Bert Bolin Global Environmental Change Award and Lecture
Information on the Award and Lecture
The Bert Bolin Award and Lecture is presented annually and recognizes ground breaking research or leadership in global environmental change through cross-disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and trans-disciplinary research in the past 10 years. It is named to honor the work and life of Bert Rickard Johannes Bolin, a Swedish meteorologist who served as the first chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The winner of the Bert Bolin Award gives the Bert Bolin Lecture each year.
Award Benefits
AGU is proud to recognize our section honorees. Recipients of the Bert Bolin Award will receive the following benefits with the honor:
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Award and lecture certificate
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Recognition in Eos
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Recognition at the AGU Fall Meeting during the award presentation year
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Invitation to present the Bert Bolin Lecture at the AGU Fall Meeting during the award presentation year
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Complimentary ticket to the Global Environmental Change dinner at the Fall Meeting during the award presentation year
Eligibility
To better understand eligibility for nominators, supporters and committee members, review AGU’s Honors Conflict of Interest Policy.
Nominee Eligibility
- The nominee is required to be an active AGU member.
- The nominee must be a member of the Global Environmental Change section.
- The nominee should be a middle career or senior scientist. It should be more than 10 years since they received their Ph.D. or highest terminal degree on the first day of the year in which the award is presented. Exceptions to this requirement for unusual circumstances may be considered on a case-by-case basis by the committee.
- The following individuals are not eligible to be candidates for the award during their terms of service:
- AGU President;
- AGU President-elect;
- Council Leadership Team members;
- Honors and Recognition Committee members;
- Bert Bolin Lecture Committee members; and
- All full-time AGU staff
Nominator Eligibility
- Nominators are not required to hold an active AGU membership.
- The following individuals are not eligible to be nominators for the award during their terms of service:
- AGU President;
- AGU President-elect;
- Council Leadership Team members;
- Honors and Recognition Committee members;
- Bert Bolin Lecture Committee members; and
- All full-time AGU staff.
Supporter Eligibility
- Individuals who write letters of support for the nominee are not required to be active AGU members.
- The following individuals are not eligible to be supporters for the award during their terms of service:
- AGU President;
- AGU President-elect;
- Council Leadership Team members;
- Honors and Recognition Committee members;
- Bert Bolin Lecture Committee Committee members; and
- All full-time AGU staff.
Relationships to a Nominee
The following relationships need to be identified and communicated to the Award Committee but will not disqualify individuals from participating in the nomination or committee review process. These apply to committee members, nominators, and supporters:
- Current dean, departmental chair, supervisor, supervisee, laboratory director, an individual with whom one has a current business or financial relationship (e.g., business partner, employer, employee);
- Research collaborator or co-author within the last three years; and/or
- An individual working at the same institution or having accepted a position at the same institution.
Individuals with the following relationships are disqualified from participating in the award nomination process as a nominator or supporter:
- Family member, spouse, or partner.
- A previous graduate (Master’s or Ph.D.) and/or postdoctoral advisor, or postdoctoral fellow may not write a nomination letter but may write a supporting letter after five years of terminating their relationship with the nominee beginning on 1 January after the year the relationship was terminated.
- A former doctoral or graduate student, or a former postdoctoral fellow may not write a nomination letter for a former advisor but may write a supporting letter after five years of terminating their relationship with the nominee beginning on 1 January after the year the relationship was terminated.
Nomination Package
Watch our tutorial on successfully submitting a nomination package or read our guide. Your nomination package must contain all of the following files and be no more than two pages in length per document.
- A nomination letter that states how the nominee meets the selection criteria and demonstrates the potential to be elected as an AGU Fellow in the future. The letter should include details about outstanding contributions in research, educational, or societal impacts in the area of global environmental change. Nominator’s signature, name, title, institution, and contact information are required and letterhead is preferred.
- A curriculum vitae for the nominee.
- Two to three letters of support. Supporter’s signature, name, title, institution, and contact information are required. Letterhead is preferred.
- We encourage letters from individuals not currently or recently associated with the candidate’s institution of graduate education or employment.
- A selected bibliography stating the total number, the types of publications and the number published by AGU.
- Up to three copies of the nominee's published or preprint manuscripts that illustrate the quality of the nominee’s work.
Submission Process
Submissions are reviewed by the Global Environmental Change Award Committee. Nominations should be submitted online.
Recipients
Zhengyu Liu
Thomas L Delworth
Video
Benjamin D Santer
Lecture Title
Revisiting the IPCC’s “Discernible Human Influence” Finding: History and Lessons Learned
Video
L. Ruby Leung
Donald J Wuebbles
J David Neelin
Alan K Betts
Honors Contacts
