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Introduction
The awardee must be a current, permanent
Tennessee State University employee who has held a minimum 51% IAgER
appointment for the year nominated. Research Associates and Research
Assistants are eligible for this award.
Nominations for the Distinguished Research
Support Scientist Award can be made by anyone at Tennessee State
University. Self-nominations are allowed.
The Distinguished Research Support Scientist
Award will be presented every year during which at least one researcher
meets requirements set by the Awards Committee. If no nominee meets
requirements, the award will not be presented during that year.
There is no limitation on the number of
times a person can win this award.
Award Process:
You should submit a completed application
form and all required documentation, if applying yourself. If you are
nominating another person, you should submit the completed nomination
form with the following information:
• The nominee's name and position
• A brief description of the nominee's
employment duties
• A description (no length limitation) of
the initiative, inventiveness, resourcefulness, dedication, and service
above and beyond the call of duty for which the nominee is being
nominated
Each nominee will be contacted to verify
that he/she wants to participate in the award process. Those nominees
declining to participate in the process will have their nominations
withdrawn.
The Recognition and Awards Committee will
verify the names and duties of the persons nominated. The Committee will
also verify the accuracy of all information submitted. Multiple
nominations for the same person will be pooled into one nomination.
The Awards and Recognition
committee will obtain from the nominee's team leader or supervisor an
assessment form, which will be included in the nominee's application
packet. This assessment by the team leader or supervisor will
include the specific of: (1) The nominee's support of the Institute's
and Team's goals, (2) How well the nominee work with colleagues,
students and stakeholders, (3) Whether the nominee completes assigned
tasks, completes them in an exemplary manner, completes them on time,
etc. and (4) Any other pertinent details related to performance of
duties.
Verified nominations will be forwarded to
the External Review Panel for evaluation.
Specific Criteria for Selection
Applications/nominations for the
Distinguished Research Support Scientist Award will consist of the
following:
• A list of accomplishments provided by the
lead scientists with whom the support scientist works,
• A full description of the research
activities performed by the support scientist, and,
• The specific role(s) of the support
scientist in each of the stated accomplishments and how the activities
have been performed in an exemplary way (a maximum of 20 points may be
awarded to the above items).
Members of the External Review Panel may
also give additional consideration to the following:
A. Publications: (maximum 5 points per
publication)
• Authorship of the publication
• Refereed vs. non-refereed publication
• Stature of the journal
• The type of publication (magazine,
newspaper, abstract, proceedings article, book/book chapter, bulletin,
etc.)
B. Presentations: ( maximum 5 points per
presentation)
• Authorship of the presentation
• Type of meeting (professional or
non-professional, international, national or local)
• Invited, selected, general presentation
• Refereed vs. non-refereed presentation
• In-house presentation (IAgER or on-campus
TSU presentation)
C. Extramural Funding: (maximum 5 points per
extramural funding)
• Proposal authorship (Project Director,
Co-Project Director or Collaborator)
• Status of proposal submitted (pending,
funded or not funded)
• Total amount of award, and Tennessee State
University's share of the total amount awarded
D. Letters of Recommendation
and Assessment Form (Maximum of 4 points)
Important Dates
• Period of accomplishments
July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008
• Nominations accepted
July 1, 2008 through August 31, 2008
• Application/Nomination packets due
September 30, 2008
• Awards ceremony
December 2008 (specific date to be set by
the Recognition and Awards Committee)
Forms
Select from the list below to download the
corresponding document. All documents are in Microsoft Word format,
thereby enabling you to save, complete, and print the required forms
from your own computer.
To download the following files:
Select a file to download from the list
below
In the "File Download" dialog, choose 'Save'
In the "Save as" dialog, save the file to an
appropriate location on your computer
Open the file with Microsoft Word
You may then read, complete, and print the
document
Alternate method for downloading the
following files:
Right-click a file in the list below
Choose 'Save target as'
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appropriate location on your computer
Open the file with Microsoft Word
You may then read, complete, and print the
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