THE LAWS PRIZE

THE LAWS PRIZE 2010

NOMINATIONS FOR 2010 ARE NOW CLOSED.

On the retirement of Dr R M Laws CBE, FRS as Director of the British Antarctic Survey in May 1987, a fund was established for a Prize to be awarded annually in his name. In view of Dr Laws' major contribution to scientific knowledge, it was decided that the Prize should be awarded to outstanding young scientists of the British Antarctic Survey in recognition of their achievements, whilst fulfilling the primary purpose of the British Antarctic Survey.

Chair, Professor John Croxall CBE FRS

Professor N J P Owens, Director of BAS

Dr T R Allen, Chairman of the BAS Club

Professor D W H Walton, Secretary

The Committee is empowered to co-opt consultants, with expertise relevant to the fields of the candidates nominated in a given year.

Eligibility

The Prize will be awarded to young scientists of the British Antarctic Survey for scientific work which is worthy of recognition in the field of polar research. The nominee must be under 35 years of age on 28 February in the year of the original nomination (a note of the candidate’s date of birth should be included with any submission). Work submitted in support of the nomination must have been accepted for publication (but not necessarily published) before the closing date for nomination. In cases where the eligibility of a candidate may be uncertain the nomination will be at the discretion of the Committee. The Prize will not necessarily be awarded each year if candidates of sufficient calibre are not nominated. Exceptionally, more than one Prize may be awarded per year.

Nominations

• Candidates should be nominated through the Head of Science Delivery, Head of Science Strategy or Head of Operations and Engineering and the nomination should be supported by a statement/citation from the the Head of Science Delivery, Head of Science Strategy or Head of Operations and Engineering or representative.
• Only one nomination should be made per group (Science Delivery, Science Strategy, and Operations and Engineering) in a given year.
• Nominations should be accompanied by a resumé of the importance of the work, a list of the candidate’s publications, brief (one paragraph) assessments of the two most significant publications and copies of these two papers.
• Nominations may be made at any time of the year, but should be received by the Secretary NOT LATER THAN 28 FEBRUARY 2010.
• Unsuccessful nominations may be reconsidered the following year, the age of the candidate being taken as that at the time of the initial nomination.
• After two years, a nomination will be deemed to have lapsed and will require re-nomination for further consideration.
• Members of the Awards Committee may not nominate candidates but may stimulate others to do so.

The Prize

The Laws Prize will consist of a book or a set of books to a value decided annually by the Awards Committee.

PLEASE ADDRESS ANY QUERIES IN CONFIDENCE TO PROFESSOR D W H WALTON (LAWS PRIZE SECRETARY) AT BAS, CAMBRIDGE. REMEMBER - CLOSING DATE FOR NOMINATIONS IS 28 FEBRUARY 2010.

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