Press Release – NEW YORK, NY — July 18, 2016 — The Telly Awards, one of the world’s premier honors recognizing outstanding films and videos, has named the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science as the winner of a Bronze award in the 37th Annual Telly Awards in 2016.
A Bronze Telly was awarded in the category of Online Video, Fund Raising, for the film “Project-Based Fundraising.” The video introduces the American Committee’s online fundraising initiative, which encourages donors to create peer-to-peer fundraising pages to support research projects that match their personal passions and interests.
The initiative offers participants an opportunity to become “partners in innovation” with Weizmann Institute scientists by helping to fund one of twelve cutting-edge research projects focusing on healing lives around the world, fighting cancer through science, protecting the earth, advancing education and science literacy, developing the technologies of the future, and reveali…