CAPEES is thrilled to announce its call for nominations of its 2025 awards. Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, this year we have numerous awards in the following categories, including:
CAPEES-ESE Early Career Award (up to 2)
(Up to) Two awards will be given in 2025 to recognize outstanding early career professors in environmental science and engineering. Nominees must be faculty members in tenure-track and have not been granted tenure by the deadline of nomination. The awardee will receive an award certificate (or a plaque) and a cash award of $500. More information.
CAPEES-UCEEF Frontier Research Award (1)
One award will be given in 2025 to recognize an outstanding tenured or tenure-track professor who is considered a pioneer in a research area of Environmental Science and Engineering with original and widely recognized contributions. The awardee will receive an award certificate (or a plaque) and a cash award of $500. More information.
CAPEES-Carina Frontier Research Award (1)
One award will be given in 2025 to recognize an outstanding tenured or tenure-track professor who is considered a pioneer in a research area of Environmental Science and Engineering with original and widely recognized contributions. The awardee will receive an award certificate (or a plaque) and a cash award of $500. More information.
CAPEES-UCEEF Lifetime Achievement Award (up to 1)
(Up to) One award will be given in 2025 to recognize an internationally recognized CAPEES member who has made major contributions to the environmental science and engineering community through exceptional research, education, and services. The selected recipient will receive a plaque and a cash award of $1,000. More information.
CAPEES Founding President Best Paper Award (up to 3)
(Up to) Three awards will be given in 2025 to recognize three outstanding peer-reviewed publications in the field of environmental science and engineering. The winning publication must be led by a student or a postdoctoral scholar in the CAPEES student chapter. Both the student lead author and the corresponding author (supposedly the advisor) will receive an award certificate (or a plaque). The lead author will also receive a cash award of $500. More information.
CAPEES Award for Environmental Applications of Data-Driven Approaches (up to 2)
(Up to) Two awards will be given in 2025 to recognize CAPEES professors (any rank) who make significant contributions to applying data science and analytics, including artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) techniques to address critical challenges in environmental science and engineering. The selected recipient will receive an award certificate (or a plaque) and a cash award of $500. More information.
CAPEES-Elsevier Outstanding Graduate Student Award (up to 2)
(Up to) Two awards will be conferred in 2025 to recognize two exemplar graduate students in the field of environmental engineering and science. The awardees should have demonstrated excellence in scholarly research. Leadership in other aspects, such as teaching, student mentorship, entrepreneurship, will also be considered. Each awardee will receive an award certificate (or a plaque) and a cash award of $500. More information.
CAPEES-Elsevier Thesis/Dissertation Award (up to 3)
This award will be given in 2025 to recognize one master outstanding thesis and two doctoral dissertations in the field of environmental engineering or science. If no high-quality nomination for the master thesis is available, three doctoral dissertation awards may be given. The evaluation will be based on the quality of the master thesis/doctoral dissertation and the associated scholarly publications. Each recipient will receive an award certificate (or a plaque) and a cash award of $500. More information.
CAPEES-Starlight Innovation Award (up to 1)
(Up to) One award will be given in 2025 to recognize an outstanding professor in environmental science and engineering whose groundbreaking work translates research into practical, impactful solutions. Each recipient will receive an award certificate (or a plaque) and a cash award of $500. More information.
In addition to these exciting awards, we also call for the nomination of CAPEES Honorary Members to recognize highly achieved scholars and professionals who have made major contributions to promote the development of the broad CAPEES community.
We encourage all eligible CAPEES members to submit your nominations by 03/07/2025. An award committee will be established after the nomination deadline to evaluate the award nomination packages and make award recommendations to the governing committee of CAPEES. The final award selections will be announced in early May.
To submit a nomination, please use the generic nomination form accessible through this link.