The Richard Dawkins Award is an annual award that was presented by the Atheist Alliance of America up until July 2019 when it moved to the Center for Inquiry (CFI). According to the CFI press release "The recipient will be a distinguished individual from the worlds of science, scholarship, education or entertainment, who publicly proclaims the values of secularism and rationalism , upholding scientific truth wherever it may lead". The award has been presented since 2003, and is named after Richard Dawkins, an English evolutionary biologist who was named the world's top thinker in a 2013 reader's poll of the Prospect Magazine .
The Richard Dawkins Award is an annual prize recognizing those who exemplify values of secularism and rationalism . Named in honor of evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, the prize was first established by the Atheist Alliance of America in 2003, and since 2019 has been presented by the Center for Inquiry .
R
award that was presented by the Atheist Alliance of America up until July 2019 when it moved to the Center for Inquiry (CFI). According to the CFI press release "The recipient will be a distinguished individual from the worlds of science, scholarship, education or entertainment, who publicly proclaims the
prize recognizing those who exemplify
D
, upholding scientific truth wherever it may lead".
R
The award has been presented since 2003, and is named after
. Named in honor of evolutionary biologist
R
an English evolutionary biologist who was named the world's top thinker in a 2013 reader's poll of the Prospect Magazine
the prize was first established by the Atheist Alliance of America in 2003, and since 2019 has been presented by the Center for Inquiry