Allen Pratt Memorial Award for Synchrotron Community Service

Award Description

The Allen Pratt Award for Synchrotron Community Service commemorates the contributions that Dr. Pratt (1959 - 2013) made to the Canadian Synchrotron radiation community. Dr. Pratt, in addition to being the first general user of the CLS, made important contributions to the development of the Canadian synchrotron community. He approached his work with alacrity and was always helpful to new users and colleagues. 
 
This award recognizes outstanding service and dedication to the CLS and Canadian Synchrotron community by a current user (or team of users) who has (have) made a significant contributions to the CLS community. Previous award winners represent some of the most important people in the Canadian Synchrotron community, who have dedicated significant time and energy to the development of synchrotron science in Canada and to the development of the CLS. The Allen Pratt Award is awarded every year.

Examples of community service that this award recognizes include:

• Contributions to the development/ teaching/ mentorship of new and/or current synchrotron users;
• Development of the synchrotron/CLS community and communication among academic, industrial and/or government users;
• Voluntary participation in synchrotron and CLS community organizations; and
• The development of new CLS-based infrastructure or techniques and the cultivation of the research community that utilizes these facilities.

Note: Nominations must be for current contributions to the CLS community, in areas such as those listed.

Award

• The award recipient will be invited to present at our next Annual User Meeting (AUM) with travel expenses paid and will receive a certificate of award.

Eligibility Criteria

The following criteria must be met for a candidate to be eligible for this award:

• The candidate must be an active, CLS user at the time of the nomination;
• The candidate must have published results on data obtained from the CLS;
• The candidate cannot be an employee of the CLS or a member of the CLS Board of Directors, Users’ Advisory Committee, Science Advisory Committee, or Machine Advisory (or other affiliated committee), and is not eligible for consideration until a period of two (2) years has elapsed since their employment or membership.

Nomination Procedure and Selection Information

Please forward the following material to awards@lightsource.ca clearly stating in the subject line "Allen Pratt Award".

• Nomination letters: Each nomination will consist of a letter up-to three pages in length describing the contributions made by the nominee to the CLS and Canadian Synchrotron Radiation User community.  Any member of the CLS user community can submit a signed letter of nomination; however, self-nominations will not be accepted.  

• A short biography of the nominee (100 words). 

Selection of the awardee will be based upon demonstrated contributions to the synchrotron community as outlined in the letter of nomination. An individual cannot receive this award more than once, though there is no limit to the number of times an applicant can be nominated (if unsuccessful in prior cycles). An award may not be awarded in certain years if a user having contributed significantly to the community has not been nominated.

Deadline: The CLS is accepting nominations for 2019 until midnight on Monday, June 15, 2020.

Dr. Adam Hitchcock