[iris-bulk] Call for Nominations: 2008 Keiiti Aki Young Scientist Award

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Call for Nominations: AGU Seismology Section
2008 Keiiti Aki Young Scientist Award

An award to recognize the scientific accomplishments of a junior  
scientist who makes outstanding contributions to the advancement of  
seismology.

The Keiiti Aki Young Scientist Award
This award is to be given by the Seismology (S) Section to recognize  
the scientific accomplishments of a young scientist in the field of  
seismology. The intent is to award and highlight excellence in  
seismology performed during or immediately after the completion of a  
Ph.D.

Naming of the Award
This award is named in honor of Keiiti Aki, an outstanding  
seismologist, educator, and leader who died in 2005. During his 50  
years as a seismologist - in Japan, at MIT and USC - he guided more  
than 50 Ph.D. students and published over 200 papers. He was a member  
of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, a medalist of the  
Seismological Society of America, and a fellow of the American Academy  
of Arts and Sciences. In 2004, he received AGU's highest honor, the  
Bowie medal, and in April, 2005, he was awarded the European  
Geophysical Union's highest honor, the Beno Gutenberg medal. His  
textbook, "Quantitative Seismology" co-authored by Paul Richards is  
the standard advanced textbook in seismology. He was President of the  
Seismological Society of America, President of the Seismology Section  
of AGU, Chair of the U.S. National Research Council's Committee on  
Seismology, and Founder and first Director of the Southern California  
Earthquake Center.

Eligibility
The award is for recent graduates, within three years of the date of  
obtaining their Ph.D. The junior scientist must be a member of AGU  
with primary affiliation in the Seismology Section at the time of  
nomination. The evaluation of the candidates will be based on the  
quality of papers arising from Ph.D. thesis work, or work done shortly  
after the Ph.D.

Presentation
The award will be given to one scientist and not be given more than  
once each year. The inaugural award will be given in 2008 at the SF  
(Fall) AGU. The award will be presented at the Joint Seismology/ 
Tectonophysics luncheon at the Fall
Meeting or at another appropriate venue, such as immediately preceding  
the Gutenberg Lecture. The award will consist of a framed certificate  
signed by the Section President.

Selection process
Any AGU member can nominate one or more candidates. The nomination  
will include a nominating letter, a curriculum vitae, and up to 3  
letters of recommendation that address the junior scientist's  
accomplishments. The nomination and supporting letters should describe  
the high quality of the nominee's research accomplishments. In  
addition, the nomination should include copies of published or in- 
press manuscripts that illustrate the candidate's quality of work.  
Nominations should be submitted (online, by fax, or by mail) to the  
President of the Seismology Section by 15 September, 2008.