Nominations for the 2027 F.G. Houtermans Award

Who may submit a nomination?

Anyone may submit a nomination for the EAG Houtermans Award except for the members of the F.G Houtermans Award Committee and of the EAG Council. They may not nominate a candidate directly nor write a support letter, but they may actively solicit nominations from others.

Who may be nominated?

The F.G. Houtermans Award is bestowed annually by the EAG in recognition of exceptional contributions to geochemistry by an early career scientist.

Nominees must have received a recognized doctorate within 7 years of the first day of the year in which the award is given. Hence, for the 2027 Houtermans Award, nominees must have received a PhD on/after 1 January 2020. However, we are committed to promoting the diversity of our candidates and acknowledge that they may have different career paths therefore exceptions to the eligibility criteria may be made.

These groups may not be nominated:

the current members of the EAG Council
the current members of the Houtermans Award Committee
past recipients of the F.W. Clarke Award
past recipients of the F.G. Houtermans Award

Nominee-nominator conflict of interest

We do not exclude mentors or mentees (e.g., supervisor-student, post-doctoral employer-employee relationship) from making nominations.
We also do not exclude collaborators or members of the same institution as writers of nominator or support letters. We do regard such nominations as a potential conflict of interest if the relationship has been in the past 3 years. Such potential conflict of interest should be acknowledged and communicated to the selection committee as part of the nomination (in the nomination letter), but do not disqualify the individual from participating.

What are the nomination requirements?

All nominations must include:

A completed cover sheet; download the form as Word document
The principal nominator’s letter (up to 2 pages), including a discussion of the nominee’s major contributions to the field of geochemistry (this letter may be cosigned by up to 3 additional people)
One letter of support (up to 2 pages)
A brief (up to 4 pages) CV for the candidate
A listing of the candidate’s selected publications (up to 5 selected publications)

Professional Ethics Disclosure

When submitting a nomination, the principal nominator is asked to check one of the following:

1. I certify that, to the best of my knowledge, the person I have nominated has not been sanctioned or found at fault as the result of a complaint, investigation, or other proceeding related to his/her professional conduct (including harassment allegations), and that he/she is not currently the subject of such an investigation.

2. I am aware that the person I have nominated has been sanctioned or found at fault as the result of a complaint, investigation, or other proceeding related to his/her professional conduct, or that he/she is currently the subject of such an investigation, but would nevertheless like to proceed with the nomination.

Please note that selecting the second case is not necessarily disqualifying, but you may be contacted by a member of the EAG Executive or Ethics Committee for a confidential discussion.

What is the nomination deadline?

The nomination must be received by 30 October 2026 for the 2027 F.G. Houtermans Award.
Once submitted, nominations are held for three award cycles (e.g. 2027-2029). If the nominee becomes ineligible during this period, the nomination will be removed from those being considered. Nominators may update their packages every year to keep them current.

Submit your nomination

STEP 1: Create the nomination package, which should consist of:

EAG Nomination Form: download the form as Word document
The principal nominator’s letter (up to 2 pages) describing the contribution(s) the individual has made to geochemistry (this letter may be co-signed by up to 3 additional people)
One letter of support (up to 2 pages)
A CV of the candidate (up to 4 pages)
A listing of the candidate’s selected publications (up to 5 selected publications)

These documents should be assembled in a PDF file (documents should be in the order listed above).

STEP 2: Email your nomination package (PDF file) to awards@eag.org by 30 October

Nomination deadline:
30 October

Questions regarding nominations for the Houtermans Award may be sent to awards@eag.org.

Career Paths

The European Association of Geochemistry recognizes that there are diverse research career paths, as well as the challenges of managing a research career alongside other personal commitments, possible chronic illness, and/or disability. When reviewing applicants’ eligibility and research experience, the societies will take into consideration - where reported with brevity in nomination packages - time spent working on a part-time basis and/or outside of the research environment. If a nominee has been reported to have worked part-time, they should briefly state the percentage of full-time equivalent hours that they observed and the time period it pertains to.

Where nominees have had a career break, worked outside of scientific research (where relevant to the nominee’s assessment category), taken formal periods of maternity, paternity shared parental and adoptive leave as the primary care giver, or extended/repeated sick or bereavement leave, this will be taken account of by awards committees. Each case will be considered individually.