Who is eligible to nominate?
For definitions of positions, please refer to the Senate Bylaws (p.11).
Who is eligible for nomination?
Eligible nominees must currently hold one of the following positions:
What are the evaluation criteria?
Research Excellence Award (REA) candidates are evaluated on the following four criteria. These are baseline expectations which the award recipient must meet.
Emphasis will be placed on work accomplished as a member of the UFV community, but achievements within the past five years that were achieved elsewhere will be considered. Nominees’ research/creative endeavours will be assessed based on the following four criteria, relative to the discipline. The following are descriptive attributes of the main criteria:
Originality/innovation
Academic impact/influence within the discipline
UFV/community impact/influence/scope of research/creative activity
Mentorship/interface of research and teaching
What are the nomination package requirements?
The nomination package must consist of all of the following:
How are the awards adjudicated?
The Research Excellence Award (REA) selection committee, a subcommittee of the Senate Research Committee, is responsible for receiving nominations and recommending a recipient for the award. The Senate Awards and Honours Committee reviews the documentation to ensure procedural requirements have been met, before recommending the recipient to Senate for approval.
For all the information on the nomination package requirements, timeline and process of adjudication, see the 2023-24 REA Procedures & Criteria.