Selection of Research, Conservation, Leadership, Underwater Photography, Photojournalism, Filmmaking Awards and Honors
* Angela Smith and Shark Team One *
• Shark Team One receives funding from The Curtis & Edith Munson Foundation for the
"Underwater Florida - Windows to Hope"™ campaign
• Shark Team One becomes a Zoo Miami Conservation and Research Fund grantee with the Endangered Whale Shark Conservation Program
• Angela Smith selected as a Nominee for the Tallberg SNF Eliasson Global Leadership Prize 2021. This prize recognizes "outstanding leaders who demonstrate the willingness and capacity to address the complexity of 21st-century challenges in innovative, risk-taking, and ethical ways, and whose work is global in aspiration or implication and is rooted in universal values"
• Angela Smith inducted into the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ)
• Angela Smith selected as a Nominee for Indianapolis Prize 2020. This award recognizes lifetime achievement in conservation
• Shark Team One becomes a Disney Conservation Fund Grantee for the Endangered Whale Shark Conservation Program
• Angela Smith inducted into the Jackson Wild Collective global storytelling community
• Whales of Change film selected for Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival 2019. The film also wins the "President's Citation" award
• Shark Team One's "Building Marine Wildlife Corridors for Sharks Using Artificial Intelligence" project selected for Microsoft's AI for Earth grant program
• Selected for the S.E.E. (Science, Exploration, Education) Initiative by National Geographic Open Explorer, Sofar Ocean Technologies and other supporters including, Rolex, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Avatar Alliance Foundation
• Community Leader – Ocean Environment Award from National Week of the Ocean for “Creation of a South Florida presence via community events for awareness of dwindling worldwide shark populations"
• Recent Film Awards - Jackson Hole Science Media Awards, Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, BLUE Ocean Film Festival, Berlin Flash Film Festival, FilmGate Documentary Series, The Frank Gallery Earth Day Film Festival, Wildlife Conservation Film Festival, Jackson Hole WILD Living Oceans Film Showcase in partnership with The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• Nominated Blue Ambassador of the Year for “Significant Contributions in South Florida Marine Conservation”
• Inducted into the Ocean Artists Society (OAS)
• Selected for Women in Photography project by Women in Focus
• Elected Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative (SEFCRI) Vice Chair of NGOs
• Selected for Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative (SEFCRI)
• Named a Cressi Ambassador
• Invited to attend PERC’s 2015 Enviropreneur Institute in Bozeman, MT (PERC "Enviropreneur" Fellow)
"Underwater Florida - Windows to Hope"™ campaign
• Shark Team One becomes a Zoo Miami Conservation and Research Fund grantee with the Endangered Whale Shark Conservation Program
• Angela Smith selected as a Nominee for the Tallberg SNF Eliasson Global Leadership Prize 2021. This prize recognizes "outstanding leaders who demonstrate the willingness and capacity to address the complexity of 21st-century challenges in innovative, risk-taking, and ethical ways, and whose work is global in aspiration or implication and is rooted in universal values"
• Angela Smith inducted into the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ)
• Angela Smith selected as a Nominee for Indianapolis Prize 2020. This award recognizes lifetime achievement in conservation
• Shark Team One becomes a Disney Conservation Fund Grantee for the Endangered Whale Shark Conservation Program
• Angela Smith inducted into the Jackson Wild Collective global storytelling community
• Whales of Change film selected for Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival 2019. The film also wins the "President's Citation" award
• Shark Team One's "Building Marine Wildlife Corridors for Sharks Using Artificial Intelligence" project selected for Microsoft's AI for Earth grant program
• Selected for the S.E.E. (Science, Exploration, Education) Initiative by National Geographic Open Explorer, Sofar Ocean Technologies and other supporters including, Rolex, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Avatar Alliance Foundation
• Community Leader – Ocean Environment Award from National Week of the Ocean for “Creation of a South Florida presence via community events for awareness of dwindling worldwide shark populations"
• Recent Film Awards - Jackson Hole Science Media Awards, Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, BLUE Ocean Film Festival, Berlin Flash Film Festival, FilmGate Documentary Series, The Frank Gallery Earth Day Film Festival, Wildlife Conservation Film Festival, Jackson Hole WILD Living Oceans Film Showcase in partnership with The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• Nominated Blue Ambassador of the Year for “Significant Contributions in South Florida Marine Conservation”
• Inducted into the Ocean Artists Society (OAS)
• Selected for Women in Photography project by Women in Focus
• Elected Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative (SEFCRI) Vice Chair of NGOs
• Selected for Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative (SEFCRI)
• Named a Cressi Ambassador
• Invited to attend PERC’s 2015 Enviropreneur Institute in Bozeman, MT (PERC "Enviropreneur" Fellow)