US ATLAS Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award

The US ATLAS Lifetime Distinction/Achievement Award recognizes individuals who are members of US ATLAS institutions who have contributed to US ATLAS in the following ways:

1. Scientific Distinction over a significant period which brings credit to his or her institution and the United States' effort in ATLAS.

2. Leadership Distinction over a significant period in US ATLAS or ATLAS as a whole which has been of critical importance in scientific, technical, or institutional management and organization within US ATLAS.

3. Administrative Distinction over a significant period which has been of crucial importance in service of the many operations and construction projects that makes US ATLAS a success.

Each of these distinctions imply a measure of dedication and service on behalf of US ATLAS beyond that normally expected of ATLAS colleagues.

The award can be given one time to an individual and an awardee must be a full member, or retired member.

Graduate Student Award

The annual US ATLAS Outstanding Graduate Student Award recognizes graduate students who are candidates for a degree at a US ATLAS institution who have made exceptional contributions to the ATLAS experiment in one or more of the following ways:

1) Original and careful physics analysis leading to an ATLAS publication.

2) Distinction in service work which promotes high quality physics performance of the ATLAS detector.

3) Insightful and thorough contributions to detector or software development for ATLAS upgrades.

The award can be given one time to a grad student who is a candidate for an advanced degree at a US ATLAS institution. It may also be awarded to an individual who has completed an advanced degree since July 1, in the previous award cycle at a US ATLAS institution for work done while a graduate student. This award is presented at the US ATLAS Annual Workshop.

Nominations are solicited annually. The nomination must include a letter of recommendation and at least one submitted example of the student’s work. Former US ATLAS Outstanding Graduate Student Awardees are listed below.

Early Career Award

The annual U.S. ATLAS Early Career Award recognizes early career colleagues (up to 12 years after Ph.D.) for an specific exceptional contribution to U.S. ATLAS over the past 2 years. The contribution can be in one of the following areas:

1. Original physics analysis
2. Impactful performance studies
3. Online or offline operations
4. Detector or software development for ATLAS upgrades
5. Outstanding service to the U.S. ATLAS community.

The award can be shared between up to 3 early career colleagues who collaborated on the exceptional contribution. All nominees must be current members of the U.S. ATLAS collaboration. Nominations are solicited annually and are considered by a committee appointed by the Institutional Board chair. This award is presented at the U.S. ATLAS Annual Workshop.