2024 Research Achievement Award Guidelines
ABOUT | AWARDS | EARLY CAREER | MID-CAREER | FOR ALL AWARDS | TIMELINE | ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
ABOUT
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The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) is pleased to recognize outstanding research achievements of Brown faculty through the Research Achievement Awards program. Awards are given annually that each carry a research award of $5,000. Early Career Awards are offered every year; Mid-Career Awards and Distinguished Career Awards alternate each year. In 2024, Mid-Career Awards and Early Career Awards will be offered. OVPR invites nominations from deans, department chairs, and center directors, and also invites self-nominations and nominations by colleagues. A committee of faculty will review nominations and select the award recipients. Awardees will be honored at a University-wide research celebration in the spring, at which OVPR will also acknowledge the recipients of the annual Research Seed and Richard B. Salomon Faculty Research awards.
AWARDS
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EARLY CAREER RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Early Career Research Achievement awards will be given in four areas: (1) Humanities and Social Sciences, (2) Physical Sciences, (3) Life Sciences and Public Health, and (4) Hospital-based research faculty. These awards are for a member of the faculty at the Assistant Professor level, or who was promoted to Associate Professor effective July 1, 2023 and later, in recognition of an exemplary portfolio of research achievement during their first years at Brown. These awards are offered annually.
ELIGIBILITY:
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Faculty at the rank of Assistant Professor
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Faculty at the rank of Associate Professor who were promoted to Associate Professor effective July 1, 2023 or later
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Adjunct and visiting faculty are not eligible
CRITERIA:
The overall merit of the research achievement will be considered and evaluated by a committee of faculty reviewers, convened by the Vice President for Research. The final selection will be made based on the following criteria:
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Scholarly achievements and recognition (publications, professional awards, funded research etc.).
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Significance of contributions to the discipline
MID-CAREER RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Mid-Career Research Achievement awards will be given in four areas: (1) Humanities and Social Sciences, (2) Physical Sciences, (3) Life Sciences and Public Health, and (4) Hospital-based research faculty. These awards are for a member of the faculty at the Associate Professor level, or who was promoted to full Professor effective July 1, 2019 or later. The purpose of the award is to recognize faculty at the mid-career stage who have demonstrated outstanding research achievements. The Mid-Career Research Achievement Award is offered every other year and alternates with the Distinguished Research Achievement Award.*
ELIGIBILITY:
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Faculty at the rank of Associate Professor who were promoted to Associate Professor effective July 1, 2022 or earlier
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Faculty at the rank of Full Professor who were promoted to Full Professor effective July 1, 2019 or later
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Adjunct and visiting faculty are not eligible.
CRITERIA:
The overall merit of the research achievement will be considered and evaluated by a committee of faculty reviewers, convened by the Vice President for Research. The final selection will be made based on the following criteria:
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Scholarly achievements and recognition (publications, professional awards, funded research etc.).
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Significance of contributions to his/her discipline.
FOR ALL AWARDS:
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AMOUNT:
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Each award carries a research award of $5,000.
NOMINATION PROCESS:
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OVPR will solicit nominations in the fall from deans, department chairs, and center directors. Self-nominations and nominations by colleagues will also be invited.
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Nominations may be submitted electronically via UFunds from Friday, October 6, 2023, through 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 16, 2024.
NOMINATION MATERIALS:
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A letter of nomination from dean, department chair, center director, Brown faculty colleague, or nominee (self-nominations permitted) addressing evidence and significance of the candidate's research achievements. (Limit: 1 page)
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One supporting letter from a faculty colleague. (Limit: 1 page)
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The candidate’s current curriculum vitae.
REVIEW PROCESS:
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A committee of faculty will review nominations and select the award recipients. The committee will be convened by the Vice President for Research, configured each year to avoid direct conflicts of interest with respect to nominees.
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Selections will be announced at the annual Celebration of Research in the Spring.
Nominations Open on UFunds: Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Nominations Close: EXTENDED Tuesday, January 29th (9:00 a.m.) - originally Tuesday, January 16, 2024 (9:00 a.m.)
Selection (on or about): Friday, March 18, 2024
Celebration of Research: To be Announced - April/May 2024
Please see 2023 recipients with links to prior years (2017-2021) listed here.
Questions? [email protected]
*Distinguished awards are for faculty at the rank of full professor. The purpose of the award is to recognize faculty who have demonstrated a record of exceptional research achievements throughout their career at Brown and have received national and/or international peer acclaim for their research within the last few calendar years. Distinguished awards alternate with the Mid-Career Research Achievement Award and will be offered next in 2025.