The Oceanographic Society of Japan (JOS) is receiving nominations for the JOS Environmental Science Prize which will be awarded at the 2015 JOS spring meeting to recognize achievements in oceanographic research. Nominees and nominators must be members of JOS.

The JOS Environmental Science Prize is awarded to a member of the Society who has made outstanding contributions to the progress of oceanography and/or educational outreach in the identification, analysis and/or solution of marine environmental problems. One prize is awarded annually.

Recommendations must be written in English or Japanese and should include the followings.
1. The nominee’s full name, birth date and affiliation
2. Description of the nominee’s achievements for the prize
3. List of nominee’s key publications (if available)
4. The nominator’s full name, affiliation and email address (signed and dated)

Please mail of the recommendation to
Award Committee of JOS Environmental Science Prize
Mainichi Academic Forum, Floor-9, Palace-side Building
1-1-1 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0003, Japan
jos@mynavi.jp [Subject: the Environmental Science Prize of JOS]

Deadline: September 4th, 2014

The winners in the past
2010 Satoko Seino／2011 Yu Umezawa／2012 Yuichi Hayami／
2013 Haruko Kurihara／2014 Jyota Kanda／2015 Hideaki Nomura