ICRS Members! Please nominate your ICRS colleagues for their research and conservation accomplishments.
Please submit nominations and applications for awards and fellowships to recognize the incredible scientific, leadership, educational, practitioner, and policy achievements of our members. The list of awards and scholarships is below. All nominations and applications are due by 15 February each year.
Colleagues at all career levels are eligible for the following annual awards. Complete nomination criteria, information, and award descriptions can be found online (http://coralreefs.org/awards-and-honors/). This year, awards will be given in the following categories:
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- Eminence in Research Award: In recognition of a scientist for an outstanding body of research performed over twenty years or more (up to two per year)
- Mid-Career Award: In recognition of excellence in research by a mid-career scientist (ten to twenty years post-PhD) performed over the preceding ~10 years (one per year)
- Early-Career Award: In recognition of excellence in research by an early career scientist no more than 10 years post-PhD (one per year)
- World Reef Award: In recognition of scientific or conservation achievement by an individual who is a member of an under-represented demographic in the field of reef science or management (one per year)
- Coral Reef Conservation Award: In recognition of a regionally or globally significant contribution to the protection of coral reefs (typically one per year)
- ICRS Fellow: In recognition of scientific, conservation, or management achievement, as well as service to ICRS over a significant period of time. Nominations for the five above awards (Eminence in Research, Mid and Early Career, World Reef or Coral Reef Conservation) that also meet the criteria for ICRS Fellow, may be nominated for ICRS Fellow Status as well
- Ruth Gates Fellowship: In memory of Dr. Ruth Gates, this research grant is available to students and early-career scientists (no more than three years post-PhD; one per year)
- Graduate Fellowships: a grant awarded to registered graduate research students to assist in the costs of undertaking fieldwork or visiting laboratories (typically six per year)
- Science Communication Fellowship: a grant awarded for an ICRS member at any career stage in any type of position (e.g., academic, NGO, government, private sector, other) to gain science communication skills through a workshop, course, internship, or equivalent experience.
Submit a complete nomination through our online submission form here. Email nominations will not be accepted.
Previous recipients of all ICRS Awards, Honors and Fellowships can be found here.
Thank you,
ICRS Honors and Awards Committee
