Our Awards
The Call for nominations FOR 2023 is now open! The deadline is February 8, 2023.
Click on the title of each award for information including its description, criteria, and nomination process.
Not all awards are open to general submissions, please consult the list below.
METSOC AWARDS
The MetSoc head office administers these awards.
- THE METSOC AIREY AWARD
- THE METSOC AWARD FOR RESEARCH EXCELLENCE
- THE METSOC SILVER MEDAL (not open to general nominations)
- THE METSOC BRIMACOMBE AWARD
- THE METSOC SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
- THE METSOC INNOVATION AWARD (group recognition)
- SPECIAL AWARDS
METSOC TECHNICAL SECTION AWARDS
Various sections of MetSoc administer these awards.
- METSOC DISTINGUISHED MATERIALS SCIENTIST AWARD
- METSOC ENGINEER IN MATERIALS INNOVATION AWARD
- SHERRITT HYDROMETALLURGY AWARD
- LIGHT METALS BEST PAPER AWARD (not open to general nominations)
- PYROMETALLURGY BEST PAPER AWARD (not open to general nominations)
- METSOC BEST PAPER AWARD (not open to general nominations)
METSOC scholarships
MetSoc of CIM and its sections offer students scholarship awards.
- MetSoc Doctoral Scholarship
- MetSoc Master’s Scholarship
- MetSoc Undergraduate Scholarship
- MetSoc Pyrometallurgy Student Award
- MetSoc Sustainability Scholarship
- Hydrometallurgy Scholarships
METSOC 2022 AWARDS COMMITTEE | |
2022 AWARDS CHAIR  Roki Fukuzawa, 2nd VP
| COMMITTEE Chris Pickles, Queen’s University Dogan Paktunc, CanmetMINING Erin Bobicki, University of Alberta Indje Mihaylov, Vale Joel Kapusta, BBA Lukas Bichler, University of British Columbia |
VOTING PROCESS
After ensuring that all conditions of the award have been satisfied and that the procedures were followed, the Awards Chair forwards the nomination and its supporting documentation to the MetSoc Awards Committee.
Steps
- The awards committee will review the submissions and prepare a short list of candidates for each award.
- A teleconference will be held and, if required, prepare a list of questions to be sent back to the original nominators via the selected person from the secretariat. Ie. a person must fill out further endorsements or letters attached.
- Before voting takes place the awards committee discusses the various short-listed nominees and answers to any questions.
- The nominations are then put to a vote by ballot will of the committee. The ballot must include a “no award” option.
CIM AWARDS
The CIM (parent Society of MetSoc) also offers a recognition program to members.
Please refer to the CIM website for complete details.
CMSC AWARDS
These awards are presented at the Canadian Materials Science Conference.
Please refer to the CMSC website for complete details.
