Full nominations will be accepted until June 1, 2024, with or without a pre-nomination. Last year, MSA implemented a change in the nomination procedure for four awards (Roebling, Dana, MSA, Distinguished Public Service). The main change was to require a pre-nomination in March, in advance of the full nomination deadline of June 1. The motivations for the change were: 1. to help committee chairs identify and manage conflicts of interest well in advance of the full nomination deadline; and 2. to lower barriers for possible nominators by first requiring only a nominator statement and the nominee's CV (with support letters only required for the full nomination step); ideally, more nominators -- representing a wider range of career stages than has typically been the case -- would be inspired to submit pre-nominations. As with any change to a long-standing procedure, there has been a transition period as MSA has worked to advertise and implement the change. The transition has been complicated by the fact that, for various operational reasons, the "old" MSA website has still been accessible, even as the "new" MSA website with the updated information superseded the old. Owing to this confusion, MSA will accept full nominations for the four awards until the usual deadline of June 1 this year. That is, nominations that did not have a pre-nomination this spring will be accepted this year. MSA is very grateful to those who submitted pre-nominations, as this has helped attain the goals of the procedure change. If you did not submit a pre-nomination and plan to submit a new, full nomination, it would be helpful if you communicated your intent to the committee chair in advance. The respective awards committee Chairs are: Roebling Medal: Astrid Holzheid (astrid.holzheid@ifg.uni-kiel.de<mailto:astrid.holzheid@ifg.uni-kiel.de>) Distinguished Public Service Medal: Carol Frost (frost@uwyo.edu<mailto:frost@uwyo.edu>) Dana Medal: Daniele Cherniak (cherniak@nycap.rr.com<mailto:cherniak@nycap.rr.com>) MSA Award: Melissa Sims (msims9@jhu.edu<mailto:msims9@jhu.edu>) For additional information, please check the Awards section of the MSA website at https://msaweb.org/awards-grants/