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The Priestley Medal

The Priestley Medal and the AMOS Medal are the two premier awards given by the Society and are awarded in alternate years.

The Priestley Medal commemorates the life-long contributions of Dr C H B Priestley to meteorological and oceanographic research, and is aimed at younger scientists, preferably under the age of 40, for personal excellence in meteorological, oceanographic or climate research carried out substantially within Australia. It is offered every second (odd) year and thus will again be awarded in 2009.

Since its inception awards have been made to:

1995	Gregory Ayers	CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research
1997	Peter Baines	CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research
1999	Stephen Rintoul	CSIRO Marine Research
2001	Peter Rayner	CSIRO Atmospheric Research
2003	Andy Pitman	Macquarie University
2005	Matthew England	The University of New South Wales
2007	Amanda Lynch	Monash University

A successful candidate who is not already a member will receive with a complimentary membership for the remainder of the year of award.

The Committee’s preferred form of nomination comprises :

• a concise summary of the reasons for the nomination;
• a publication list in which the more significant contributions are identified and brief notes written on no more than five of the most important ones (where there are multiple authors to these five the role of the candidate should be explained); and
• a listing of the major achievements of the candidate including the initiation of new fields and a curriculum vitae.

If possible, the nomination papers should include copies of not more than three of the candidate’s most significant publications. Where work has been done in a group or has been published with multiple authors, the Committee would appreciate a brief comment on the role of the nominee.

The Awards Committee has limited ability to seek additional information to that in the nomination papers and therefore depends on the nomination papers to provide a full and fair account of each candidate. Please send the nominations in electronic format to the email address below by 30th September 2009.

Mark Williams Chair,
AMOS Awards Committee,
Bureau of Meteorology,
Victorian Regional Office
GPO Box 1636, VIC 3001
Email: mark.williams@bom.gov.au>