Professional Excellence Award Grant

The Professional Excellence Award recognizes women who have made significant contributions in government, private industry, and academia throughout their careers. Nominations are open to all AWG members, and even those without prior membership can participate. This award honors achievements such as mentoring geoscience professionals and engaging in outreach activities, celebrating the breadth and depth of professional accomplishments in the geosciences.

Three AWG Professional Excellence awards will go to women who, throughout their careers, have made distinguished contributions in each of the three following professional areas:

• Government/regulatoryPrivate industry/consulting and Academia/research

Nominations will be solicited from the AWG membership at large. Professional excellence is broadly defined, and may include accomplishments such as:

• Breadth and depth of professional accomplishmentsMentoring of other geoscience professionalsOutreach and service activitiesMembership in professional societies

Eligibility

Nominations will be solicited from the AWG membership at large.Nominees need not be members of AWG and those without memberships will receive a one-year professional membership with their award