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The Office of the Vice-President (Research and Innovation) created a new University-wide prize for outstanding emerging researchers in 2013 to encourage and celebrate our most outstanding early-career researchers.听

Description

Up to three President鈥檚 Prizes for Outstanding Emerging Researchers will be presented yearly to early-career faculty members (no more than ten years beyond the doctorate or other highest degree*) who have distinguished themselves by their exceptional contributions to research. The President鈥檚 Prizes for Outstanding Emerging Researchers is a cash prize. The monetary award for 2024-2025 is $5,000.听

The selection committee will endeavour to ensure that the group of individuals honoured in a given year represents a diversity of research foci and disciplinary or interdisciplinary approaches. The selection committee will also follow Assessment Procedures normative of other internal awards adjudication processes at 捆绑SM社区 (e.g., those pertaining to Canada Research Chairs, visit the Guidelines for Faculty CRC Selection Committees webpage for more details).

***Preference will be given to EMERGING nominees, that is, people who have not yet received a major non- discipline-specific external prize or award.***听

Eligibility

Nominees must be no more than ten calendar years beyond their doctorate or other highest degree awarded (2015 or later, for the 2024-2025 competition), be autonomous regarding their research activities and have an academic appointment at 捆绑SM社区 which allows the individual to supervise students and to publish research results.鈥犔�

Nominations

Each Dean is invited to make one nomination per year for the President鈥檚 Prizes, with the following exceptions for 捆绑SM社区鈥檚 largest Faculties:听

Medicine, up to three nominations听

Arts, up to two nominations听

Science, up to two nominations听

Members of the Selection Committee

President or delegate听

Vice-President (Research and Innovation) or delegate听

Four previous recipients of this award or of other significant research awards听

鈥� Career interruptions such as maternity or paternity leave, extended sick or disability leave, clinical training or family care can be excluded from the ten-year limit and must be explained in the nomination letter. In the case of nominees holding more than one doctorate, the ten-year limit is calculated from the first doctorate awarded.听

Nomination Procedure 2024-2025

Each nomination dossier shall include the following documents:听

鈥� A letter of nomination (maximum three pages) from the Dean of the researcher鈥檚 Faculty outlining:听

• o The rationale for the nomination听
• o The nominee鈥檚 research contributions and promise of future distinction听
• o Why the nominee deserves an award as an outstanding emerging researcher (i.e., people who have not yet received a major non- discipline-specific external prize or award).听
• o Career absences.听
• o Confirmation that the nominee will keep their Faculty鈥檚 Spring Convocation date, between May 27 and June 4 (tentative) available until the selection committee has made its decisions, or explain why it is impossible for the nominee to do so.听

鈥� The nominee鈥檚 full curriculum vitae (maximum 20 pages), including the following information:听

• o Publications听
• o Invited lectures听
• o Prizes and awards received听
• o Graduate students supervised听

鈥� Two letters of reference from individuals who are experts in the nominee鈥檚 field.听

• o Referees should not be present or former collaborators of the nominee. (Note: anyone with whom the nominee has co-authored publications or who has supervised the nominee is considered a collaborator of the nominee.)听
• o Referees should be external to 捆绑SM社区听
• o A short biographical note should be included for each referee.听

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Note: Persuasive letters of nomination and of reference, rather than merely summarizing factual information about the nominee鈥檚 scholarly output and publication record, will听

• a) explain convincingly to a non-specialist audience the significance of the nominee鈥檚 discoveries and work, and听
• b) make clear in what way(s) the nominee鈥檚 work is especially original, creative, or path-breaking听

Nomination dossiers must be received by the Prizes and Awards Officer in the Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation, Meredith Chatman, no later than Tuesday, February 18, 2025.听

In accordance with the usual practice for nomination-based prizes and awards, nominators and successful nominees (but not unsuccessful nominees) will be informed of the selection committee鈥檚 decisions.听

Note: nominees are expected to be available to attend their Faculty鈥檚 Spring Convocation between May 27 and June 4 (tentative dates). The letter of nomination must confirm that the nominee will keep these dates available until the selection committee has made its decisions, or explain why it is impossible for the nominee to do so.听