[Coral-List] Calling for Nominations for 2019 ICRS Awards

[Lisa Rodrigues]

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the awards committee of the International Coral Reef Society, I am reaching out for your help in recognizing and rewarding the scholarship and contribution of our ICRS peers by nominating them for the following annual awards and honors:

1. Young Scientist Award
2. Mid-Career Scientist Award
3. Eminence in Research Award
4. World Reef Award
5. Coral Reef Conservation Award (US$2500 cash award)
5. ICRS Fellow

Eligibility details and nomination forms for each award can be found at http://coralreefs.org/society-awards-and-grants/awards-fellowships/. Please think of your well-deserving colleagues and submit a nomination. We hope to honor a wide diversity of our members and request your help with nominations.  The closing date for receipt of nominations for each award is 15 January 2019.

Nominations should be sent as a single .pdf or word file by email to the secretary of the Society's awards committee, Dr. Lisa Rodrigues, at lisa.rodrigues at villanova.edu<mailto:lisa.rodrigues at villanova.edu>. The file should be assembled and sent by the nominator, and the file should be designated with the following name (substitute as appropriate): AwardName_NominatorName_NomineeName.

Please pay special attention to the award-eligibility criteria, and be advised that all nominators, nominees, and those writing letters of support must be current members of ICRS.

Thank you and good luck to participants in this year's competition!

Below is a list of ICRS awardees to date:

Eminence in Research Award:
Bak, Rolf                                  2018
Porter, James                          2018
Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove             2017
McClanahan, Timothy            2017
Fabricius, Katharina                2016
Willis, Bette                            2016
Brown, Barbara                      2015

Mid-Career Award:
Cinner, Joshua                         2018
Pratchett, Morgan                  2017
Grottoli, Andrea                      2016
Mumby, Peter                         2015

World Reef Award:
Bhagooli, Ranjeet                   2018
Alvarez-Filip, Lorenzo             2017
Maina Mbui, Joseph               2017
Mangubhai, Sangeeta             2016

Coral Reef Conservation Award:
Rodney V. Salm                       2018

Young Scientist Award:
Emily Darling                          2017
Muller, Erinn                           2015

ISRS Fellows include all those above plus:
Hoey, Andrew                         2018
Munday, Philip                        2018
Well, Susan                             2018
Schoenberg, Christine             2017
Hixon, Mark                            2016
Ormond, Rupert                      2016
Baird, Andrew                         2015
Pandolfi, John                          2015
Van Woesik, Robert                2015
Richmond, Robert                   Past ISRS President (2011-2014)
Aronson, Richard                    Past ISRS President (2007-2010)
Polunin, Nicholas                    Past ISRS President (2003-2006)
Done, Terence                        Past ISRS President (1999-2002)
Ogden, John                            Past ISRS President (1995-1998)
Salvat, Bernard                       Past ISRS President (1992-1994)
Sale, Peter                               Past ISRS President (1990-1992)
Birkeland, Charles                  Past ISRS President (1987-1989)
Macintyre, Ian                        Past ISRS President (1983-1986)
Stoddart, David                       Past ISRS President (1980-1982)

Darwin Medal (awarded every 4 years):
John Randall                            2016 (13th International Coral Reef Symposium, Honolulu)
Jeremy Jackson                       2012 (12th International Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns)
Terry Hughes                          2008 (11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale)
J. E. N. (Charlie) Veron           2004 (10th International Coral Reef Symposium, Okinawa)
Yossi Loya                                2000 (9th International Coral Reef Symposium, Bali)
Ian G. MacIntyre                     1996 (8th International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama)
Peter W. Glynn                        1992 (7th International Coral Reef Symposium, Guam)
David Stoddart                        1988 (Inaugural recipient)


Lisa J Rodrigues
Associate Professor
Geography & the Environment
Villanova University
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