The 2025 Golden Goose Award
2025 Documentary Film
2025 Award Ceremony
“There is no more efficient investment of taxpayer resources [than] in basic science, research, and technology.”
The 2024 Golden Goose Award
2024 DOCUMENTARY FILM
2024 AWARD CEREMONY
2024 DOCUMENTARY FILM
“America’s leadership in ... emerging technologies depends on our willingness to keep scientific research and development top of mind.”
“It takes courage to research areas when the benefits are not known at the outset, and the fear of failure might be discouraging, but it must not inhibit the imagination and work of the scientific community. ”
The 2023 Golden Goose Award
2023 DOCUMENTARY FILM
2023 AWARD CEREMONY
“I hope in this time of turmoil and trouble and worry and concern, that we can appreciate science more than ever and boost the budgets of government-funded programs so that more scientists can do more great work.”
The 2022 Golden Goose Award
2022 AWARD CEREMONY
2022 DOCUMENTARY FILM
“We must continue to invest in curiosity-driven scientific research in order to remain the global leader in innovation.”
The 2021 Golden Goose Award
2021 Virtual Award Ceremony
2021 DOCUMENTARY FILM
The 2020 Golden Goose Award
2020 virtual AWARD CEREMONY
2020 DOCUMENTARY FILM
“We need to celebrate our profession, celebrate science, celebrate discovery and celebrate the best hope for the future of the planet.”
The 2019 Golden Goose Award
2019 Award Ceremony
2019 documentary Film
“You never know where the Golden Goose will finally lay the egg.”
2012-2018 Documentary Short Films
2018 Awardees: Mahzarin Banaji, Anthony Greenwald, Brian Nosek, Stanley Cohen, Bruce Glick
2017 Awardees: Lotfi A. Zadeh, Joyce Longcore, Elaine Lamirande, Don Nichols, Allan Pessier, Kaichang Li
2016 Awardees: John J. Bartholdi III, Sunil Nakrani, Thomas D. Seeley, Craig A. Tovey, and John Hagood Vande Vate, Peter Bearman, Barbara Entwisle, Kathleen Mullan Harris, Ronald Rindfuss, and Richard Udry, Edward F. Knipling, Raymond C. Bushland
2015 Awardees: Walter Mischel, Yuichi Shoda, Philip K. Peake, Torsten Wiesel, David Hubel, Joel E. Cohen, and Christopher Small
“Few things are as important as scientific research to building a better future.”
past Award Ceremony Footage
2018 Award Ceremony - Library of Congress
2015 Award Ceremony - Library of Congress
2014 Award Ceremony - Library of Congress
2013 Ceremony Part II - Reserve Officers Association
2013 Ceremony Part I - Venue - Reserve Officers Association
2012 Award Ceremony - Gold Room, Rayburn House Office Building
Speeches by members of Congress
Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK) congratulates awardees Knipling and Bushland on 2016 Golden Goose Award
Photos from 2012-2016 Award ceremonies
