The SCAR Medal for International Coordination Grant

The SCAR Medal for International Coordination honors exceptional contributions to international cooperation in Antarctic research. The nomination process encourages diverse candidates from all backgrounds and includes no age or education restrictions. Finalists will be shortlisted by a reviewing committee, ensuring a fair selection of the top candidates. This award recognizes individuals' impactful roles in leadership, partnerships, and enhancing research effectiveness, ultimately benefiting society and public understanding.

SCAR MEDAL NOMINATIONS
The nomination process has been revised. Initial nominations for each Medal will simply require a short online form to be filled out, and the resulting shortlist for each Medal will be considered by a reviewing committee and reduced to 3 top candidates. The nominators of each of the top 3 will be asked to provide further material in support of their candidate, before final selection of the Medal recipients.
As an international organization, SCAR promotes diversity, equality, and inclusion at all levels, and therefore we encourage nomination by individuals from all backgrounds.
There are no age restrictions or limits on nominees and no higher education degree requirements – everyone is eligible to be nominated. However, self-nominations are not accepted.
Coordination activities:
A description of the nominee’s high-responsibility roles, including leadership and service within international programmes and partnerships, institutions, and representative bodies.
Importance of coordination activities:
Evidence of the impact of the coordination activities in terms of research effectiveness and relevance to research and/or policy as a whole. Include resourcing, inclusiveness, societal benefit, and public understanding.
Impact of coordination activities:
An explanation of the impact of the nominee’s coordination activities on the wider community, its relevance to capacity building, products, data and information, etc.
Recognition of coordination activities:
Awards, prizes, and citations that the nominee has received in recognition of the impact of their coordination roles, and appreciation amongst their peers and the wider community.
Contribution to advancing SCAR activities:
How the nominee has contributed to the SCAR mission and objectives through their involvement internally within SCAR groups, initiatives, and committees, or externally by their influence in the wider community.
This medal is awarded for outstanding and sustained contributions to international cooperation and partnerships.

Eligibility

There are no age restrictions or limits on nominees and no higher education degree requirements – everyone is eligible to be nominated. Nominees are welcomed in all areas of Antarctic and Southern Ocean research.Nomination of individuals who have advanced SCAR’s mission to initiate, facilitate, co-ordinate, and encourage international research activity in the Antarctic region are encouraged. Nominees should have a record of the recognition of their international activities by their peers, including prizes, honorary degrees, and other awards, that demonstrate the person’s impact. The relevance of such coordination work should be demonstrated, for example with regard to capacity building, products of use to the wider community, data and information, etc. A succinct justification for the recognition, outlining the candidate’s contributions to international coordination, should be provided by the nominator (maximum length 2000 characters).

Ineligibility

Self-nominations are not accepted.