Supporting Students Working in Data Visualization
The AGU Michael H. Freilich Student Visualization Competition allowed undergraduate and graduate students to demonstrate creative ways to present complex Earth and space science data to broad audiences. Jointly supported by AGU and NASA until its conclusion in 2025, the program rewarded winners with a travel grant and the opportunity to showcase their work live at the AGU Annual Meeting.
Grand prize winners receive:
- A $3,000 grant to attend the AGU Annual Meeting online or in-person in the year that the award is made
- Registration to AGU's annual meeting the year the winners are announced
- In the event of a team win, registration will only be awarded to the team lead
- An opportunity to present on the NASA presentation theater at AGU’s annual meeting
Criteria for a Successful Application
Applications are reviewed by professionals in science data visualization and science communication as well as past competition grand prize winners. Applicants receive useful, constructive feedback from the evaluators. The competition is focused on innovation and creativity in presenting data in new ways, rather than the scientific problem or specific solution to the problem.
Submissions will be judged on the following criteria:
- The creativity of the presentation and the applicant’s ability to present data and complex problems.
- The perceived level of impact and engagement the planned presentation incites in audience.
- The organization and conceivability of the proposed presentation of data.
- For team submissions, contributing participants must demonstrate collaboration in data sharing.
Applicant Resources
Eligibility
- students enrolled full-time in a two- or four-year undergraduate or graduate institution in the U.S.
- individual submissions in the Earth and space sciences or team submissions in convergent science
- legal U.S. resident(s)