Table 2.
Summary of publicly available information on nomination and selection processes for organizational awards
| Organization | Award | Style of award | Advertisement | Nomination | Evaluation | Source | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open nomination with publicized regular due date | Eligibility requirements for the nominee | Eligibility requirements and role of the nominator | Established policies for extension of eligibility | List of supporting materials needed for the package | Stated evaluation structure (committee, panel, etc.) | If by committee, the size and composition of the committee is public | Evaluation criteria or rubric is shared | Advertised list of previous awardees | Conflict of interest policy | ||||
| ASBPA | Rising Star | Early Career | X | X | X | X | ASBPA (American Shore and Beach Preservation Association, 2024) | ||||||
| ASBPA | Morrough P. O’Brien | Significant Achievement | X | X | X | X | ASBPA (American Shore and Beach Preservation Association, 2024) | ||||||
| ASBPA | President’s Award | Significant Achievement | X | X | X | X | ASBPA (American Shore and Beach Preservation Association, 2024) | ||||||
| ASBP | Robert G. Dean Coastal Academic Award | Significant Achievement | X | X | X | X | ASBPA (American Shore and Beach Preservation Association, 2024) | ||||||
| ASBPA | Student Poster | Self-Nominated Paper or Presentation | X | X | X | X | ASBPA (American Shore and Beach Preservation Association, 2024) | ||||||
| ASCE | Hans Albert Einstein Award | Nominated Award | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025a, 2026) | |||
| ASCE | Edmund Friedman Young Engineer Award for Professional Achievement | Early Career | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025b, 2026) | |||
| ASCE | Edmund Friedman Professional Recognition Award | Significant Achievement | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025c, 2026)) | |||
| ASCE | Daniel W. Mead Prize for Young Members | Early Career | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025d, 2026) | |||
| ASCE | Daniel W. Mead Prize for Students | Student | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025e, 2026) | |||
| AGU | Ocean Sciences Award | Significant Achievement | X | X | X | N/A | X | X | X | X | X | AGU (American Geophysical Union, 2025a, 2025b) | |
| AGU | Harald Sverdrup Lecture | Nominated Lecture | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | AGU (American Geophysical Union, 2025a, 2025c) | ||
| AGU | G.K. Gilbert Award In Surface Processes | Significant Achievement | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | AGU (American Geophysical Union, 2025a, 2025d) | ||
| AGU | Ocean Sciences Voyager Award | Mid-career | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | AGU (American Geophysical Union, 2025a, 2025e) | |
| AGU | Rachel Carson Lecture* | Limited to Female Awardees; Nominated Lecture | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | AGU (American Geophysical Union, 2025a, 2025f) | ||
| AGU | William S. and Carelyn Y. Reeburgh Lecture | Nominated Lecture | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | AGU (American Geophysical Union, 2025a, 2025g) | ||
| AGU | Ocean Sciences Early Career Award | Early Career | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | AGU (American Geophysical Union, 2025a, 2025h) | |
| AGU | Luna B. Leopold Early Career Award | Early Career | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | AGU (American Geophysical Union, 2025a, 2025i) | |
| Australasian Coasts and Ports | DN Foster | Student; Self-Nominated Paper or Presentation | X | X | N/A | X | X | Australasian Coasts and Ports Conference Series (2025) | |||||
| Australasian Coasts and Ports | WICGE* | Limited to Female Awardees; Self-Nominated Paper or Presentation | X | X | N/A | X | X | Australasian Coasts and Ports Conference Series (2025) | |||||
| CERF | Cronin Award | Early Career | X | X | X | X | X | X | CERF (Coastal and Estuarine Research Foundation, 2025) | ||||
| CERF | Odum Award | Significant Achievement | X | X | X | X | X | X | CERF (Coastal and Estuarine Research Foundation, 2025) | ||||
| Coastal Sediments / Coastal Dynamics | Coastal Award | Significant Achievement | X | Coastal Sediments (2026) | |||||||||
| Coastal Society | Robert W. Knecht Award for Professional Promise | Early Career | X | The Coastal Society (n.d.) | |||||||||
| Coastal Society | Student Poster Award | Self-Nominated Paper or Presentation | X | The Coastal Society (n.d.) | |||||||||
| COPRI | John G. Moffatt–Frank E. Nichol Harbor and Coastal Engineering Award | Significant Achievement | X | X | X | X | X | X | ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025f, 2026) | ||||
| COPRI | Orville T. Magoon Sustainable Coasts Award | Nominated Award | X | X | X | X | X | ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025g, 2026) | |||||
| COPRI | Kenneth M. Childs, Jr. Practitioner’s Award | Significant Achievement | X | X | X | X | X | ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025h) | |||||
| COPRI | International Coastal Engineering Award | Significant Achievement | X | X | X | X | X | ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025i, 2026) | |||||
| CSDMS | Student Awards | Self-Nominated Paper or Presentation | X | X | X | X | X | CSMDS (Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System, 2025a) | |||||
| CSDMS | Late career | Significant Achievement | X | X | CSMDS (Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System, 2025b) | ||||||||
| ECSA | Lifetime achievement | Significant Achievement | X | X | X | X | X | X | ECSA (Estuarine & Coastal Sciences Association, 2025) | ||||
| EGU | Jean Baptiste Lamarck Medal | Significant Achievement | X | X | X | X | X | X | EGU (European Geophysical Union, 2025a, 2025b, 2025c) | ||||
| EGU | Ralph Alger Bagnold Medal | Significant Achievement | X | X | X | X | X | X | EGU (European Geophysical Union, 2025a, 2025b, 2025c) | ||||
| EGU | Fridtjof Nansen Medal | Significant Achievement | X | X | X | X | X | X | EGU (European Geophysical Union, 2025a, 2025b, 2025c) | ||||
| EGU | Outstanding Student Presentation | Student | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| EGU | Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists | Early Career | X | X | X | X | X | X | EGU (European Geophysical Union, 2025a, 2025b, 2025c, 2025d) | ||||
| EGU | Outstanding Early Career Scientist | Early Career | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | EGU (European Geophysical Union, 2025a, 2025b, 2025c, 2025d) | |
| National Institute of Maritime Port and Aviation Technology. Port and Airport Research Institute | Hamaguchi Award | Significant Achievement | X | X | X | X | X | National Institute of Maritime, Port, and Aviation Technology, Port and Airport Research Institute (National Institute of Maritime, Port, and Aviation Technology, Port and Airport Research Institute, 2025) | |||||
| NZCS | Maori & Pacific Island Research Scholarship; Student Research Scholarship: Masters; Student Research Scholarship: PhD | Scholarships | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | New Zealand Coastal Society (2025) | |||
| PIANC | YP award | Self-Nominated Paper or Presentation | X | X | N/A | X | X | X | X | X | PIANC (2025a) | ||
| PIANC | International De Paepe-Willems Award | Self-Nominated Paper or Presentation | X | X | N/A | X | X | X | X | X | PIANC (2025b) | ||
| PIANC | ANZ Young Authors Award | Self-Nominated Paper or Presentation | X | X | N/A | X | X | PIANC Australia and NZ (2025) | |||||
Note: An “X” denotes information that was accessible at the time of data collection, gray indicates information was not available and “N/A” signifies that the category was not applicable (e.g., nominator role in cases of self-nomination). *Denotes an award limited to female recipients.