The "WMO Professor Mariolopoulos Trust Fund Award" is granted for an outstanding research paper in atmospheric sciences, published or accepted during the last two years in a refereed journal by a young scientist (age below 35 years by the date of publication). The award is intended to stimulate interest in research and the understanding of the atmospheric environment. Papers that have previously won prizes are not eligible.
Nominations could be made by the National
Committees of the International Association of Meteorological and Atmospheric
Sciences
(IAMAS), IAMAS Commissions and/or by the
Directors of the National Meteorological Services. A brief curriculum vitae
of the nominee should accompany all nominations.
The award is made by decision of a committee of three distinguished scientists; one designated by the WMO Secretary-General; another designated by the Director-General for Science Research and Development of the European Union and the third, to be designated by the Board of Directors of MKF, the Foundation.
The award consists of a medal and a sum of US $2,000. The award will normally be presented to the awardee at an appropriate scientific meeting / Ceremony by the Secretary-General of WMO or a representative of WMO or the Foundation and can be shared between co-authors, provided the previous criteria are met by the lead author. The Foundation may decide not to give the award, if none of the papers submitted is of a sufficient high scientific standard.
The nominations and the papers must be submitted in one of the official WMO languages (English, French, Spanish, Russian). Non-English papers should be accompanied by a translation of the paper in English. Three reprints of the paper should be submitted together with the nomination letter to:
Professor Christos Zerefos
"WMO Professor Mariolopoulos Trust Fund
Award"
Koumbari 6, 10674 Athens
Greece
Professor Christos Zerefos is the President,
National Observatory, Athens and President, International Ozone Commission.
His coordinates are;
tel.: +30 210 8109141,
mobile: +30 6944 570099
fax: +30 2108109170,
e-mail: zerefos@geol.uoa.gr
Deadline for submission has been extended to December 31, 2011. More details could be found on the address: www.mariolopoulosfoundation.gr
For past recipients please see;
http://www.mariolopoulosfoundation.gr/wmo-award-old-en.html
Please onward distribute this information as appropriate. If you have a young scientist in mind, please submit the required material to David Grimes, ADM, Meteorological Service of Canada so that he may submit the nomination to the Committee.
Please copy Bruce Angle on any correspondence.