The New Cosmic Frontiers International Science Essay Competition On the Nature of our Universe and its Habitats is open to high school and college students. Its purpose is to inspire students to consider careers in science and to nurture their enthusiasm for the subject, and to engage young minds in creative, intellectual activities essential in scientific endeavors.
Winners will be awarded significant monetary prizes to support their education and given an extraordinary opportunity to meet today’s world-renowned scientists and scholars at a conference and award ceremony, held in Philadelphia, on October 12–13, 2012. The program will include presentations by winners of the New Frontiers in Astronomy and Cosmology Research Grant Program and the New Cosmic Frontiers Student Essay Competition; a banquet; a public event lecture related to the Big Questions; and panel of Templeton Prize winners and other original thinkers discussing the future of the Big Questions.
First Prize – The top essay in each category will be awarded cash prizes of $25,000 (for high school) and $50,000 (for college).
Second Prizes – The next two essays in each category will be awarded cash prizes of $10,000 (for high school) and $25,000 (for college).
Third Prizes – The next five essays in each category will be awarded cash prizes of $5,000 (for high school) and $10,000 (for college).
In addition, up to 10 honorable mentions of $3,000 each will be awarded in either category.
The Essay Competition Invitation, containing complete information about the program, is available here. Essays should be submitted using the online templates available on this website after March 15, 2012.
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