2021 Alan T. Waterman Award Nominations Due October 21
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is pleased to accept nominations for the 2021 Alan T. Waterman Award. Established in 1975 to commemorate the Foundation's first Director, the Waterman Award is NSF's highest honor for promising, early-career researchers.
Nominees are accepted from all sources, and from any field of science and engineering that NSF supports. The award recipient will receive a medal and grant of $1,000,000 over a five-year period for scientific research or advanced study in any field of science or engineering supported by the NSF, at any institution of the recipient's choice. NSF is especially interested in nominations for women, persons with disabilities, and members of racial and ethnic minorities that are underrepresented in science and engineering.
Eligibility and Selection Criteria
- A candidate must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. He or she must be 40 years of age or younger, or not more than 10 years beyond receipt of the Ph.D. degree, by December 31 of the year in which he or she is nominated.
- A candidate should have demonstrated exceptional individual achievement in scientific or engineering research of sufficient quality, originality, innovation, and significant impact on the field so as to situate him or her as a leader among peers.
Complete nomination packages, consisting of nominations and four letters of reference, are due by October 21, 2020. The nominations and letters must be received through NSF’s FastLane system. To submit a nomination, please visit https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/honawards/ .
Please contact Dr. Sherrie Green, Program Manager for the Alan T. Waterman Award, at waterman@nsf.gov or 703-292-5053 if you have any questions. You may also visit https://www.nsf.gov/od/waterman/waterman.jsp for more information.
The nomination of deserving colleagues is one of the most important and gratifying aspects of service in the scientific and engineering communities. Please help celebrate the contributions of a promising early career researcher by submitting a nomination for the Alan T. Waterman award.