To: Departmental Executive Officers
From: Joshua Weiner, Associate Dean for Research
RE: Call for Nominations: 2022 Discovery and Innovation Awards
Call for Nominations: 2022 Discovery and Innovation Awards
Please see the information and link below from Vice President for Research Marty Scholtz. We urge you to consider nominating deserving CLAS personnel for each of these awards. Please contact Joshua Weiner, Associate Dean of Research, if you would plan to do so.
Dear Colleagues:
Incredible and transformative work is taking place at the University across disciplines in the areas of discovery, innovation, and leadership development. You have an opportunity to help recognize the individuals responsible for this amazing work by submitting your award nominations for faculty, staff, and students engaged in outstanding research and scholarship, safety, communication, and mentorship.
Nominations for the following awards are due Tuesday, February 1, 2022.
Faculty Awards
* Scholar of the Year
* Early Career Scholar of the Year
* Leadership in Research
* Distinguished Achievement in Publicly Engaged Research
* Distinguished Achievement in Arts and Humanities Research
* Faculty Communicating Ideas Award
* Advancing Understanding in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Award
* ICRU Distinguished Mentor Award
Research Staff Awards
* Distinguished Research Administrator Award
* Distinguished Research Professional Award
Safety Awards
* Innovation in Safety Award
* Innovation in Safety Award (Student)
Postdoctoral Award
* Postdoctoral Research Scholar/Fellow Excellence Award
Student Awards
* Excellence in Undergraduate Research Awards
* Graduate Research Excellence Awards
Nomination instructions and award criteria are available at https://research.uiowa.edu/office-vice-president-research/recognizing-research-and-innovation-excellence.
Awards are sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research, the Office of Finance and Operations, the Graduate College, and the Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates. Winners will be announced in April.