Dr. Charles (Charlie) William Carter dedicated over 30 years to the environmental laboratory business and community. Considered a highly respected environmental testing genius by everyone fortunate enough to know him, he was brilliant and had relentless energy, work ethic, and passion for advancing the environmental testing industry by providing critical scientific expertise and support. Charlie was deeply involved in many environmental organizations and a frequent speaker at conferences, forums, and meetings. He was a leader in the industry and one you could count on always pushing the envelope to help the environmental measurement, monitoring, and laboratory community excel in meeting the highest levels of integrity and quality.

This award has been established to recognize a technically competent individual and leader in the environmental measurement, monitoring, or laboratory industry, embodying Charlie's strengths in scientific expertise, communication and mentoring. One (1) recipient will be selected annually and recognized at the National Environmental Monitoring Conference (NEMC) as part of the Environmental Measurement Symposium (Symposium) held jointly with the Forum on Environmental Accreditation. The recipient will provide the Monday Keynote Address at the Symposium, receive free registration for the full Symposium, and be presented with the award in the year that follows the nomination.

Nominations will open on the first day of each year's Symposium and close on January 31st of the following year.