EMS Tromp Award for an outstanding achievement in biometeorology

Call for applications: EMS Tromp AwardThe European Meteorological Society and the Tromp Foundation collaborate on the EMS Tromp Award to promote Biometeorology in Europe and within the EMS community.
The Tromp Foundation (Foundation for Biometeorological Research), the legacy of Solco W. Tromp, is funding this award. The award is announced annually and was given the first time in 2015. For all previous awardees see below.

Award

The prize is normally presented during the EMS Annual Meeting. The awardee receives 1,000€ and a free registration to attend the EMS Annual Meeting; in case of a physical meeting also travel expenses to attend the EMS Annual Meeting are covered (includes return economy air fare, and accommodation).

The awardee is expected to give a presentation at one of the sessions thematically related to biometeorology, for example Human biometeorology, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology and Cities and urban areas in the earth-atmosphere system.

A call for nominations or applications is issued each year in early spring.

EMS Tromp Awardee 2022 Branislava Lali? (photo: private)The 2022 EMS Tromp Award was won by Branislava Lalic for the publication “Identifying Crop and Orchard Growing Stages Using Conventional Temperature and Humidity Reports“, Proceedings of the Atmosphere 2022, 13, 700. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13050700; https://www.mdpi.com/journal/atmosphere by Branislava Lali? et al. For more details see Branislava Lalic wins EMS Tromp Award 2022.

EMS Tromp Award 2023

The call for nominations 2023 is now open and the closing date for submissions is 20 April 2023.

Call for nominations 2023: submission deadline is 20 April 2023

The European Meteorological Society and Tromp Foundation invite applications for the EMS Tromp Award. The Tromp Foundation (Foundation for Biometeorological Research), the legacy of Solco W. Tromp, is funding this award.

Eligibility

Anybody having published a scientific paper in the field of biometeorology meeting the criteria detailed below and resident in Europe (WMO RAVI) is eligible to apply for the award. There is no age restriction. Scientists can apply directly or be nominated by another person.

Application/nomination procedure

  • The EMS-Tromp-Award will be awarded to a scientist for an excellent scientific paper in the field of biometeorology.
  • The paper must have been published in an international peer-reviewed journal with the nominee as first author.
  • The paper must have been published between 1 January 2021 and the deadline for this EMS Tromp Award on 20 April 2023.
  • The nomination may be made by the scientist him-/herself or by others working in the field of biometeorology.
  • The nomination needs to be accompanied by the PDF of the published scientific paper, Curriculum Vitae, and publication list.
  • Nominations must be submitted electronically by email to ems-tromp-award@emetsoc.org until 20 April 2023, 23:59 UTC.

Award

The prize will be presented during the EMS Annual Meeting Awards ceremony in September 2023 at the University of Economics Bratislava, Slovakia. The awardee will receive 1,000€ travel expenses (includes return economy air fare, and accommodation) to attend the EMS Annual Meeting and a free registration to attend the EMS Annual Meeting.

The awardee is expected to give a presentation at one of the EMS Sessions related to biometeorology for example Human biometeorology, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology and Cities and urban areas in the earth-atmosphere system.

Eligibility and application procedures

Eligibility

Anybody having published a scientific paper in the field of biometeorology meeting the criteria detailed below and resident in Europe (WMO RAVI) is eligible to apply for the award. There is no age restriction. Scientists can apply directly or be nominated by another person.

Application/nomination procedure

  • The EMS-Tromp-Award is awarded to a scientist for an excellent scientific paper in the field of biometeorology.
  • The paper must have been published in an international peer-reviewed journal with the nominee as first author.
  • The nomination may be made by the scientist him/herself or by others working in the field of biometeorology.
  • The nomination needs to be accompanied by the PDF of the published scientific paper, Curriculum Vitae, and publication list.

Previous Awardees