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**Revised 24 September
2010
The Timothy R. Parsons
Award for Excellence in Ocean Sciences
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Fisheries and Oceans Canada
(DFO) has established the Timothy R. Parsons Award for excellence in
Ocean
Sciences to recognize a Canadian scientist for outstanding lifetime
contributions
to multidisciplinary facets of ocean sciences or for a recent
exceptional
achievement, while working within a Canadian institution. This award is
named after Dr. Timothy R. Parsons, and honours his distinguished
career
as a Fisheries Research Board of Canada researcher, university
professor,
broadly read author and recipient of the 2001 Japan Prize. For more
information
on Dr. Timothy R. Parsons, please visit: http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/award-prix/parsons/index-eng.htm |
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Eligibility Criteria
The Timothy R. Parsons Medal is:
- awarded for distinguished accomplishments
in multidisciplinary facets of ocean sciences while working for
Canadian
Institutions or for the benefit of Canadian science;
- awarded for excellence during the lifetime
of the recipient or for a recent outstanding achievement, both being
equally
eligible;
- no posthumous nominations are considered.
To make a nomination, please complete the
appropriate nomination form on the Parsons Award website at: http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/award-prix/parsons/about-apropos-eng.htm
Nominations should be received no later
than February 28 of every year at:
Timothy R. Parsons Medal Committee
Strategic Science Outreach
Stn. 8W135 - 200 Kent Street
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0E6
Tel: (613) 991-1021
FAX: (613) 990-5113
Email: sciencebulletin@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Honour
Roll of Winners of the Parsons Medal
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