AMS Awards and Nomination Information

The Council of the American Meteorological Society invites members of the AMS to submit nominations for consideration for the Society Awards, Lecturers, Named Symposia, Fellows, Honorary members, and nominees for elective Officers and Councilors of the Society.

Note: The Distinguished Science Journalism in the Atmospheric & Related Sciences and the Award for Excellence in Science Reporting by a Broadcast Meteorologist are now submitted online.

Online Award Nomination

Online Fellow Nomination

First Time Nominating Procedures

If this is your first time nominating, here are some guidlines that will take you through the process:

• Award Nomination Procedure (PDF)
• Fellow Nomination Procedure (PDF)
• Named Symposium Procedure (PDF)

2009 AWARDS COMMITTEES

Each committee or commission listed below has the responsibility to select and submit to the Council the names of individuals nominated for the Society’s awards listed.  The name(s) of individual(s) nominated, a two-page cv, a bibliography of no more than three pages, and three supporting letters should be electronically submitted by 1 May 2010 for the awards that follow, unless stated otherwise.  The nominees for awards remain on the committee’s active list for three years.

Descriptions for the following awards can be found here.

ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH AWARDS COMMITTEE
The Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal
The Jule G. Charney
The Verner E. Suomi*
The Remote Sensing Prize (biennial)
The Clarence Leroy Meisinger
The Henry G. Houghton

OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH AWARDS COMMITTEE
The Sverdrup Gold Medal
The Henry Stommel Research Medal
The Verner E. Suomi*
The Nicholas P. Fofonoff
*Recommended by the Atmospheric Research Awards Committee in even-numbered years and by the Oceanographic Research Awards Committee in odd-numbered years.

AWARDS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
The Charles Franklin Brooks
The Cleveland Abbe
The Outstanding Services to Meteorology by a Corporation
Special Awards

EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMISSION
The Louis J. Battan Author’s Award—Adult
The Louis J. Battan Author’s Award­—K–12
The Charles E. Anderson
The Teaching Excellence
Distinguished Science Journalism in the Atmospheric & Related Sciences

PROFESSIONAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION
Outstanding Contribution to the Advance of Applied Meteorology
Award for Broadcast Meteorology
Award for Excellence in Science Reporting by a Broadcast Meteorologist

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES COMMISSION
Charles L. Mitchell
Exceptional Specific Prediction
Francis W. Reichelderfer
Helmut E. Landsberg
Outstanding Achievement in Biometeorology

WEATHER AND CLIMATE ENTERPRISE COMMISSION
The Kenneth C. Spengler

2009 FELLOWS COMMITTEE
Online Fellow Nomination | Fellows List
The Committee’s function is to submit to the Council the names of individuals for election to Fellow.

Article III, Section 6, of the AMS Constitution provides that those eligible for election to Fellow shall have made outstanding contributions to the atmospheric or related oceanic or hydrologic sciences or their applications during a substantial period of years. The nominees for Fellow must be a member of the Society and remain on the committee's active list for three years. Nomination requires a nomination letter and three letters of support. *One supporting letter is required from an individual outside the nominee's home institution. (DO NOT LIST PUBLICATIONS OR INCLUDE CV.)

LECTURERS (Deadline: 1 October 2010)
Robert E. Horton Lecturer in Hydrology (pdf application)
Bernhard Haurwitz Memorial Lecturer (pdf application)
Walter Orr Roberts Lecturer (pdf application)

PAPERS (awarded directly)
Banner I. Miller

STUDENT PAPERS (awarded directly)
Robert Leviton
Max A. Eaton Prize
Spiros G. Geotis Prize
Peter V. Hobbs Student Prize

LOCAL CHAPTER AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Application for the Local Chapter of the Year Award (pdf)
-Past Winners

HONORARY MEMBER (Deadline: 1 July 2010)
Nominations for Honorary Member (pdf)

Article III, Section 5, of the AMS Constitution provides that Honorary Members shall be persons of acknowledged preeminence in the atmospheric or related oceanic or hydrologic sciences, either through their own contributions to the sciences or their application or through furtherance of the advance of those sciences in some other way.  They shall be exempt from all dues and assessments.  The nominees for Honorary member remain on an active list for three years.

NAMED SYMPOSIA
Named Symposia Description and Application (pdf)

Past Award Winners, Lecturers, Fellows, and Honorary Members

• 2010 Award Winners
• 2009 Award Winners
• 2008 Award Winners
• 2007 Award Winners
  
  
• List of AMS Fellows
• Honorary Members
• Past years through 1999
• 2000-2006 (PDF)
• 2000 (PDF)
• 2001 (PDF)
• 2002 (PDF)
• 2003 (PDF)
• 2004 (PDF)
• 2005 (PDF)
• 2006 (PDF)

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