The Nobel Prizes in physiology or medicine, physics, chemistry, and economics have recently been announced.  CUNY undergraduate students are invited to describe, in 1000-1500 words, the scientific concepts behind the work for which one of the 2014 Nobel winners received their respective prize and the present and future significance of the research to humanity. The essays must make the science accessible to the lay person.  Essays will be read and judged by a distinguished CUNY faculty committee. Three prizes will be awarded in each category (physiology or medicine, physics, chemistry, and economics) and one additional prize will be awarded to the best essay submitted.  The deadline for essay submissions is December 5, 2014 and additional information can be found on the CUNY website at http://www.cuny.edu/research/sr/nobel-science-challenge.html.

Please note that, although essays must be written on a Nobel prize winner in science, students do not need to be a science major to submit an essay for consideration.