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Final call for nominations for the 2020 Awards and Prizes

12 October 2020

A final call for nominations for the Society's 2020 Awards and Prizes, Honorary Fellowships and the Malcolm Walker Award, which will all be presented in 2021.

  • The Symons Gold Medal: one of the Society’s most prestigious awards, awarded biennially for distinguished work undertaken in connection with Meteorological Science.
  • The Buchan Prize: awarded annually to members of the Society for a paper or papers published in the Society’s journals in the preceding five years and adjudged to contain the most important original contribution or contributions to meteorology.
  • The Hugh Robert Mill Award: awarded biennially for original research into the distribution of precipitation, or into the variation of precipitation in time at any place, or into precipitation either as a meteorological phenomenon, or in relation to climatology, agriculture, water supply, water power or other applications.
  • The Michael Hunt Award: awarded biennially to individuals for excellence in increasing the understanding of meteorology or its allied disciplines among members of the general public, such as yachtsmen, schoolchildren, etc.
  • The L F Richardson Prize: awarded annually for a meritorious paper published in the preceding four years in a Society journal by a member of the Society who is an early-career scientist (no more than 15 years into their career, excluding career breaks). Please note if the nomination is for the LF Richardson Prize then clarification of the work of the person nominated is required and confirmation that they did most of the work for the paper being nominated.
  • The Adrian Gill Award: awarded annually to a member of the Society who has made a significant contribution(s) and author paper(s) in the Society’s journals in fields interfacing between atmospheric science and related disciplines, thereby being referred to as “multi-disciplinary”.
  • The Climate Science Communication Award: awarded annually in recognition of outstanding scientific contributions to Climate Science, including proactive outreach activities.
  • The Innovation Award: awarded biennially to recognise people, projects or programmes within the academic, scientific or business communities making significant contributions to educating, informing or motivating organisations in their response to meteorological challenges.
  • The Vaisala Award: awarded biennially to recognise people or teams from within the amateur community, academia or business making significant contributions to instrumentation or observing across the meteorological and related sciences.
  • The Society Outstanding Service Award: awarded annually for outstanding service to the Society by its members or staff.
  • The Gordon Manley Weather Prize: awarded annually for any outstanding contribution to Weather through a paper or papers or service to Weather in the preceding five years that have furthered the public understanding of meteorology and oceanography.
  • Honorary Fellowship: a lifetime accolade made to a select group of distinguished individuals whose careers in  meteorology (or a related science) or as a public figure renders them a leader and role model within the meteorological community and an inspiration to future generations. Honorary Fellowship is limited to a small number of individuals and is the highest honour bestowed by the Society.
  • The Malcolm Walker Award: bestowed annually to recognise and encourage emerging researchers who have brought new insights into an aspect of the environmental sciences, which includes elements of meteorology and/or oceanography. 

All Nomination and Application Forms must be submitted by 20 October 2020.  

Further information, forms and details on how to submit an entry are available here.

If you have any questions regarding the process, please email info@rmets.org.