Awards

GRSS recognizes its members’ contributions with the following awards:

Distinguished Achievement Award (DA): A plaque and a certificate may be presented for the most distinguished contribution to the field of Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

Outstanding Service Award (OSA): A certificate may be presented for outstanding service to the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society. GRS-S membership is required.

Education Award (EA): A certificate may be presented for recognized contributions to education in geoscience and/or remote sensing. The awardee(s) must be either member(s) or affiliates of the GRS-S. The award shall be considered annually, but only awarded when an outstanding recipient is identified.

Transactions Prize Paper Award (TPPA): A certificate and honorarium ($3000) may be presented for a paper judged to be of exceptional merit published in the GRS Transactions during the prior calendar year. If the paper has more than one author, the honorarium shall be shared.

Letters Prize Paper Award (LPPA): A certificate and honorarium ($1500) may be presented for a paper judged to be of exceptional merit published in the GRS Letters during the prior calendar year. If the paper has more than one author, the honorarium shall be shared.

Journal Prize Paper Award (JPPA): A certificate and honorarium ($1500) may be presented for a paper judged to be of exceptional merit published in the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing during the prior calendar year. If the paper has more than one author, the honorarium shall be shared.

Symposium Prize Paper Award (SPPA): A certificate and honorarium ($1250) may be presented for a paper judged to be of exceptional merit presented at the prior year’s IGARSS. If the paper has more than one author, the honorarium shall be shared.

Symposium Interactive Prize Paper Award (ISPPA): A certificate and honorarium ($1250) may be presented for an interactive paper judged to be of exceptional merit presented at the prior year’s IGARSS. If the interactive paper has more than one author the honorarium shall be shared.

Student Prize Paper Award (StPPA): A maximum of three awards in rank order will be presented with honoraria of $500, $300, and $200, respectively, along with a corresponding certificate. If there are multiple eligible authors the honoraria will be shared. The Student Prize Paper Awards will be presented at the awards ceremony of the IGARSS at which the papers are presented.

Mikio Takagi Student Prize (MTStP): The first Student Prize Paper Award, see above, is the Mikio Takagi Student Prize. This prize is to recognize a student who has presented an outstanding paper at the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Chapter Excellence Award (CEA): Certificate and check for $1,000 to be used only for Chapter activities may be presented to recognize excellence in a GRS-S or Joint Local Chapter, demonstrated by exemplary local GRS-S activities during the previous year. The award shall be considered annually and presented only when a deserving Chapter is identified.

GRS-S GOLD Early Career Award: A certificate and honorarium (US$ 1500,-) may be presented to promote, recognize and support young GOLD scientists and engineers that have demonstrated outstanding ability and promise for significant contributions in the future.