The inaugural College of Fellows in attendance at the 37th CRS Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
Criteria:
Fellows of the Society of CRS will be recognized by the following criteria:
- They will have made highly distinguished and sustained contributions in the fields of interest to the CRS during the course of their career.
- They will have made distinguished contributions that may be technical, scientific and/or managerial in one or more fields of research, commercial development, education and/or leadership in the areas of interest to CRS.
Members achieve Fellowship status by election only.
Fellows will have made their outstanding contributions over a minimum of 10 years.
Election to the College of Fellows is only available to current members of CRS.
Fellowship is the most prestigious level of membership of the CRS and hence, only a maximum of five (5) new Fellowships will be awarded every year.
The Founding Members of the inaugural College of Fellows inducted all past Presidents, Treasurers, Scientific Secretaries, and Members-at-Large and also winners of the Distinguished Service Award, Career Achievement Award, Founders Award, and the Nagai Award.
Nomination Process:
Initial nominations may be made using the online form. Nominations may be submitted by a member of CRS. The submitter will be contacted about further required documentation as listed below. A CRS member may nominate only one (1) person for Fellow in each annual call. Nominations must be supported and sponsored by two (2) current members of the CRS.
Nomination Packet should include:
- Names and Contact details of the second nominating sponsor
- A full curriculum vitae
- A 200 word summary citation outlining the case for the award of fellow.
- A brief one page document highlighting the specific distinguished and sustained contributions of the applicant to the fields of interest to the CRS.
- Supporting letters from the 2 nominating members that must not exceed one (1) page.
- All documents must be submitted electronically.
Completed nomination packets should be sent to CRS headquarters attention Linda Schmitt or PDF files emailed to lschmitt@scisoc.org no later than January 31, 2011.
Selection Process:
The College of Fellows Award Committee will be responsible for the selection of the awardee.
Award:
The awardee will receive:
- Framed certificate
- Complimentary Annual Meeting and Exposition Registration
Past Recipients