Next Generation Program

Voices of Tomorrow

In its Voices of Tomorrow feature, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists invites rising experts to submit essays, opinion pieces, and multimedia presentations addressing at least one of the Bulletin's core issues: nuclear risk, climate change, and threats from disruptive technologies. Voices of Tomorrow authors and multimedia artists are eligible for the Leonard M. Rieser Award. To submit an entry, please see our guidelines.

Recipients of the Leonard M. Rieser Award

2022: Haydn Belfield and Christian Ruhl

Why policy makers should beware claims of new ‘arms races’

2021: Noah Mayhew

A millennial’s view: ICBMs are ridiculous

2020: Jake Tibbetts

Keeping classified information secret in a world of quantum computing

2019: Haven Coleman

Adults won’t take climate change seriously. So we, the youth, are forced to strike

2018: Erin Connolly and Kate Hewitt

American students aren't taught nuclear weapons policy in school. Here's how to fix that problem.

2017: Yangyang Cheng

Let science be science again

2016: Nikita Perumal

The value in activism: Reflections from the Columbia University climate sit-in

2015: Moritz Kütt

Arms-control lessons from the Volkswagen scandal

The recipient of the Rieser Award receives $1,000 and a subscription to the Bulletin’s bi-monthly journal.

About the Award

The Leonard M. Rieser Award is the capstone of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Next Generation Program, created to ensure that new voices, steeped in science and public policy, have a trusted platform from which to address the world’s existential challenges. The Rieser Award was established to recognize outstanding emerging science and security experts passionate about advancing peace and security in our time. Inaugurated in 2015, the award is given annually and is selected by the Bulletin’s editorial team from among the publication's Voices of Tomorrow essayists.

About Leonard M. Rieser

Leonard M. Rieser (1922-1998), for whom the Rieser Award is named, was the Board Chair at the Bulletin from 1984 to 1998. He was a graduate student at the University of Chicago when he worked on the Manhattan Project, and he went on to a distinguished academic career as a professor and provost of Dartmouth College. He strongly believed in the ability of the next generation to play a critical role in finding solutions to persistent global problems.

About the Award

The Leonard M. Rieser Award is the capstone of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Next Generation Program, created to ensure that new voices, steeped in science and public policy, have a trusted platform from which to address the world’s existential challenges. The Rieser Award was established to recognize outstanding emerging science and security experts passionate about advancing peace and security in our time. Inaugurated in 2015, the award is given annually and is selected by the Bulletin’s editorial team from among the publication's Voices of Tomorrow essayists.

About Leonard M. Rieser

Leonard M. Rieser (1922-1998), for whom the Rieser Award is named, was the Board Chair at the Bulletin from 1984 to 1998. He was a graduate student at the University of Chicago when he worked on the Manhattan Project, and he went on to a distinguished academic career as a professor and provost of Dartmouth College. He strongly believed in the ability of the next generation to play a critical role in finding solutions to persistent global problems.

Partnerships

The Bulletin is delighted to collaborate with Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, one of the premier journalism programs in the world. Through this initiative, we partner with students in Medill’s graduate journalism Health, Environment and Science specialization and Medill on the Hill, the school’s program in Washington, D.C., to provide an outlet for aspiring journalists focused on the Bulletin’s coverage areas of nuclear weapons, climate change, and disruptive technologies.

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Voices of Tomorrow

Nuclear weapons gaffe in South Korea is a warning to leaders everywhere

Why Russia may control Turkey’s nuclear energy for the next 80 years

Keeping humans in the loop is not enough to make AI safe for nuclear weapons

No justice is possible without studying the injustices of nuclear weapons

Recipients of the Leonard M. Rieser Award

2022: Haydn Belfield and Christian Ruhl

2021: Noah Mayhew

2020: Jake Tibbetts

2019: Haven Coleman

2018: Erin Connolly and Kate Hewitt

2017: Yangyang Cheng

2016: Nikita Perumal

2015: Moritz Kütt

About the Award

About Leonard M. Rieser

About the Award

About Leonard M. Rieser

Partnerships

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