Dear Colleagues, The Mineralogical Society of America is seeking nominations for the 2025 Roebling Medal. The Roebling Medal is the highest award of the Mineralogical Society of America for scientific eminence as represented primarily by scientific publication of outstanding original research in mineralogy. The science of mineralogy is defined broadly for purposes of the Roebling Medal, and a candidate need not qualify as a mineralogist; rather his or her published research should be related to the mineralogical sciences and should make some outstanding contribution to them. Nationality, personality, age of candidate, or place of employment shall not be considered for the award. Membership in the Mineralogical Society of America is not a necessary prerequisite to receive the award. Please note, the nomination process for awards has been changed by a vote of the MSA Council. The process will now be in two steps: (1) A preliminary nomination and (2) a final nomination. The preliminary nominations will only consist of a Nomination Coversheet; letter from the nominator (limit two pages); and the CV of the nominee. The names of three other individuals who are likely to supply support letters for the final nomination are optional at this stage. This preliminary package is due by March 10 and should be sent to Ann Benbow in the MSA Business office: abenbow@minsocam.org. The awards committee will review the preliminary nominations and will notify nominators by April 10 if they are to submit a final nomination. A full description of the award, a list of previous recipients and instructions for submitting nominations may be found at https://msaweb.org/roebling/ The deadline for submitting preliminary nominations for the 2025 Roebling Medal is March 10, 2024. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Best regards, Astrid Holzheid 2024 Chair of the MSA Roebling Medal Nomination Committee (for the 2025 Roebling Medal) -- Astrid Holzheid Institut für Geowissenschaften Universität Kiel 24098 Kiel F.R. of Germany phone: +49 (0) 431 880-1451 fax: +49 (0) 431 880-4457 e-mail: astrid.holzheid@ifg.uni-kiel.de ****************************************** Honorary Professor Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63130-4899 USA phone: +1 314-935-4853 fax: +1 314-935-7361 e-mail: aholzheid@wustl.edu