Summary of Award

The IAGC Ebelmen Award is given biennially to a geochemist of particular merit and outstanding promise less
than 35 years old at the time of nomination. This award, which may under exceptional circumstances be shared between two individuals, shall consist of a framed certificate and a cash prize of $1000 (US). The recipient shall be profiled on the Association website and in the IAGC Newsletter. The recipient’s acceptance speech and citationist’s remarks will be published in the Association journal, Applied Geochemistry. IAGC will pay for the travel of the award recipient to the meeting where the award is conferred, if the IAGC Treasurer determines that the Association has the financial resources to make this possible. IAGC will pay for the travel of the award recipient to the meeting where the award is conferred, if the IAGC Treasurer determines that the Association has the financial resources to make this possible. The award recipient also will receive a complementary 1-year membership to IAGC for the year following receipt of the award, if not already an IAGC member. In selecting the nominees for this award, particular consideration should be given to young scientists from developing countries (i.e., not North America, Western Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand).

Nomination Procedure

A nomination for the Ebelmen Award shall consist of a letter or e-mail of nomination not more than two pages in length from any dues-paid IAGC member in good standing that:

1. profiles the nominee
2. provides relevant career information
3. includes a short list of important scientific accomplishments and the most important publications of the nominee.

This nomination should contain the suggested citation text.

Nominations may be submitted via email to IAGC Secretary, Tom Bullen - tdbullen@usgs.gov. (Nominations must be received between 15-June and 15-November each year)

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