HOW TO NOMINATE (2024)

- Download the call letter (pdf)

- Nomination is a two-step process.

LETTER OF INTENT
To nominate a candidate, please submit a letter briefly highlighting the contributions of the candidate to all of the three criteria specified in the right panel.  Please also include a short curriculum vitae.

NOTE: The letter should be no more than 2 pages long, and the curriculum vitae should be no more than 4 pages long.

Submissions are welcome for candidates in physical, chemical, geological, biological, fisheries, and interdisciplinary marine sciences.  Self-nominating letters-of-intent are also welcome at this step.

Nominators are encouraged to consider candidates of different genders, global geographical regions and cultural backgrounds.

The deadline for receipt of letters-of-intent is April 2, 2024, sent to the Chair of the Selection Committee.

FULL NOMINATIONS
The Selection Committee will invite the submission of complete dossiers from a short list of the letters-of-intent. The dossier will consist of a nomination form, a full curriculum vitae including publication list, and letters of support from experts in the nominee's field of research.  Self-nominations will not be considered at this step.

Invitations to submit a full dossier will be sent by May 3, 2024. The deadline for receipt of nomination dossiers (by email) is June 7, 2024, sent to the Chair of the Selection Committee.

CONTACT

Chair, Selection Committee (2024)
Dr. Tetjana Ross

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Email: Tetjana.Ross@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

NOMINATIONS

PREAMBLE

The A.G. Huntsman Award is presented annually by the Royal Society of Canada to recognize excellence of research and outstanding contributions to marine sciences. Until 2013, the A.G. Huntsman Award had been presented in one of three categories on a rotating basis: Marine Geoscience, Physical/Chemical Oceanography, or Biological Oceanography and Fisheries Science. Recognizing there is often a considerable degree of overlap among these fields of study, more recent awards have no such categorical distinction and are simply awarded for excellence in marine sciences. The intent is not to exclude candidates that focus on single disciplines, but to acknowledge that some research defies such categorization, since it spans multiple disciplines. The overarching aim is to find and recognize truly exceptional marine scientists.

CRITERIA

The A.G. Huntsman Medal is awarded to those individuals, of any nationality, who have had and still have a significant influence on the course of marine scientific thought according to the following criteria:

1. for unequalled excellence in their respective fields;

2. for the influence of their work on the course of scientific thought in their respective fields; and

3. for their continuing and current activities at the forefront of their respective fields..

PAST AWARD RECIPIENTS

The list of previous awardees is on the Laureates page.