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Research Excellence Award

Nominations closed

Nominations are now closed for the 2025-26 year. The successful award recipient will be announced in late Spring 2026. 

The Research Excellence Award (REA) is presented annually to a UFV faculty member whose research has demonstrated originality, innovation, academic impact and influence within the discipline, mentorship, and an interface of teaching and research. Award recipients receive a framed certificate and an award of $2,500.00, to be presented at a specially-designated award ceremony. Their name and year of the award are also displayed on a plaque at UFV.

To make a nomination:

1

Complete the Intent to Nominate form

Complete the Intent to Nominate web form, as early as possible. The Secretariat office will email you to confirm your form has been received, and confirm eligibility.

2

Prepare nomination package

When nominations open, use the information and forms that will be made available here to compile your package:

  1. ‌Review the nomination requirements in the REA 2025-26 Nomination Information
  2. Complete the REA Nominator Form.
  3. Send your nominee the REA Nominee form.

Note: Please ‌ include your word counts for each section that has a word limit requirement. 

3

Submit your nomination

Submit your completed nomination package in PDF format, with a table of contents, to ufvsecretariat@ufv.ca. 

For all the information on the nomination package requirements, timeline and process of adjudication, see the 2025-26 REA Procedures & Criteria. 

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