McNeill-Nott Award
The American Alpine Club (AAC), with the help of Industry Partner, Mountain Hardwear have established an annual grant for climbers, the McNeill-Nott Award.
With the untimely death of Sue Nott and Karen McNeill on Mt Foraker, the AAC and Mountain Hardwear decided to name the grant the McNeill-Nott Award. Sue Nott was a long time member of the AAC and a Mountain Hardwear athlete. She had a close and frequent partnership with Karen and both climbers had tackled new and established test pieces alike.
This new award seeks to preserve the memory and spirit of these two talented and courageous climbers by awarding grants to help realize the dreams of amateur climbers attempting new routes or first ascents. Special attention will be given to projects that have strong exploration and adventure components, and these components will be weighted more heavily than technical difficulty. Climbers or projects supported financially by corporate sponsors will not be taken into account.
How To Apply
The application deadline for the McNeill/Nott Grant is March 1st. Late applications will not be accepted and applications are for expeditions departing no later than April 30th of the following year.
How to Submit
Applications must be submitted electronically via an emailed Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) attachment. Scanned signatures must be inserted within the submitted proposal. Proposals submitted without signatures on both the waiver and grant application will not be accepted. Please submit relevant photos of your objective along with your application.
For more details please contact
Jason Manke
Membership Director and Grants Manager
The American Alpine Club
710 10th St
Golden, CO 80401
Tel: (303) 384-0110 ext.19
Email: jmanke@americanalpineclub.org
Past recipients:
2008
Alex Alexiades. Exploration and new routes in the Suches Valley of the remote Cordillera Apolobamba, on the border of Bolivia and Peru.
Althea Rogers. New free climbs on the granite domes of southeast Alaska’s Wood River Range, with Kate Rutherford, Madaleine Sorkin, and Emily Stifler.
2007
Jessica Drees and Erin Whorton - for unclimbed routes in the Fox Jaw Cirque of Greenland. Read their report...
Joe Puryear and Chad Kellogg - for a new route on 20,505-foot Mt. Siguniang in Sichuan, China. Read the trip report...
Jon Sullivan and Liu Yong (CHI) - to attempt unclimbed, 5,000-meter-plus peaks in the Bipeng Valley of Sichuan, China. Read the trip report...