The William E. Bennett Award for Extraordinary Contributions to Citizen Science was established by NCSCE and named in honor of its first recipient for his lifetime contributions to citizen science. The award is given annually to an individual and a team whose SENCER and other related activities have made exemplary and extraordinary contributions to citizen science.
Past awardees include former Congressman Rush Holt, Dr. Gary Booth of Brigham Young University, Dr. Monica Devanas of Rutgers University, Dr. Marion Field Fass of Beloit College, Dr. Catherine Hurt Middlecamp of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and teams from the United States Military Academy at West Point, the University of North Carolina Asheville, Indiana State University, and Butler University. To learn more about past awardees, please go here.
To nominate an individual or a team, please write a letter providing your reasons for making the nomination in sufficient detail to enable the selection committee to assess the nominee’s contributions to citizen science. A CV or biosketch for the nominated individual or, in the case of team nominations, a CV/biosketch for each person to be named in association with the team effort, must be included. No more than two supporting letters may be submitted; however, such letters are not required.
Your nomination letter and supporting materials should be addressed to “The Wm. E. Bennett Award Committee” and e-mailed as a PDF to sencer@sencer.net with the subject line “Wm. E. Bennett Award Nomination.” The deadline for the 2015 Bennett Awards nominations is June 2, 2015.