Sponsor
University of Guelph
Description
The University of Guelph Research Excellence Awards highlight research achievements of recently tenured faculty members.
Research excellence is recognized as scholarly output that has demonstrably internationally impact within the nominee’s discipline. This will include published works, but may also comprise other forms of scholarly output, research-related knowledge mobilization, research-derived innovation, and training of highly qualified personnel. The candidate should be on track to gain, or have already received, national and/or international recognition.
Eligibility
To be eligible, a faculty member should be within 2 years of having been awarded tenure at the time of application.
The date of tenure is considered the date on the notification letter from the President. This letter is generally sent in January. Therefore, a faculty member who is notified of tenure in January 2022 will be eligible for this award in April 2022 and April 2023.
Prize
Each college will receive one Research Excellence Award per year (from date of Notice of Decision), for a total of 7 awarded across the university.
Recipients of Research Excellence Awards hold the award for one year. During that year, each Research Excellence Award recipient will receive a $5,000 research prize, deposited in the awardee's general purpose research account. Colleges may wish to augment this award (e.g., with additional research funds or course release).
Special Notes
Each recipient must participate in on public lecture during the year they hold the award and may be asked to participate in a video organized by the Office of Research Communications.
Please note that research activities carried out in the context of COVID-19 need to adhere to the University of Guelph COVID-19 research principles, policies, guidelines and processes as they may be updated from time to time and communicated on the Office of Research web-page.
Deadlines
If College-level review is required, your College will communicate its earlier internal deadlines.
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How to Apply
Colleges are asked to submit a single nomination to research.honours@uoguelph.ca. It is expected that colleges give special attention and consideration to Tri-Agency equity, diversity, and inclusion guidelines, and indicate what plans were put in place to ensure that these guidelines have been observed.
The nomination package will comprise:
- a covering letter from the College Dean in support of the nomination (including an explanation of the selection process);
- the nomination letter from the department chair / school director; and
- the nominee’s CV.
For More Information
For more information please contact research.honours@uoguelph.ca and visit the Research Excellence Awards webpage.