Dear Colleague,
Nominations are invited
for RAS Medals
and Prizes to
be awarded in January 2019. The
deadline for nominations this year
is 20
August 2018,
with the exception of the Patrick
Moore Medal and the Annie Maunder
Medal for Outreach which have a
deadline of 28
September 2018.
A
list of the awards available this
year is provided below. Some awards
are made in two subject areas:
- A - astronomy and
astrophysics, broadly defined,
including cosmology, astroparticle
physics, astrobiology and
astrochemistry
- G - geophysics, solar
physics, solar-terrestrial
physics, planetary science, and
meteoritics
Anyone
may submit a nomination for an
award, it is not necessary to be a
Fellow of the RAS. All nominations
are made in strict confidence;
nominees should not be informed of
submissions in order to avoid
unnecessary disappointment.
Unsuccessful nominations from the
last two awards cycles are in some
cases reconsidered. Repeat or
duplicate submissions carry equal
weight. Special conditions apply for
nominations of current members of
the RAS Council(contact [log in to unmask]uk for
details).
Full
details on how to nominate are
available, or follow the links
below:
- Medals and prizes:
- Gold Medal (A) and Gold Medal (G),
the Society's highest honours
for sustained contribution and
success in the field of
Astronomy or Geophysics
respectively.
- Chapman Medal (G)
for investigations of
outstanding merit in the
science of the Sun, space and
planetary environments or
solar-terrestrial physics
- Eddington Medal (A)
for investigations of
outstanding merit in
theoretical astrophysics
- Herschel Medal (A)
for investigations of
outstanding merit in
observational astrophysics
- Jackson-Gwilt Medal (A)
for outstanding invention,
improvement, or development of
astronomical instrumentation
or techniques
- Patrick Moore Medal for
outstanding contribution to
teaching astronomy or
geophysics
- Annie
Maunder Medal for
outstanding contribution to
outreach and public engagement
for astronomy or geophysics
- Price Medal (G)
for investigations of
outstanding merit into
formation and composition of
the Earth and/or planets (e.g.
seismology, tectonics,
geodesy, geomagnetism, solar
system dynamics, meteoritics)
- Fowler Award (A) and Fowler Award (G) for
individuals who have made a
particularly noteworthy
contribution to these sciences
at an early stage of their
research career
- Winton Award (A) and Winton Award (G) for
the astronomy or geophysics
postdoctoral research fellow
in a UK institution whose
career has shown the most
promising development
- Group Award (A) and Group Award (G) for
outstanding achievement by
large consortia
- Service Award (A) and Service Award (G) for
individuals who, through
outstanding or exceptional
work, has promoted,
facilitated or encouraged the
sciences of astronomy or
geophysics and developed their
role nationally or
internationally
- Named lectures:
- George Darwin Lecture (A),
given annually by a
distinguished speaker on a
suitable topic in astronomy
(including astrochemistry,
astrobiology, astroparticle
physics, etc)
- Harold Jeffreys Lecture (G),
given annually by a
distinguished speaker on a
suitable topic in geophysics,
and is generally reserved for
topics concerning the interior
structure, formation and
composition of the Earth
and/or planets (e.g.
seismology, tectonics,
geodesy, geomagnetism, solar
system dynamics, meteoritics).
- James Dungey Lecture (G),
given annually by a
distinguished speaker on a
suitable topic in geophysics,
including solar physics,
solar-terrestrial physics or
planetary sciences (the
lecture normally covers topics
concerning the science of the
Sun, solar environment,
planetary environments or
solar- terrestrial science)
- Honours:
With
best regards,
Nush Cole
Administrative
Officer
Royal
Astronomical Society
Burlington
House
Piccadilly
London
W1J 0BQ
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How to nominate someone through the new
RAS system
for a RAS award.
(Sheila Peacock, July 2018)
1. Go to the (new website) page for the
award you want: these
are accessible from the tab "Awards
& Grants" in the top
menu bar of the homepage
https://ras.ac.uk
Select
"Geophysics Awards" from the "Award
Category" dropdown menu,
then scroll down to the award for which
you want to make a
nomination and click on the title of the
award. e.g. for Fowler award it is:
https://ras.ac.uk/awards-and-grants/awards/2266-fowler-award-g
2. Read the instructions for nominating,
then prepare the nomination
document according to the instructions
for that particular award.
Allowable formats include Microsoft Word
doc and docx, and pdf
(this is not the full list).
3. Then click on "Fill out the form
here".
3. You will reach a login page. PLEASE
NOTE - even if you have
set up a login ID on the RAS website to
pay your annual subscription
or cast votes for Council, you need to
set up a new one here (!).
Fill in the form with your name, email
address and your chosen
user ID, then submit, wait for
confirmatory email, click on link
in email, and set your password.
4. Log in with new ID. Unfortunately
the homepage for your
account, to which you will be taken, has
no links
to a NEW nomination form, only to
part-completed ones.
5. Go BACK to the awards-and-grants page
for the award for which
you want to nominate and click AGAIN on
"Fill out the form here".
This time it should open the nomination
form (unless you have
disabled cookies). Check that the name
of the right award is
at the top of the form-filling page -
the form is customised
for each award.
6. Fill in the contact details for
yourself and the nominee.
7. Upload the required document
(nomination statement - read
the instructions!).
8. If you have to leave it in the
middle, click on "save draft".
Your homepage will list "Your saved form
drafts": do not be
put off by the phrase "Submitted on XXX
date" - it means "Saved".
You can then log out (button is in
middle of your homepage).
When you return to it, click on the
medal name of your saved
draft, not the "view" button, then on
the big green bar at the top,
which should say "you have a pending
draft for this webform.
Load your pending draft", to get back to
an editable version.
9. Press "Submit" when complete (green
button). It should now
appear under "Your previous form
submissions". The green bar
should say "You have already submitted
this webform. View your
previous submission". Clicking on it
allows you to view, not edit,
your submitted form.