Award Nominations: Ruth and Paul Fye Awards for Best Graduate Student Papers

On the occasion of Paul M. Fye's retirement as Director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and in special recognition of his and Ruth Fye's personal interest in the graduate program and students, the employees of the Institution established an endowed fund through personal contributions to support an award for the best graduate student paper. The process of selections has evolved to presenting the award every five or six years for the best paper by a graduate student in each of the five subdisciplines of the Joint Program, as well as an award for an interdisciplinary paper.

An eligible paper is one that has been published in press or submitted between February 1, 2005 and January 31, 2010, and is based on work performed while the author was a student in the WHOI or MIT/WHOI Joint Graduate Program. For example, if a recent graduate submits a paper for consideration, it cannot be based on work performed since graduating. Likewise, a paper based primarily on work performed prior to entering the program would not be eligible.

Papers for consideration should be submitted no later than April 16, 2010 to the appropriate J. Seward Johnson Chair/Education Coordinator. Nominations for best interdisciplinary should be sent to Dr. Jim Price (jprice@whoi.edu).

Each J. Seward Johnson Chair/Education Coordinator at WHOI will form a review committee of three persons that will determine the awardee in their subdiscipline. The winner of the Ruth and Paul Fye Award for Excellence in Oceanographic Research will be presented with a check for $500 and a recognition certificate. As part of the Academic Convocation and Commencement to be held on June 5, 2010 at WHOI, an award will be conferred in each of the five sub-disciplines of the Joint Program.