Association of British Science Writers

Student members, who have no voting rights, are to progress to ordinary or associate membership if, on completion of their course, they embark on an appropriate career.

The association administers the annual ABSW Science Writing Awards for Great Britain and Ireland.

[3] The awards, £1,000 each, presented to the writers and broadcasters who have, in the opinion of an independent panel of judges, produced the best science journalism each year, that highlights important issues accurately and with bravery and flair.

For some years, the ABSW managed a scheme of Bursaries,[4] funded by the Wellcome Trust, to identify and train the science communicators of the future.

[6] Sir Colin Blakemore resigned as Honorary President of the ABSW in 2015 due to his frustration: '...by the decision of the Association of British Science Writers... to continue to give unconditional support to [journalist] Connie St Louis, who first claimed [Sir Tim Hunt ]...had made sexist remarks.'