Prize money: US$25,000 for the grand prize winner, US$5,000 for the runner-up to the Grand Prize, and US$2,500 for each of the other two finalists.
Publication: The grand prize winning essay will be published in Science and essays from the three runners-up will be published online.
Application deadline: August 15, 2013
For complete information about rules of eligibility, procedures for entry, time line, selection procedures follow the link:
http://www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/data/prizes/scilifelab/howto.xhtml