My AVS About AVS Membership Meetings & Exhibits Publications Library Technical Library Education & Outreach Awards & Recognition My AVS About AVS Membership Meetings & Exhibits Publications Library Technical Library Education & Outreach Awards & Recognition Current Awardees Professional Awards Past Professional Awards Technical Awards Society Honors Division/Group Professional Awards Focus Topic Awards National Student Awards Division/Group Student Awards AVS Recognition IUVSTA Welch Scholarship Nomination Procedures Checklist Awardee Interviews Symposium Contact AVS Members receive access to select content, product discounts, and more by logging into MyAVS. Forgot Password? Scitation Login facebook twitter linked in blog apple message Corporate Members Awards & Recognition Recognition of outstanding scientific research and technological innovation is one of the most important activities within AVS. Through our prestigious award program, the Society seeks to honor a wide range of extraordinary accomplishments vital to progress in fields of interest to AVS. Selection for an AVS award is a reflection of contributions judged exceptional by the AVS Trustees who are elected by the AVS membership. Awards given by AVS are offered to recognize outstanding individual accomplishments in the fields of interest to the Society. All AVS awards may be presented annually with the exception of the Gaede-Langmuir Award and the John A. Thornton Award, which are biennial: the Gaede-Langmuir Award in even-numbered years and the John A. Thornton Award in odd-numbered years. Nominations remain active for the following number of years: Medard W. Welch three (3) years; Peter Mark while the nominee is eligible. Gaede-Langmuir and John A. Thornton Memorial Awards four (4) years. Fellow two (2) years. Re-nominations require a completely new submission. Nominations for AVS Awards are reviewed each year by the AVS Awards Committee, which recommends awardees to the Board of Directors. In the event that an insufficient number of nominations has been received for a particular award, the Committee may elect to make no recommendation. All AVS awards are made without regard to race, sex, or nationality, with the exception of the Nellie Yeoh Whetten Award, which is gender-based. Awards Program Awards Media Release Nomination Procedures Checklist Start Nomination Professional Awards Medard W. Welch Award Gaede-Langmuir Award John A. Thornton Memorial Award/Lecture Peter Mark Memorial Award Past Professional Awards Albert Nerken Award Technical Award George T. Hanyo Award Society Honors Fellow of the Society Honorary Membership Division/Group Professional Awards Applied Surface Science Division Peter Sherwood Award Biomaterial Interfaces Division Electronic Materials & Photonics Division Magnetic Interfaces and Nanostructures Division Nanometer-Scale Science and Technology Division Postdoctoral Competition Nanotechnology Recognition Award Plasma Science & Technology Division Thin Film Division Distinguished Technologist Award Thin Film Division Paul H. Holloway Young Investigator Award Theodore E. Madey Award for Surface Science and Scientific Exchange Vacuum Technology Division Early Career Award Vacuum Technology Shop Note Award Focus Topic Awards Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Focus Topic (EL) National Student Awards Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Award Nellie Yeoh Whetten Award Russell & Sigurd Varian Award Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Scholarship Graduate Research Award (GRA) Division/Group Student Awards Applied Surface Science Biomaterial Interfaces Division Magnetic Interfaces & Nanostructures Division - The Leo M. Falicov Student Award Manufacturing Science and Technology Group MEMS and NEMS Technical Group Best Paper Award Morton M. Traum Surface Science Student Award Nanometer-Scale Science and Technology Division Graduate Competition John Coburn and Harold Winters Student Award in Plasma Science and Technology Thin Film Division James Harper Award Vacuum Technology Division Student Poster Competition Vacuum Technology Division Student Presenter Award AVS Recognition AVS Excellence in Leadership AVS Forty Year Club IUVSTA Welch Scholarship IUVSTA Welch Scholarship © Copyright 2016 AVS. All rights reserved. | Contact | Donations | Press/Media Center | Site Map