Foundation copies of any articles published as a result of the Fellowship within one year of the termination of the Fellowship.

Application deadline: March 15

APPLICATIONS must be typed using a 12pt font

PLEASE NOTE: If applications received are incomplete and/or missing appropriate signatures, the application will be returned without review.

Instructions

PLEASE SUBMIT APPLICATIONS WITH CONTENTS IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER

The application process is electronic. All documents must be emailed to the Foundation before the deadline of 15 March. Please use your name in the document titles. The Application Form will be one separate PDF file (e.g. Rossi SWF app form.pdf) while all other application documentation should be combined into a second PDF file (e.g. Rossi SWF application docs.pdf) and sent to applicants@gahf.it. (NB Both pdf files can be sent in the same email as long as they are two separate documents.)

The application must include in the following order:

Application form (click here to obtain the application form)
A letter in English of no less than 500 words outlining the applicant’s ambitions, interests, abilities, and why the fellowship will help the applicant’s career,
Curriculum vitae (in English),
Two recently published articles (in Italian).

For more information, contact

Daniela Daveri, Press Office, Giovanni Armenise-Harvard Foundation

Tel: 0385 278221 – e-mail ddaveri@alice.it

Alexa Mason, Director of Italian Affairs, Giovanni Armenise-Harvard Foundation

Tel. 055 603 251 – e-mail amason@harvard.edu

Recipients:

Recipients	Year Awarded
Laura Margottini Valentina Murelli	2009
Alice Andreoli Silvia Bencivelli	2008
Francesco De Pretis Daniele Fanelli	2007
Luca Sciortino Daniela Cipolloni Antonio Carlo Larizza	2006
Nicola Nosengo Paola Mariano	2005
*Luca* Barone Guido Romeo	2004
Barbara Paltrinieri Stefania Maurizi	2003
Chiara Palmerini Sergio Pistoi	2002
Barbara Gallavotti Maria Cristina Valsecchi	2001
Francesca Noceti Marta Paterlini	2000