Call for Nominations

The call for nominations is closed. Please check back in early 2010 for the next round of award nominations.

The Mary Fran Myers award recognizes disaster professionals who continue Myers’ goal of promoting research on gender issues in disasters and emergency management.

As co-director of the Natural Hazards Center, Myers recognized that disaster vulnerability is influenced by social, cultural, and economic structures that marginalize women and girls. The Natural Hazards Center and the Gender and Disaster Network established the award in 2002 to honor women and men whose advocacy, research, or management efforts have had a lasting, positive impact on reducing disaster vulnerability. 

Individuals eligible for the award will have added to the body of knowledge on gender and disasters or furthered opportunities for women to succeed in the field. The selection committee is especially interested in soliciting nominations from outside the United States.

Award winners are invited to participate the Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop. Travel, accommodations, and workshop fees are covered. The winner is also invited to serve on—and encouraged to chair—the Mary Fran Myers selection committee.