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More information on the individual NSS awards is available via the links below.

Most of the individual NSS award pages discuss how to write a good nomination letter.

Please use the below e-mail adresses to submit nominations. Please email your nomination to the award nomination address and also send a carbon copy (CC) of all nominations to awards@caves.org.

THE DEADLINE FOR ALL NOMINATIONS IS NOVEMBER 15 OF EACH YEAR.

AWARD	NOMINATION E-MAIL
The William J. Stephenson Award for Outstanding Service	award-stephenson@caves.org
Honorary Member Award	award-honorarymember@caves.org
Lew Bicking Award	award-bicking@caves.org
Victor A. Schmidt Conservation Award	award-schmidtconservation@caves.org
Science Award	award-science@caves.org
Spelean Arts and Letters Award	award-artsletters@caves.org
Certificate of Merit	award-certificatemerit@caves.org
Fellow of the Society	award-fellow@caves.org
Peter M. Hauer Spelean History Award	award-hauerhistory@caves.org
James G. Mitchell Award	award-mitchell@caves.org
Steve Hudson Award for Cave Rescue	award-hudson@caves.org
Outstanding Landowner Award	award-landowner@caves.org
Group Conservation Award	award-groupconservation@caves.org

Comments and suggestions on the nomination process and operation of the Awards Committee are always welcome. Please email the chair at awards@caves.org

This page was last updated on October 18, 2022
Contact Award Committee webmaster Tony Canike for comments or suggestions.

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