Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society (AMS) is the nation’s premier scientific and professional organization promoting and disseminating information about the atmospheric, oceanic, hydrologic sciences.
AMS Awards
The Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal
The Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal is presented to individuals on the basis of outstanding contributions to the understanding of the structure or behavior of the atmosphere
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Jule G. Charney Award
The Jule G. Charney Award is granted to individuals in recognition of highly significant research or development achievement in the atmospheric or hydrologic sciences.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Verner E. Suomi Award
The Verner E. Suomi Award is granted to individuals in recognition of highly significant technological achievement in the atmospheric or related oceanic and hydrologic sciences.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Hydrologic Sciences Medal
*New Award* The Hydrologic Sciences Medal is granted to researchers who make outstanding contributions to scientific knowledge in hydrology, hydrometeorology and/or hydroclimatology, including interactions between the land surface and the atmosphere. The award is in the form of a medallion.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Remote Sensing Prize
The Remote Sensing Prize is granted biennially to individuals in recognition of advances in the science and technology of remote sensing, and its application to knowledge of the earth, oceans, and atmosphere, and/or to the benefit of society.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award
The Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award is given to an individual in recognition of research achievement that is, at least in part, aerological in character and concerns the observation, theory, and modeling of atmospheric motions on all scales.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Henry G. Houghton Award
The Henry G. Houghton Award is given to an individual in recognition of research achievement in the field of physical meteorology, including atmospheric chemistry.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Sverdrup Gold Medal
The Sverdrup Gold Medal is granted to researchers who make outstanding contributions to the scientific knowledge of interactions between the oceans and the atmosphere.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Henry Stommel Research Award
The Henry Stommel Research Award is granted to researchers in recognition of outstanding contributions to the advancement of the understanding of the dynamics and physics of the ocean.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Nicholas P. Fofonoff Award
The Nicholas P. Fofonoff Award is to be given to an individual in recognition of research achievement in the field of physical oceanography.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Charles Franklin Brooks Award
The Charles Franklin Brooks Award for Outstanding Services to the Society is presented to an individual who has made important contributions to the Society, usually over a period of years.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Cleveland Abbe Award for Distinguished Service to Atmospheric Science
The Cleveland Abbe Award for Distinguished Service to Atmospheric Sciences by an Individual is presented on the basis of activities that have materially contributed to the progress of the atmospheric or related sciences or to the application of the atmospheric or related sciences to general, social, economic, or humanitarian welfare.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Award for Outstanding Services to Meteorology by a Corporation
The Award for Outstanding Services to Meteorology by a Corporation is granted to a corporation for contributions to the advancement of the science or the applications of meteorology.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
Special Award
Special Awards are presented to individuals, teams of individuals, or organizations not appropriately recognized by more specifically defined awards and who have made important contributions to the science or practice of meteorology or related aspects of oceanography or hydrology, or to the Society. Individuals employed at other than the professional level may be considered for special awards.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Joanne Simpson Mentorship Award
The Joanne Simpson Mentorship Award recognizes individuals who have spent most of their careers in the government or private sectors, and who, over a substantial period of time, have provided outstanding and inspiring mentorship of professional colleagues or students.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Louis J. Battan Author’s Award - Adult
The Louis J. Battan Author’s Award - Adult is presented to the author(s) of an outstanding, newly published book on the atmospheric and related sciences of a technical or non-technical nature, with consideration to those books that foster public understanding of meteorology in adult audiences.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Louis J. Battan Author’s Award - K-12
The Louis J. Battan Author’s Award - K-12 is presented to the author(s) of outstanding, newly published learning materials or books that foster the understanding of atmospheric and related sciences in K-12 audiences.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Charles E. Anderson Award
The Charles E. Anderson Award is given to an individual in recognition of outstanding contributions to the promotion of diversity in the atmospheric and related sciences and broader communities through education and community service.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Edward N. Lorenz Teaching Excellence Award
