Announcement of nomination for the Environmental Science Prize
of the Oceanographic Society of Japan
The Oceanographic Society of Japan (JOS) is receiving nominations for the JOS Environmental Science Prize which will be awarded at the 2022 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. In the selection process, emphasis is placed on the significance of the nominee’s activities based on his/her expertise. The prize will be awarded up to 1 person annually.
Recommendations must be written in English or Japanese and should include the followings.
- The nominee’s full name and affiliation
- The nominee’s activity for the prize
- Description of the nominee’s achievements for the prize
- The nominator’s full name, affiliation, and email address (signed and dated)
- List of nominee’s relevant scientific achievements, e.g., publications
Please send the recommendation by mail or e-mail 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 10th, 2021
The winners in the past
2010 Satoko Seino／2011 Yu Umezawa／2012 Yuichi Hayami／2013 Haruko Kurihara／2014 Jyota Kanda／2015 Hideaki Nomura／2016 Naoki Fujii／2017 Kazuhiko Ichimi／2018 Jing Zhang／2019 Hideki Fukuda／2020 Michio Kawamiya／2021 Ryota Nakajima