EMS Tromp Award for an outstanding achievement in biometeorology

The 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 1,500€ 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.

Awardee 2025

Georgios Nikolaou received the EMS Tromp Award for an outstanding achievement in biometeorology in 2025. Georgios Nikolaou is a researcher at the Department of Agriculture in Cyprus. He was awarded for the publication “Design of TETHYS: a greenhouse plant-smart water harvesting and air-cleaning system”, published in July 2024 in the journal Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s41207-024-00586-0
Find more details at the news announcement about the awardee.

Call for nominations for the award 2026

The call for nominations is now open, the  deadline for submissions is 20 April 2026. For all details see the call below.

Call for nominations 2026: 20 April 2026

Nomination deadline: 20 April 2026

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 2024 and 20 April 2026.
  • The nomination may be made by scientists themselves 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 2026, 23:59 UTC.

Award

The prize will be presented during the EMS Annual Meeting Awards ceremony in September 2026 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The awardee will receive 1,500€, travel expenses to attend the EMS Annual Meeting (includes return economy air fare, and accommodation) plus a free registration for this 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