Nominations and applications due for AOS Council, Special Membership Classes, and Awards

Nominations will close on 15 December for the American Ornithological Society’s (AOS) 2027 Council, Classes of Fellows and Elective Members, and various Society awards.

• All AOS members are invited to submit nominations for open positions on the AOS Council, the Society’s governing body.
• We invite nominations for consideration for AOS’s Special Membership Classes of Elective Member and Fellow, which recognize members for their exceptional contributions to ornithology and/or to AOS. Current Elective Members and Fellows may submit full nominations through the Member Portal. Any AOS member may suggest names for consideration as either Fellow or Elective Member nominees by completing the questionnaire included in the AOS Fellow & Elective Members nomination form in the AOS Member Portal.
• Details and eligibility criteria for our 2027 awards are presented on our website for the Senior Professional Awards, Early Professional Awards*, Conservation Awards, Service Awards, and Publication Awards.

*Please note the early deadline of 15 November for the Early Professional Awards if you are nominating someone other than yourself. This allows the committee time to reach out to those individuals to confirm their acceptance of the nomination and provide the nominee time to submit their completed information ahead of the 15 December deadline.