The APICS Undergraduate Science Communication Award will be offered at each of the annual APICS-sponsored student conferences. The $100 prize will be awarded to the student who is best able to communicate a science topic to the general public.

The award may be split into two prizes of $50 each (one for an oral and one for a poster presentation) at the discretion of the judging committee.

Submission

The entry may be in the form of a press release, video, web page, oral or poster presentation. A written summary of the work (not more than one page) may be provided to the judges and should be written for a general, non-technical audience.

Judging

Each disciplinary APICS Committee determines the judging committee membership. Some committees involve students, some have a ballot vote of all conference attendees, some involve a member of the APICS Science Education Committee, and some are comprised of professors in the discipline.

The judging committee has the right to decide not to give an award in any competition. If there are fewer than three students eligible to compete for this award at any conference, the award may not be disbursed.

The decision of the judges is final.

The Award

Cash prizes can be presented directly to the winners (using conference funds); APICS will reimburse the committee. If APICS is given sufficient advance notice (e.g. the two months advance notice required for a committee to access its conference budget from APICS), APICS can provide the amount in advance.

Sponsor

This award is sponsored by the APICS Science Education Committee.