News and Announcements

  • Upcoming Conferences
  • STAC Awards (Deadline June 12, 2026)

Upcoming Conferences

10-14 January 2027: Second Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Climate at the 106th AMS Annual Meeting (Denver, CO)

Call for Award Nominations: STAC Outstanding Early Career Award (June 12, 2026)

The American Meteorological Society (AMS) Science and Technological Activities Commission (STAC) Committee on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones seeks nominations for this year’s STAC Committee Outstanding Early Career Award. Your nominations are critical to identifying deserving candidates for this award. Please see below for the description of the award and nomination process. All nominations are due June 12, 2026, via this form.

STAC Awards

STAC awards are given to individuals whose outstanding contributions further the goals of the STAC, which is to advance science and technology by promoting the open exchange of ideas, strengthening our disciplinary communities, enhancing collaboration and dialog among these communities, embracing diversity, celebrating and fostering excellence, and cultivating the next generation of scientists and leaders. There are three types of STAC awards that we rotate annually: Outstanding Early Career, Distinguished Scientific/Technical Accomplishment, and Outstanding Service awards.

This year, we only seek nominations for the Outstanding Early Career Award.

Award Eligibility:

  • Nominee is within 10 years of having earned their highest degree, or are under 40 years of age when nominated.
    • Consideration will also be given, however, to those who are still in the early stage of their careers but have seen these interrupted for up to 5-10 years by military service, or family and career circumstances.
  • Nominee has *not* received an AMS Society-level award (including having been elected as a Fellow) for materially similar contributions. You can search past award winners here.

Evaluation Criteria:

  1. The nominee has made a significant contribution to their discipline.
  2. The nominee is on the path to becoming a scientific leader in the community.

Nomination Process: Please submit the following through this form.

  • Nominee’s name
  • A statement of the nominee’s qualification for this award in the discipline of tropical meteorology and tropical cyclones (250-750 words). Your statement should provide specific examples of how the nominee meets each of the evaluation criteria (listed above).
  • A proposed award citation (20-word maximum)
  • Nominee Curriculum Vitae (including bibliography) or a link to their most updated CV

Self-nominations and nominations that lack any of the above components will not be considered. Only the components above should be submitted; additional letters of support are not required for this award and will not be considered.