2011 Ocean Sciences Awards and Lectures: Call for Nominations

Dear members of the AGU Ocean Sciences section,

The Ocean Sciences section of the American Geophysical Union is seeking nominations for the following awards and lectures:

- Ocean Sciences Award
- Early Career Award
- Rachel Carson Lecture, and
- Sverdrup Lecture

The Ocean Sciences Award and Early Career Award for 2011 will be presented during the Fall AGU meeting, December 5-9, 2011, in San Francisco.   The Sverdrup Lecture and Rachel Carson Lecture will be given at the Ocean Sciences meeting, 20-24 February, 2012, in Salt Lake City.

The Early Career Award is given to a member of the Ocean Sciences Section in recognition of significant contributions to and promise in the ocean sciences. The awardee must be in the first eight post-doctoral degree years of their career. One award will be given at the Fall Meeting every other year, beginning in 2002. The award will include a grant for travel to AGU meetings funded by the contributions of members of the Ocean Sciences Section.  A list of past awardees can be found at the Ocean Sciences Honors page.

Established in 1982, the Ocean Sciences Award is presented for outstanding and long-standing service to the ocean sciences.  AGU has a list of previous awardees.

The Rachel Carson Lecture honors the life and work of Rachel Carson.  The person chosen to present the lecture exemplifies Rachel Carson's work with cutting-edge ocean science, especially science relevant to societal concerns.  You can find a list of previous Carson lecturers at the Ocean Sciences Honors page.

The Sverdrup Lecture honors the life and work of Harald Sverdrup.  A list of previous Sverdrup lecturers can be found at the Ocean Sciences Honors page.

Nominations for the Ocean Sciences and Early Career Awards should include:

- Nomination letter
- CV and publication list of nominee
- One seconding letter of the nomination

Nominations for the Sverdrup and Carson Lectures should include:

- Nomination letter
- CV and publication list of nominee

Nominations should be sent in electronic form (preferred format: pdf file) to John Farrington (jfarrington@whoi.edu), Chair of the Ocean Sciences honors and recognition committee.


The deadline for the nominations is June 1, 2011.

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