This year's Awards Gala is free and open to all attendees.

Join us for a festive, free evening in Raleigh's brand-new Nature Research Center wing of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences to celebrate the winners of the Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award, the Science in Society Journalism Awards, and the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting.

The Awards Gala is hosted by the National Association of Science Writers and organized by an energetic and enthusiastic team of volunteer hosts in North Carolina.

A short walk (0.7mi) from the convention center to 121 W. Jones St. or take the free R-Line Downtown Connector You can walk north on Fayetteville St. or ride Raleigh's free R-Line bus, which departs from the front of the Convention Center. Alight at the state capitol, stop R-1, and look for the lab coat volunteers.