idw-Award

idw (Informationsdienst Wissenschaft) transports an average of 20,000 press releases yearly of its member organizations such as universities and other scientific institutions. In order to foster excellence in Communications, idw awards the idw Award for Science Communication to press releases that distinguish themselves by their professional quality, outstanding news value and scientific importance (quality, relevance, originality).

The winner will receive 2,000 € and a badge to be installed publicly which makes the achievement permanently visible. The second prize will receive 1,000 €, the third prize 500 €. An expert jury will select the winners. The prize is awarded to a press office, not to an individual. It is to be used for further strengthening of quality in Communications, and will be presented to the winners at idw's annual meeting of members in March, 2010.

Please select one single press release out of your institution's press releases published in 2009 via idw, which is most convincing in terms of quality, relevance and originality. If you select an embargoed news, please make sure the embargo's end was in 2009.

Please submit an E-Mail with the subject “submission idw award” to service@idw-online.de, including

1. The URL of your press release within idw. This URL follows the pattern of http://idw-online.de/de/news123456.
   The press release's headline or a link to another website (e. g. your institution's homepage) where your press release is published as well are not sufficient.
2. Your contact data including name and telephone number. Your e-mail address is not sufficient.

Entry deadline is January 31, 2010.