VOLCANO: Call for nominations: Mineralogical Society of America Dana Medal Award

[Kirsten Chojnicki <kchojnic@xxxxxxx>]

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VOLCANO: Call for nominations: Mineralogical Society of America Dana Medal Award
From: Wendy Bohrson <bohrson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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The Mineralogical Society of America announces:


 The 2013 MSA Dana Medal Award


 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

The Dana Medal is intended to recognize sustained outstanding scientific
 contributions through original research in the mineralogical sciences 
by an individual in the midst of his or her career who has not been 
previously recognized as a recipient of the MSA Award. For the purpose 
of this award, the mineralogical sciences are defined in the broadest 
sense. A Dana Award candidate should have received his or her terminal 
degree no more than 25 years prior to January 1st of the year in which 
the medalist is selected. Service to mineralogy, administrative 
accomplishments, and teaching are not to be considered primary merit for
 the award. Nationality, age of candidate, or place of employment shall 
not be considered, and current members of MSA Council are not eligible 
to be considered for the award.

The next award will be made in 2013. Nominations for the award consist 
of a completed Nomination Checklist, a cover letter from the nominator 
outlining the candidate's qualifications in light of the criteria for 
the award, any supplementary materials, such as complete curriculum 
vitae and a bibliography of published works exclusive of abstracts, book
 reviews, and papers that have not yet been accepted for publication, 
and supporting letters from at least three (3) but no more than five (5)
 other individuals that are focused on how the candidate meets the 
criteria of the award.A nomination checklist for the award may be 
obtained at

<http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Awards/Dana.html#Submitting%20Nominations>

or by mail from the MSA Business Office, 3635 Concorde Pwky Ste 500, 
Chantilly, VA 20151-1110, USA, telephone: (703) 652-9950, fax: (703) 
652-9951, e-mail business@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:business@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

The completed nomination package must be sent to the committee chair and
 received by June 1, 2011 for consideration by the Committee for the 
2013 award.

The committee asks that the nominator compile into a single electronic 
file the nomination, all letters of support, and supplementary materials
 before submitting then nomination to the Committee Chair.This single 
electronic nomination package makes it easier and less expensive for the
 committee members, who are increasingly international, to do their 
work.

Nominations can be carried over to following years if the nomination 
package is updated by the sponsor. Any nomination not renewed after 2 
years will be not considered further.

The 2011 Chair of the MSA Dana Medal Nomination Committee (for the 2013 Dana Medal) is:

Wendy A. Bohrson

Central Washington University

Department of Geological Sciences

400 E University Way MS 7418

Ellensburg WA 98926-7418

United States

ph: +1 (509) 963-2835

fax: +1 (509) 963-2821

e-mail: bohrson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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