Young Member Excellence Award

The Young Member Excellence Award recognizes a young member who has demonstrated overall excellence across technical, managerial and non-technical areas and who actively advances the goals of the ANS Young Members Group. It is presented to a member of the Young Members Group who is involved with ANS at a national level, demonstrates high quality and safety standards, and positively represents nuclear science and technology to the general population. Emphasis is placed on well-rounded qualifications and continuing excellence over several years. The award is presented at the ANS Winter Conference and consists of an engraved plaque.

Engraved plaque; presentation at the ANS Winter Conference.

The nominee must be an ANS member and a member of the Young Members Group at the time of nomination and must be either under the age of 36 or within five years of graduation at the time of nomination.

Nominations require a completed nomination form plus a nominator letter, a narrative summary (up to 1,000 words), a brief chronological resume (limited to two pages) and a list of relevant publications/patents; up to five letters of support are recommended but not required.