EMS Silver Medal

Deadline for submission of nominations: 31 January 2025

The EMS invites EMS Member Societies, EMS Associate Members, EMS Committees and Project Teams, and EMS Council members to make nominations for the Silver Medal 2025.

Nominations of female candidates are accepted in uneven years, nominations of male candidates in even years. Thus submission of female nominees is invited for the 2025 EMS Silver Medal.

Criteria used in the evaluation of the nominated candidates are given below. All three are important in the evaluation process.

• Service to the European meteorological community (i.e. academic activity, leadership in relevant national and international organisations, serving as editor of relevant regular publications such as journals etc.)
• Outstanding contributions to increase and enhance the public understanding of relevant meteorological aspects and issues (i.e. communications on climate issues, publication of relevant books addressing wider circles of our society, activity on the media, organisation and steering of educational and training projects, etc.)
• Scientific contributions to meteorology and related fields (i.e. scientific achievements with international recognition, relevant publications, scientific leadership and management, etc.)

Nominations and Deadline

Nominations must be written in the English language and submitted electronically as pdf-file(s).
Any nomination has to include:

• A Curriculum Vitae of the nominee, including contact details.
  Please restrict a publication list to two pages with the most relevant publications highlighted.
• A statement that explains the achievements and contributions of the nominee to the development of meteorology in Europe, addressing all three criteria detailed above.
• Two support letters by relevant experts in the field (more than 2 are not accepted), also addressing all three criteria.
• A proposal for a citation of 30 words or less (condensed summary of the achievements to be used for the the announcement of the recipient).

EMS Member Societies, EMS Associate Members, EMS Committees and Project Teams through their respective chairs, and EMS Council members are eligible to make nominations.

Please submit any nomination to awardapplication@emetsoc.org by Wednesday, 31 January 2025.

Forwarding of non-selected nominations

Nominations that are not selected for the Award can be forwarded once to be considered again for the award in the following year (i.e. for the Silver Medal 2026).

Award presentation

The EMS Silver Medal will be presented to the selected awardee during the EMS Annual Meeting in September 2025.

Last revised: 30 March 2022

Name of the Award

The EMS Silver Medal

Eligibility and Decision Process

The EMS Silver Medal is presented annually to a person who has made distinguished contributions to the development of meteorology in Europe.

Criteria used in the evaluation of the nominated candidates are given below. All three are important in the evaluation process:

• Service to the European meteorological community (i.e. academic activity, leadership in relevant national and international organisations, serving as editor of relevant regular publications such as journals etc.)
• Outstanding contributions to increase and enhance the public understanding of relevant meteorological aspects and issues (i.e. communications on climate issues, publication of relevant books addressing wider circles of our society, activity on the media, organisation and steering of educational and training projects, etc.)
• Scientific contributions to meteorology and related fields (i.e. scientific achievements with international recognition, relevant publications, scientific leadership and management, etc.)

Nominations

Candidates may be proposed to the Awards Committee by

• EMS Member Societies,
• EMS Associate Members,
• EMS Committees and Project Teams, or
• EMS Council members.

Nominations of female candidates are accepted in uneven years, nominations of male candidates in even years.

Nominations must be written in the English language and submitted electronically as pdf-file(s). Any nomination has to include:

• A Curriculum Vitae of the nominee, including contact details. Please restrict a publication list to two pages with the most relevant publications highlighted.
• A statement that explains the achievements and contributions of the nominee to the development of meteorology in Europe, addressing all three criteria detailed above.
• Two support letters by relevant experts in the field (more than 2 are not accepted), also addressing all three criteria.
• A proposal for a citation of 30 words or less (condensed summary of the achievements to be used for the announcement of the recipient).

Forwarding of non-selected nominations

The EMS Council approved at its Session in September 2015 that nominations that were not selected for the Award can be forwarded once to be considered again for the award in the following year.

Recommendation and selection process

The Awards Committee develops recommendations of one or more candidates for the EMS Silver Medal for the EMS Council. The EMS Council approves a candidate at its spring meeting each year.

Award

The Laureate receives a medal that is presented during the EMS Annual Meeting. Travel expenses of the Laureate to attend the EMS Annual Meeting will be covered by the EMS (Awards budget). The Laureate is invited to give a “Silver Medal Lecture”.