The Excellence in Research Award recognizes a faculty member from the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture who has significantly contributed to the department’s research mission through outstanding research programs.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Nominee must have been a faculty member in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture.
- Faculty members who have previously received an outstanding service award in any category from the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture are ineligible for three subsequent years.
- Faculty cannot receive the same award more than once in the same category.
Nomination Guideline:
- Nominator is not required to be faculty member within the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture. Self-nomination is acceptable.
- Members of the Awards Committee are not eligible to nominate.
- Nominations must be submitted through an online form.
Nomination Submission Guideline (maximum of 1,500 words to be submitted online):
- Nominee information: Name, address, phone number, and email address.
- Nominator information: Name, phone number, and email address.
- Description of the nominee’s research program including goals, objectives, accomplishments, and impacts.
- Briefly describe research publications, citations, h-index, research communications (videos, radio interviews, popular press articles, etc.).
- Committee participation and leadership roles, awards/honors received, student mentoring activities. Additional relevant information supports the nominee’s qualifications for the Excellence in Research Award.