Award recipients will receive a $250 award, be recognized at a Water Institute event, and be nominated for the UCOWR Ph.D. Dissertation Award through UF’s UCOWR delegates, Drs. Michael Dukes, Wendy Graham, and David Kaplan.

• Be nominated by faculty advisor (must be a Water Institute Affiliate Faculty member)
• Ph.D. Students who have completed their dissertations between September 1, 2021 and August 31, 2023

• Ph.D. Dissertation
  • In cases where journal articles or other documents were accepted in lieu of a dissertation, digital copies of those documents that constituted the dissertation requirements must be submitted
• Letter of nomination from faculty advisor (must be a Water Institute Affiliate Faculty member)
  • Letter must include the Ph.D. advisor’s mailing address, email address, and phone number

• Quality and clarity of writing
• Originality and innovation
• Scientific merit, technical quality; soundness of research
• Understanding of previous related research
• Contribution to and impact on water resources research