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Award Description:

This award is a distinguished honor for a scientist with less than five years’ experience in the forensic science field, who demonstrates a high level of motivation and contribution to forensics.

Nominees must be an Associate Member of SAFS, at a minimum. Nominations are due by March 1st each year. Awardees will be announced at the SAFS Annual Business Meeting.

Award Description:

This award is a distinguished honor for a scientist with more than five years’ experience in the forensic science field, who demonstrates a high level of motivation, leadership, and contribution to forensics. The scientist must also demonstrate a high level of knowledge and expertise in casework, and perform significant research or development of a method which greatly improves the capability or accuracy of forensic science analyses or examinations.

Nominees must be a voting member of SAFS. Nominations are due by March 1st each year. Awardees will be announced at the SAFS Annual Business Meeting.

Award Description:

This award is a distinguished honor for a scientist with at least 15 years’ experience in the forensic science field and 10 or more years as a SAFS member. Nominees must have made outstanding contributions to SAFS, including teaching, service as a Board member, committee member, section chair, organization representative or meeting planner. They must also show dedication to improvement in the quality, recognition, and acceptance of SAFS or the forensic science field.

Nominees must be a voting member of SAFS. Nominations are due by March 1st each year. Awardees will be announced at the SAFS Annual Business Meeting.

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(must be less than 5 for New Scientist Awards, 5 or more for Outstanding Scientist Awards, and 15 or more for Distinguished Service Award)

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(Please read the description of the award for which you are nominating someone and describe how this person meets each requirement.)