Emil Truog Soil Science Award
Nominees must be living at the time of their nomination.
Those individuals who received their Ph.D. degree in 2009 are eligible for the 2010 award. Each department that has given a Ph.D. degree in one of the areas usually designated as soil science may submit one nomination for 2010, unless it granted more than eight Ph.D's in 2009, in which case it may nominate two candidates.
The Award Committee will make the final determination whether a thesis qualifies under the term "soil science" as in cases in which the thesis may be in soil bacteriology, soil chemistry, soil geography, etc.
The Emil Truog Award is designed to recognize a recent Ph.D. degree recipient who has made an outstanding contribution to soil science as evidenced by his/her Ph.D. dissertation. This award is supported through funds from the Emil Truog estate. The award consists of a certificate and $500 honorarium.
Each department that has given a Ph.D. degree in one of the areas usually designated as soil science may submit one nomination, unless it granted more than eight Ph.D's the previous year, in which case it may nominate two candidates.
Nominator Qualifications:
1. Current School
2. Department Name
3. Name of Chair/Head of Department
Nominee Qualifications:
- Current Position Title
- Degrees Received
- Professional Positions Held
- Curriculum
- Thesis or Dissertation Titles
- Published Papers
- Area of Research
- College and Community Activities
- Thesis Information (Provide date the thesis was filed, date the Ph.D. was conferred, major professor, and title of thesis (include thesis abstract and thesis summary of methods, results, and conclusion).
- Thesis Evaluation (Describe why this research was significant.)
Add References To Nomination:
Provide contact information for three individuals who will submit online reference letters.