Larry Niven's to receive the Grand Master award from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, in honor of his long and influential career.
On the ENT blu rays, I recall Garfield Reeves Stevens saying that one of Coto's plans for the fifth season would have been to bring in a writer like Niven to plot a nice sci-fi-y arc for the year. Would have loved to bring Niven full circle on the franchise.