Awards
BAMOS April 2021
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Call for entries : Uwe Radok Award for Best PhD Thesis 2020
AMOS Awards Committee
Dr Uwe Radok was one of Australia ’ s pioneers in meteorological and glaciological research . Becoming Head of the Department of Meteorology at the University of Melbourne in 1960 , he played a leading role in the development of Australian Antarctic meteorology and glaciology . A meltwater lake in the Prince Charles Mountains in Antarctica has been named the Radok Lake after him .
In appreciation of Uwe Radok ’ s achievements , AMOS makes an annual award for the best PhD thesis for the preceding two years in the fields of meteorology , oceanography , glaciology or climatology awarded in Australia . (
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In light of difficulties created by the COVID-19 pandemic in preparing nominations during 2020 , nominations for PhD theses completed in 2019 will also be accepted in this round of the Uwe Radok award , accompanied by a statement outlining why the nomination was not made in 2020 . Only new nominations will be accepted .
The Uwe Radok Award package
• Invited oral presentation at the next AMOS Conference
• Award presentation at the next AMOS Conference
• $ 500 prize money
• Waiver of registration fee for next AMOS Conference
• Publication of summary paper in AMOS Bulletin . Application instructions
To apply for the Uwe Radok award , candidates are invited to submit a short scientific paper (< 2 pages including figures and references ) summarising the key outcomes of their research , a pdf version of their thesis and full copies of the examiner ’ s reports . The degree must have been awarded by an Australian University . This should be supported by a letter from the supervisor or Head of School which outlines why the PhD is considered outstanding ( including a synopsis of any relevant comments from the examiners ) and which indicates the extent to which the high quality of the thesis is due to the student themselves rather than to the supervisor ( s ).
To be eligible for consideration for this round , individuals must have been awarded their PhD ( i . e ., a final decision made by the awarding university , but not necessarily have graduated ) between 1 Jan 2019 and 31 Dec 2020 .
Selection criteria
Submissions will be thoroughly reviewed by an AMOS scientific panel accroding to :
a ) significance and innovation b ) approach , methodology and presentation c ) potential longer-term benefit .
The academic supervisor may provide a brief statement stating any special effort made by a student from a non-English speaking background .
Note only PhDs awarded in calendar 2019 and 2020 are eligible for the award this year ( 2021 ).
Previous Uwe Radok Award recipients by year of PhD completion are :
2007 – Gab Abramowitz , Macquarie University 2008 – Alex Sen Gupta , University of New South Wales 2009 – Caroline Ummenhofer , University of New South Wales 2010 – Jan Zika , University of New South Wales 2011 – Savin Chand , University of Melbourne
2012 – Joel Pedro , University of Tasmania , and , Paul Durack , University of Tasmania
2013 – Yi Huang , Monash University 2014 – Adele Morrison , Australian National University 2015 – Tim Cowan , University of New South Wales 2016 – Nicola Maher , University of New South Wales 2017 – Catherine Vreugdenhil , Australian National University 2018 – Ariaan Purich , University of New South Wales 2019 – Alessandro Silvano , University of Tasmania and CSIRO .