Call for Golden Goose Nominations
Nominate your colleagues, collaborators, and role models for a 2025 Golden Goose Award
What is the Golden Goose Award?
The Golden Goose Award honors federally funded researchers whose work may sound silly, odd, obscure, wasteful of taxpayer funding, or serendipitous, but has had a major positive impact on society. Learn more about our 2024 awardees and their stories.
How do I submit a nomination?
Follow this link; the form is easy! Tell us who you are nominating, why their work sounds odd or obscure, what impact the research has had, and which U.S. federal agency funded the work. Anyone can submit a nomination. GGA co-chairs recently recorded a webinar on the nominations process. A toolkit with helpful tips for submitting nominations is also available.
Is there a nominations deadline?
We accept nominations on a rolling basis throughout the year, but for the best chance to be considered for the 2025 award, submit by December 13, 2024. Nominations received after that date could be considered in future years. Check out the recorded webinar for more details on the nominations award cycle.
How else can I help?
Glad you asked. Forward this notice far and wide, add a blurb about the Golden Goose Award to your organization's newsletter or email list, share in a social media post, and/or consider a sponsorship to support the award in 2025. We want to raise awareness about this honor in as many science, engineering, and science enthusiast communities as possible. Every share, post, write-up, or sponsorship makes a difference.
Where can I learn more?
Contact us here or visit our website www.goldengooseaward.org for more information.
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Steve Pierson
Director of Science Policy
American Statistical Association
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