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Dear all, for GeolSoc BGA members and others - please do nominate a deserving PhD graduate for this RAS award. Deadline 31st Jan. Pass this on to anyone you know not on the list who knows a suitable candidate. Sheila Peacock, BGA Awards officer. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: REMINDER: Call for nominations: PhD thesis prizes - Royal Astronomical Society Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 15:42:18 +0000 From: Annie Hogan <[log in to unmask]> To: undisclosed-recipients:; Dear Point of Contact, Each year the RAS recognises the best PhD theses in astronomy and geophysics completed in the UK. The deadline to nominate theses completed during 2016 is *31 January 2017*. Three prizes are available: the Michael Penston prize for astronomy, the Keith Runcorn prize for geophysics, and the Patricia Tomkins prize for instrumentation science in either astronomy or geophysics. The winners receive £1000 and an invitation to present the results of their thesis at a meeting of the RAS <https://www.ras.org.uk/events-and-meetings/ras-meetings>. The Michael Penston prize and Keith Runcorn prize runners up will receive £50 book tokens. The Michael Penston and Keith Runcorn prizes are sponsored by Oxford University Press <http://www.oup.com/>, who also publish the RAS journals <https://www.ras.org.uk/publications/journals>. The Patricia Tomkins prize is sponsored by the Patricia Tomkins Foundation. Nominees must have completed their PhD (viva held and all corrections completed) at a UK university during 2016. For more details and to submit a nomination, see the pages on each prize: * Oxford University PressThe Michael Penston prize <https://www.ras.org.uk/awards-and-grants/awards/2278-michael-penston-thesis-prize>, for theses in astronomy and astrophysics, including cosmology, astrobiology etc. * The Keith Runcorn prize <https://www.ras.org.uk/awards-and-grants/awards/2277-keith-runcorn-thesis-prize>, for theses in geophysics, including seismology, solar physics, planetary science etc. * Patricia Tomkins thesis prize <https://www.ras.org.uk/awards-and-grants/awards/2285-patricia-tomkins-thesis-prize> for theses in instrumentation science for astronomy and geophysics - while the support is aimed at developing skills in scientific hardware such as electronics, detectors and optics, the development of novel software specific to a hardware project will also be considered. Best wishes, Annie Hogan Memberships Officer _Address:_Royal Astronomical Society Burlington House, Piccadilly W1J 0BQ _Tel:_020 7292 3974/ Ext 101 _Email:[log in to unmask]