Abstracts are due by 14 August 2025 at 5:00 PM ET
Abstract Fee and Author Instructions
All presenters must also register for the meeting.
The 21st Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research, and Practice is sponsored by the American Meteorological Society and organized by the AMS Board on Societal Impacts.
The 21st Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research, and Practice invites abstract submissions for oral presentations, panel discussions, and posters that focus on the intersection of weather and climate and their impacts on society. We encourage presentations from policy-makers, researchers, and practitioners at all career stages, especially students, across the public, private, academic, and non-profit sectors. Papers are encouraged for each of the following sessions and topics:
Student Presentation Awards
Members of the Symposium for Societal Applications encourage students to submit their posters and oral presentations for consideration for awards granted by the Symposium for Societal Applications. A total of six awards will be distributed for oral presentations (1st ($125), 2nd ($100), 3rd ($75) place) and poster presentations (1st ($125), 2nd ($100), 3rd ($75) place). We especially encourage topics that speak to the goals of the Symposium and connect with the overall conference theme.
A subcommittee will evaluate presentations and recommend winners based on criteria that include (1) Quality of the research being conducted (e.g. research design, methods, reporting of results); (2) Relevance of research to the Symposium and conference theme; (3) Quality of oral or poster presentation design (e.g. clear slides, understandable graphics, readability of text); and (4) Communication skills (e.g. engaging the audience, pacing of presentation, ability to answer Q&As).
To be eligible for the presentation awards, you must be a full-time undergraduate or graduate student enrolled at a college or university at the time of abstract submission, and you also must be the lead author, personally presenting the work. Submitters should indicate their eligibility for student awards when submitting their abstracts. Award recipients will be informed of the committee's decision by late February 2026.
Student Presenter Travel Allowances
Program chairs organizing the Symposium for Societal Applications will also be granting three (3) travel allowances of up to $195 each for students or early career professionals. The award should be used to offset travel related expenses only (registration fees, transportation, lodging and food). Interested applicants should submit a one-page statement describing 1) how attending the 2026 AMS conference would benefit their academic or professional career and 2) how their academic or professional career activities support the mission of the Board on Societal Impacts (BSI), which sponsors the Societal Applications Symposium. The BSI mission is described here.
Students who wish to apply must submit their application to the program chairs via email with the subject line “AMS 106th Annual Meeting - Student Presenter Travel Allowance Application”: Austin Harris ([email protected]), Michael Michaud ([email protected]), Kathleen Moloney ([email protected]), Elizabeth Meister ([email protected]), and Adam Rainear ([email protected]).
Deadline for applications: 31 October 2025
Recipients will be notified on or before: 7 November 2025
For additional information please contact the program co-chairs: Austin Harris ([email protected]), Michael Michaud ([email protected]), Kathleen Moloney ([email protected]), Elizabeth Meister ([email protected]), and Adam Rainear ([email protected]).