The Edward N. Lorenz Teaching Excellence Award is to be given annually to an individual in recognition of sustained outstanding teaching and mentoring at the undergraduate and/or graduate or post-doctoral levels and the impact this individual has had on students.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Award for Distinguished Science Journalism in the Atmospheric and Related Sciences
The Award for Distinguished Science Journalism in the Atmospheric and Related Sciences recognizes outstanding science reporting and writing about scientific discoveries, principles, advances, and impacts in all media outlets including radio, television, newspaper, magazine, and online.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Advance of Applied Meteorology
The Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Advance of Applied Meteorology is granted to an individual for contributions to the direct application of meteorological or climatological knowledge to the fulfillment of industrial or agricultural needs or in research and development of scientific knowledge, which can meet such needs.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Award for Broadcast Meteorology
The Award for Broadcast Meteorology was established in 1975 (as the award for Outstanding Service By a Broadcast Meteorologist) to recognize a broadcast meteorologist for sustained long-term contributions to the community through the broadcast media, or for outstanding work during a specific weather event.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Award for Excellence in Science Reporting by a Broadcast Meteorologist
The Award for Excellence in Science Reporting by a Broadcast Meteorologist is open to all AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologists and AMS Sealholders.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Henry T. Harrison Award for Outstanding Contributions by a Consulting Meteorologist
The Henry T. Harrison Award for Outstanding Contributions by a Consulting Meteorologist was established in 2011 to recognize a consulting meteorologist for outstanding contributions to the profession, clients, and society.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Editor's Award
Nominated by the Publications Commission
The Editor’s Award is given to an individual who has contributed a referee’s report of outstanding merit on a manuscript submitted for publication in one of the Society’s journals.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Charles L. Mitchell Award
The Awards for Outstanding Service by a Weather Forecaster are presented to individuals who, through performance of exceptional forecast service, have distinguished themselves and brought credit to their profession.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Awards for Outstanding Service by a Weather Forecaster
The Awards for Outstanding Service by a Weather Forecaster are presented to individuals who, through performance of exceptional forecast service, have distinguished themselves and brought credit to their profession.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Francis W. Reichelderfer Award
The Francis W. Reichelderfer Award is given in recognition of distinguished contributions to the provision of operational environmental services to the public.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Helmut E. Landsberg Award
The Helmut E. Landsberg Award recognizes an individual or team for exemplary contributions to the fields of urban meteorology, climatology, or hydrology, including, but not restricted to, achievements through measurements or modeling that provide an improved understanding of atmospheric processes in urban environments, enhanced urban meteorological or air quality forecasting capabilities, advances in identifying and quantifying beneficial and adverse impacts in urban areas, or in recognition of service or applications in the field.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Award for Outstanding Achievement in Biometeorology
The Award for Outstanding Achievement in Biometeorology is given to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the theory, teaching, and/or application of knowledge about interactions between the atmosphere and biological systems.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Kenneth C. Spengler Award
The Kenneth C. Spengler Award is presented to an individual, team, or organization whose efforts have contributed to the growth of the weather and climate enterprise while materially fostering a sense of community and creating synergistic linkages between the public, private, and government sectors as well as the user community.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
Banner I. Miller
Awarded Directly
The Banner I. Miller Award is presented for an outstanding contribution to the science of hurricane and tropical weather forecasting published in a journal with international circulation during the 48 months prior to the deadline for nominations.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
Robert Leviton Student Prize
Awarded Directly
The Robert Leviton Student Prize is presented for the best student paper on the development or evaluation of atmospheric instrumentation or unique measurement techniques.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Max A. Eaton Student Prize
Awarded Directly
The Max A. Eaton Student Prize is awarded for the best student paper presented at each technical conference on hurricanes and tropical meteorology.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Spiros G. Geotis Student Prize
Awarded Directly
The Spiros G. Geotis Student Prize is awarded for the best student paper presented at each technical conference on radar meteorology.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Peter V. Hobbs Student Prize
Awarded Directly
The Peter V. Hobbs Student Prize is awarded for the best student paper presented at each technical conference on cloud physics.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.
The Local Chapter of the Year Award
Each year the AMS recognizes two local chapters (one regular chapter and one student chapter) that have demonstrated exceptional innovation and activity over the past year.
Nomination Deadline: May 1.