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Wonderfest's Sagan Prize Selection Committee recommends each year's recipient to Wonderfest's Board of Directors, and the Board then formally confirms (or rejects) the recommendation. Wonderfest's long-term goal in presenting the Sagan Prize is to encourage science researchers to make science
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The scientist receiving the prize must be a resident of one of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties, and have "a history of accomplishment in scientific research." Though administered by nonprofit Wonderfest, the Sagan Prize was funded by
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insights accessible to the general public โ€” thereby promoting the scientific outlook and enlarging the concept of "scientific community."
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Beacon of Science, to a scientist who has "contributed mightily to the public understanding and appreciation of science."
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in 2002 through 2010. (Lack of funding inhibited presentation of the Prize in the intervening years, 2011โ€“2014.)
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is an annual $ 5,000 award presented in honor of the late scientist
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Human-Sciences and Technologies Advanced Research Institute
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Professor of Medicine and infectious disease expert,
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Science and technology in the San Francisco Bay Area
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Carl Sagan Award for Public Appreciation of Science
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence
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