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The Sverdrup Gold Medal
Opens Nov 1 2025 12:00 AM (EDT)
Deadline May 1 2026 11:59 PM (EDT)
Description

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The Sverdrup Gold Medal is granted to researchers who make outstanding contributions to the scientific knowledge of interactions between the oceans and the atmosphere, interactions between the oceans and the cryosphere, or ocean biogeochemistry. Ocean biogeochemistry involves the study of processes affecting the distribution, fluxes, and fate of nutrients, carbon, trace elements, and other chemical compounds, including trace gases, in the oceanic environment.

Requirements

  • Citation (25 word maximum)
  • Bibliography (3 page maximum)
  • Nomination letter (3 page maximum)
  • Nominee Curriculum Vitae (2 pages maximum)
  • Three (3) letters of support (2 page maximum each)

Nominations are considered by the Oceanographic Research Awards Committee, which makes a recommendation for final approval by AMS Council.

Nominees for the Sverdrup Gold Medal remain on the review committee's active list for three years.  Nominators are allowed to update an unsuccessful nomination at the beginning of the next award cycle.

The Sverdrup Gold Medal


To nominate, please click the 'apply' button. Don't see the button? Please log in with your AMS Profile, select the applicant role, return to this tab, and reload the page.

The Sverdrup Gold Medal is granted to researchers who make outstanding contributions to the scientific knowledge of interactions between the oceans and the atmosphere, interactions between the oceans and the cryosphere, or ocean biogeochemistry. Ocean biogeochemistry involves the study of processes affecting the distribution, fluxes, and fate of nutrients, carbon, trace elements, and other chemical compounds, including trace gases, in the oceanic environment.

Requirements

  • Citation (25 word maximum)
  • Bibliography (3 page maximum)
  • Nomination letter (3 page maximum)
  • Nominee Curriculum Vitae (2 pages maximum)
  • Three (3) letters of support (2 page maximum each)

Nominations are considered by the Oceanographic Research Awards Committee, which makes a recommendation for final approval by AMS Council.

Nominees for the Sverdrup Gold Medal remain on the review committee's active list for three years.  Nominators are allowed to update an unsuccessful nomination at the beginning of the next award cycle.

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Opens
Nov 1 2025 12:00 AM (EDT)
Deadline
May 1 2026 11:59 PM (EDT)