SAF National Awards Program: Award in Forest Science Grant

The SAF National Awards Program recognizes excellence in forestry through various awards, including the Award in Forest Science. This award acknowledges significant research contributions in quantitative, economic, managerial, and social sciences, promoting advancements in forestry. Recipients receive a $1,000 honorarium, a complimentary SAF convention registration, and travel expense support. Established in 1996, this award highlights the importance of innovative research that impacts both national and international forestry practices.

Note: The award is by nomination. Nominations for the SAF National Awards will close on the date indicated above.
Through our 15 national awards (and Fellow and Presidential Field Forester awards), SAF celebrates and honors scientists, researchers, educators, innovators, leaders, communicators, field foresters, employers, local SAF units, and others that have made significant impact on forestry in the United States and internationally.
Forest Science and Technology Awards
Award in Forest ScienceBarrington Moore Memorial Award in Biological ScienceTechnology Transfer Award
Communications Awards
Outstanding Forestry Journalism AwardW. D. Hagenstein Communicator Award
Leadership Awards
Cultural and Community Engagement AwardEmployer Leadership AwardOutstanding Local Unit Achievement AwardStudent Leadership Award
Professional Development Awards
Carl Alwin Schenck AwardGifford Pinchot MedalHonorary MembershipJohn A. Beale Memorial AwardSir William Schlich Memorial AwardYoung Forester Leadership Award
SAF Award in Forest Science
This award recognizes distinguished individual research in any branch of the quantitative, economic, managerial, and/or social sciences that has resulted in substantial advances in forestry. The award includes a $1,000 honorarium, one complimentary SAF convention registration, and up to $500 to offset travel expenses. The award is presented at the SAF national convention.
About the Award
The Forest Science award was established in 1996 to recognize outstanding research in forestry sciences other than biology. This award was specifically created to focus on quantitative, economic, managerial and social sciences and to distinguish the Forest Science award from the Barrington Moore Memorial Award in Biological Science. Some fields of research like silviculture, agroforestry, or biometrics could be eligible for either award, but the focus of the Award in Forest Science is on the managerial or quantitative sciences aspects of those fields rather than the biological sciences aspects of those fields.

Eligibility

Nominees need not be members of SAF. While the award will not be made posthumously, it may be made to either employed or retired nominees and regardless of the age or seniority of the individual.
Criteria
Evaluation will be based on meeting the following criteria:LeadershipNominees shall be acknowledged leaders in their discipline who have demonstrated initiative in addressing relevant scientific questions. Evidence of ability to organize symposiums and workshops and provide technology transfer to practitioners and researchers is also required.Research ProductivityNominees shall have a substantial history of publications in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and technical proceedings. Evidence of the ability to acquire substantive research funding from a variety of sources is required.Research QualityNominees' work shall be of the highest quality and strictly adhere to professional standards.Research InnovationNominees shall have a history of innovative approaches to research and shall have used a variety of research methodologies appropriate to their discipline.Research ImpactNominees’ work shall have significantly affected the course of subsequent research or the practice of forestry or associated activities. Their research must have resulted in a clear advancement in forestry.ScopeBeyond merely being distinguished, nominees’ research must be relevant both nationally and internationally.

Ineligibility

Nominees shall not have won any other SAF national science awards within five years of this nomination.