CNS Alumni Awards

College of Natural Sciences (CNS) Alumni Awards

In collaboration with the College of Natural Sciences Dean’s Advisory Board, we have created two alumni awards to recognize the wonderful accomplishments of our college’s former trainees.  

CNS Distinguished Alumni Award

Visionary leaders in their field, recipients of this honor have reached exceptional levels of professional and personal achievement. This award recognizes distinguished leadership, service, teaching, innovation, and/or other exemplary accomplishments that positively impact society and science.

CNS Outstanding Young Alumni Award

Emerging leaders in the early stages of their careers, recipients of this honor are no more than ten years out from receiving their terminal degree or no more than fifteen years out from receiving their undergraduate degree from the College of Natural Sciences at UMass Amherst. This award recognizes outstanding professional and personal achievements and highlights the recipient’s ambitions and potential to positively impact society and science.

Nominations

Nomination Deadline: June 1

Nominations will be reviewed and selected by members of the College of Natural Sciences Dean’s Advisory Board. Awardees will be notified by the Dean of the College of Natural Sciences in August and recognized at a UMass Amherst event on campus in the fall.

Eligibility to receive the award is limited to alumni (undergraduate or graduate) of the College of Natural Sciences at UMass Amherst. Complete the nomination form (requires Google login).