The Eileen George Outstanding Faculty Research Award is given annually in recognition of a single faculty member making significant advances to knowledge, technique, or creative expression in their professional discipline. About the award Endowed by Sally Bean ’81, ’86 MBA, this award honors faculty members whose research enhances the institution’s academic reputation and enriches student learning. It is named in tribute to Sally’s parents. All nominees will be publicly announced and celebrated through university communication. The recipient of the award will: <ul> <li>Receive a physical and monetary award</li> <li>Have their name and photograph displayed in the Andersen Library for one year</li> <li>Be recognized at university events</li> </ul> Eligibility and selection process Each college nominates one candidate for the award. Nominations must be submitted by the college dean’s office. A candidate's nomination materials should consist of the following documents, combined into a single electronic PDF: <ol> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ol> <li>The nominee's resume of research activities. The resume should be organized into sections according to items #2-5 below. Items within each category should be listed in reverse chronological order (i.e., most recent work listed first). Activities in progress or results not yet accepted for presentation or publication should not be included.</li> <li>Bibliography of professional publications. (Attach photocopies of title pages of publications, and show evidence if publications were refereed)</li> <li>Dates, places, and descriptions of professional exhibits and performances. (Attach evidence if exhibits or performances were juried)</li> <li>Author(s), titles, meetings, and dates of papers presented at professional meetings</li> <li>Principal investigator(s), project titles, funding sources, amounts funded, and project periods for grants received Other evidence or previous recognition of research including fellowships, honors, and awards (provide the year of each)</li> <li>Letters of recommendation from two respected scholars. Scholars from on or off campus writing letters of recommendation should: <ol type="a"> <li>Include a paragraph outlining their own position in the field,</li> <li>Discuss the impact of the nominee's research or artistic work in the field, and</li> <li>Limit their letters to a maximum of three pages.</li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> </ol> If materials are missing, an individual's nomination for this award will not be considered. Materials submitted that are not requested above will not be considered. The Deans Council selects the award recipient. In selecting the recipient, the council will give greater weight to refereed publications and/or juried exhibits and performances than to other evidence of research produced, particularly those published/taking place within the past five years. Research, as defined in the Faculty Personnel Rules, is "creative activity evidenced by contributions to the knowledge, works, techniques, or principles, or by demonstrations of one's mastery of the techniques or principles of one's discipline, in media appropriate to it, which are or were available to critical evaluation by one's peers within the discipline." Nominations Deadline: February 15 Please contact <a href="https://wp.uww.edu/Search/PersonDetails/vickm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matthew Vick</a>, Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, who can be contacted with any questions.