The Robert Leviton Award AMS Student Research Award For deadlines and application information, visit... http://www.ametsoc.org/awards/awarddescriptions.html Presented for the best student paper on the development or evaluation of atmospheric instrumentation or unique measurement techniques. The paper selected for the award may be chosen either from those given at a designated national meeting or technical conference of the Society or from papers appearing in one of its journals. The Committee on Measurements will submit a recommendation to the STAC Commissioner, who shall review the recommendation and then present it to the Council for approval. To be considered for the award, an entrant should either be enrolled as a full-time student or be a student who has just completed a degree but has not yet begun employment at the time the paper is given or submitted for publication. The Robert Leviton Award carries a cash prize of $300. This award honors Robert Leviton, who devoted nearly his entire professional career to endeavors related to the measurement of wind, temperature, pressure, and humidity in the atmosphere. He was one of the pioneers in reducing large datasets from radiosondes using a computer.