Associate Dean for Research, Technology & External Affairs

COE Russell H. Yeany, Jr., Research Award

Purpose and Description

The Russell H. Yeany, Jr., Research Award was established in 1998 to recognize outstanding research and was made possible by a gift from Russell H. Yeany, Jr., dean emeritus of the College, whose intent was to recognize faculty members' outstanding cumulative research. The recipient of the award receives a plaque, a one-time cash award of $1,000*, and a $2,000 grant for professional development. The recipient of the award will be announced at the College's Spring Celebration.

*Cash awards are subject to tax.

Guidelines and Criteria

Eligibility

Only full-time, tenure-track faculty are eligible.

Candidates must be College of Education faculty who have completed a minimum of three years of service to the University.

Awardees are ineligible for renomination.

No faculty member serving on the Faculty Senate Awards Committee is eligible for nomination during his or her term of service on this Committee.

Nominations

With the approval of the candidate, nominations may be initiated by a department or any group of three or more faculty members.

Eleven copies of the nomination package, including documentation, are due in the Office of the Associate Dean for Research and External Affairs (G-10 Aderhold Hall) by January 17 each year. Should this date fall on a weekend or holiday, nominations should be submitted the next working day.

Method of Selection

The Faculty Senate Awards Committee will be the review and selection body for this award.

The Committee decisions will be based solely on the selection criteria contained in this document.

The Committee reserves the right not to recommend an award if no acceptable nominations are received.

Criteria for Selection

The nominee's work reflects a logical and coherent theme of sustained research and creative activity that has been cumulative in its impact and significance.

The documentation provides clear evidence of outstanding contributions that have attained widespread national or international impact and visibility.

The nominee has demonstrated scholarly leadership with respect to his or her peers and applicable research or creative community.

Guidelines for Preparing Nominations

All nominations must be prepared according to the guidelines presented below. Since members serving on the award committee may not be experts in the nominee's field, it is important that nominations be submitted in language understandable to faculty in other areas and disciplines.

The nomination packet should contain the following:

A one-page letter of nomination to be written and signed by one or more nominators that summarizes the nominee's qualifications for the award.
A description (not to exceed three single-spaced typed pages) of research or creative activity upon which the nomination is based.
Documentation showing the recognition the nominee's research or creative activity has received and the impact it has made on the field. This includes reviews, citations, external funding, previous awards, etc. The documentation portion of the nomination should be no more than two pages and only cite recognitions made within the previous three years.
Three letters in support of the nomination from peers outside the University community.
The nominee's current curriculum vitae.