AMRC Science Communication Awards 2011

Selected by an independent panel of judges expert in science communication, public engagement, PR, publishing and design, the winners of AMRC's Science Communication Awards were announced at reception at Glaziers Hall on Tuesday 15 March.

The winners

Category 1. Website

Winner: Asthma UK
Asthma UK - Research

Runner up: Parkinson’s UK
Parkinson’s UK - Research

Highly commended: Alzheimer’s Society
Alzheimer’s Society - Research
 

Category 2. Annual report or review

Winner: Myeloma UK
Myeloma UK Annual Report 2009

Runner up: Cancer Research UK
Cancer Research UK Annual Review 09/10

Highly commended: World Cancer Research Fund
WCRF UK Annual Review 2008-09

Category 3. Newsletter

Winner: Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity
Breakthroughs in children’s medicines

Runner up: Multiple Sclerosis Society
Research Matters

Highly commended: Breakthrough Breast Cancer
Breakthrough magazine

Category 4. Social media

Winner: Multiple Sclerosis Society
Using social media to communicate controversial research topics

Joint runners up: British Heart Foundation
Research comms in digital spaces

and Cancer Research UK
MyProjects

Category 5. Campaigning and public affairs

Winner: Breakthrough Breast Cancer
General election 2010

Runner up: Multiple Sclerosis Society
How to campaign for access to functional electrical stimulation

Highly commended: Parkinson’s UK
2009 Brain donor appeal

Category 6. Patient involvement and public engagement

Winner: Deafness Research UK
The bionic ear show

Runner up: Kidney Research UK
Developing and delivering effective community-based research communications

Highly commended: Asthma UK
Asthma UK’s journey of patient and public involvement

Category 7. Science in the media

Winner: Breakthrough Breast Cancer
Media coverage of breast cancer origins research paper

Runner up: Action Medical Research
A new vaccine could help prevent serious childhood illnesses

Highly commended:Cancer Research UK
Giving news

Special awards

Three special prizes were awarded to exceptional entries across the seven categories.

Outstanding design

Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity for Breakthroughs in children’s medicines

Excellence from a smaller charity

Deafness Research UK for the Bionic ear show

Judges discretionary award

Kidney Research UK for their work to target BME communities

Overall winner

Multiple Sclerosis Society for their social media entry Using social media to communicate controversial research topics

16 March 2011