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AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility

AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility

Award

The AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility is given by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and honours scientists and engineers whose exemplary actions, often taken at significant personal cost, have served to foster scientific freedom and responsibility and increased scientific awareness throughout the world.[1] According to the AAAS, exemplary actions include "acting to protect the public's health, safety or welfare; focusing public attention on important potential impacts of science and technology on society by their responsible participation in public policy debates."[2]

History

The establishment of this new Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility was announced by AAAS executive officer William D. Carey on 23 October 1980.[3] The award, presented for the first time at the 1982 AAAS Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, consisted of a plaque and a cash prize of $1,000.[4]

Recipients

See also

References

  1. [1]
    AAAD Awards – AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility AAAS webpage.
  2. [2]
    "AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility". AAAS – The World's Largest General Scientific Society. 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
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    "AAAS Establishes Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility". Science. 210 (4474): 1115–6. 1980. doi:10.1126/science.210.4474.1115-a. JSTOR 1684803. PMID 17831460.
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    "AAAS Establishes Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility". Science, Technology, & Human Values. 6 (35): 41. 1981. JSTOR 689563.
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