Summary of Award

The IAGC Vernadsky Medal is awarded biennially to a single person for a distinguished record of scientific
accomplishment in geochemistry over the course of a career. This award consists of a framed certificate, engraved medal, plus an article published in the IAGC Newsletter and posted on the IAGC website. 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. 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. The recipient shall be profiled on the Association website and in the IAGC Newsletter.

Nomination Procedure

A nomination for the Vernadsky Medal 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)

Previous Winners