EMS Awards & Honors Committee

Andrew Buermeyer
Rosalie Elespuru
Bevin Engelward
Takehiko Nohmi
Jennifer Sasaki

Charges:

Award winner selection: Applications for awards should be at least 120 days before the annual meeting. Notification of Awards should be as soon as possible after that, but at least 90 days before the annual meeting.

Awards financed by the EMS budget (nominations solicited from the membership):
1. EMS Award: Conferred annually in recognition of outstanding research contributions in the area of environmental mutagenesis.
2. Alexander Hollaender Award: Conferred annually in recognition of outstanding contributions in the application of the principles and techniques of environmental mutagenesis to the protection of human health.
3. EMS Service Award: Conferred from time to time in recognition of long-standing dedication and service to the Society.
4. EMS Alexander Hollaender International Fellow: In conjunction with the Alexander Hollaender Committee: Conferred for contributions in the field of environmental mutagenesis in research, training and promotion of international activities.
In making its selection for these awards, the committee should consider nominations made in the current year, as well as those made during the past years.
Awards financed by the EMS budget and/or outside sources:
The ultimate goal is to have these awards financially independent of the EMS. The Student and New Investigator Committee is charged with obtaining these funds and notifying the Awards and Honors Committee 30 days before the application deadline of the availability of funds.

Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Travel Awards: To graduate students and young investigators who are EMS members to attend the EMS Annual Meeting and present a paper or poster. The students may be asked to assist with the AV and other functions at the annual meeting, contribute to the EMS Newsletter and serve on EMS committees.
In making the Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Travel Awards, the committee should consider financial need, but this should not be the primary basis for making the award. The committee should consider what portion of travel expenses should be covered in each case, as well as the more general issues of students from the same lab receiving awards and whether past award recipients can be considered for travel awards.
Alexander Hollaender Travel Award for a student from a developing country currently enrolled in a graduate degree program in the USA or Canada.

Send out announcements of awards that are to made and invite nominations and applications. Ensure a timely decision to allow award recipients to plan to attend the annual meeting, especially as an EMS award lecture could be included as a component in the program. Establish a process for informing students that their application has been received.
Send award letters to recipients of Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Travel Awards, assist the President as needed in preparing award letters for the recipients of the EMS, Alexander Hollaender Awards, EMS Service Award and International Fellow Award. Include in the letter to each student travel award recipient a special invitation to the student receptions at the annual meeting. Notify travel award applicants who were not selected.