Les Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences encourage dialogue between science and society. In this dialogue, journalists have an important role to play by critically analysing complex subjects and by processing them for the wider public. With various prizes the academies would like to honour and promote journalistic work.
The Prix Média is annually awarded and endowed with 5,000 Swiss Francs to honour a scientific media product. In addition, with the Prix Média Newcomer, the academies promote the work of a young journalist (aged 32 or younger) also with 5,000 Swiss Francs annually. Young journalists applying for the Prix Média are automatically considered for the Prix Média Newcomer too.
The Media Promotion Prizes are awarded to honour relevance and originality of planned scientific journalism projects. For this purpose 30,000 Swiss Francs are available per year.
Conditions of participation
Awarded with the Prix Média and the Prix Média Newcomer is the outstanding journalistic and technical quality of a scientific media product, primarily addressing a lay audience and published in a medium that comes out regularly in Switzerland.
Media products published between 16 June 2015 and 15 May 2016 are considered for participation.
The Media Promotion Prizes are awarded to project ideas leading to research and to a media product. The publication in a Swiss medium should be attempted and mentioned in the application form. Selection criteria are the relevance and the originality of the project idea and the scientific potential of the applicant.
Submission deadline on 15 May 2016
Application forms and rulesPrix Média and Media Promotion Prizes
Les Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences encourage dialogue between science and society. In this dialogue, journalists have an important role to play by critically analysing complex subjects and by processing them for the wider public. With various prizes the academies would like to honour and promote journalistic work.
The Prix Média is annually awarded and endowed with 5,000 Swiss Francs to honour a scientific media product. In addition, with the Prix Média Newcomer, the academies promote the work of a young journalist (aged 32 or younger) also with 5,000 Swiss Francs annually. Young journalists applying for the Prix Média are automatically considered for the Prix Média Newcomer too.
The Media Promotion Prizes are awarded to honour relevance and originality of planned scientific journalism projects. For this purpose 30,000 Swiss Francs are available per year.
Conditions of participation
Awarded with the Prix Média and the Prix Média Newcomer is the outstanding journalistic and technical quality of a scientific media product, primarily addressing a lay audience and published in a medium that comes out regularly in Switzerland.
Media products published between 16 June 2015 and 15 May 2016 are considered for participation.
The Media Promotion Prizes are awarded to project ideas leading to research and to a media product. The publication in a Swiss medium should be attempted and mentioned in the application form. Selection criteria are the relevance and the originality of the project idea and the scientific potential of the applicant.
Submission deadline on 15 May 2016
Application forms and rules