The Giovanni Armenise-Harvard Foundation, in conjunction with the Italian Science Writers Association (UGIS), offers 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. Successful candidates, who will be asked to join UGIS, must be available to travel to Boston for the week of June 16 through 23, 2013.

Click here for previous Science Writer Fellows.

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. Room and board will be provided during the annual symposium.

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

Click here for application form. The application will include:

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).
PLEASE NOTE: Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.

For further information please contact:
Daniela Daveri, Press Office, Giovanni Armenise-Harvard Foundation

Tel: 0385 278221 – e-mail [email protected]

Or

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

Tel. 055 603 251 – e-mail [email protected]