The Outstanding Educator Award honors well-established women college or university teachers who have played a significant role in the education and support of geoscientists within and beyond the classroom, in advancing the persistence of women and underrepresented minorities in geoscience careers, and in raising the profile of the geosciences by teaching to and for the broadest audience of students. Beginning in 2016, nominations will be evaluated on the basis of exemplary contributions in at least two of the following three areas: Mentoring; Instruction and Curriculum; and Outreach. Nomination packets must include a current vitae and a maximum of six nomination letters from current or former students and professional colleagues (maximum of 3 former or current student letters; men or women). Nominators are encouraged to address the review criteria within their letters and the curriculum vitae must show at least 20 years of instructional experience. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact AWG for more information.