Collaborative SRC Award

• TFA members are eligible to be nominated for this award. Please note that retired members, professors emeriti and adjunct professors are not eligible.
• Faculty who receive this award may not be nominated for the same award for two years (e.g., 2021-2022 recipients cannot be nominated for the same award until 2024-2025).
• Award recipients shall present to the university community a brief description of the scholarly, research or creative work for which they are receiving the award.

Candidates are nominated by two colleagues, a ‘Nominator’ and a ‘Seconder’. The Nominator is required to supply the information and documents as outlined below under Nomination Process and Nomination Package. A Seconder for each nomination is required and may assist the Nominator in preparing the nomination package. Please note that either the Nominator or the Seconder must be external to the nominee’s home department or school.

Excellence of a collaborative SRC project will be determined by:

• Scope, originality, and relevance of the project(s).
• Collaborative methodologies used.
• Extent and significance of the collaborative partnership(s).
• Impact and/or outcomes of the collaborative initiative(s).

Contributions to the training and research careers of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, research scientists and technical staff are foundational to TMU’s SRC activities. The nominee’s contributions to training will be considered in the adjudication process.

1. Obtain the nominee’s consent to be nominated.
2. Complete the nomination package as described below.
3. Submit the nomination package via the Online Nomination Portal on the Recognition website.
4. The nominee will receive a confirmation email with a link to provide online consent. This step must be completed before the submission deadline.
5. Nominations submitted past the deadline (including the nominee’s consent) will not be accepted by the Review Committee.

The nomination should provide:

• Citation (100 word maximum) highlighting in brief how the nominee meets the criteria for this award, including any related notable achievements. This text will be used in the creation of related university communication should the nominee be selected.
• Supporting Statement (three page maximum) that explicitly describes how the nominee meets the award criteria.
• Summary (two page maximum) of the originality and relevance of the project(s). Please also include a brief note about norms for the field, as these can vary across disciplines.
• The supporting statement and summary should be written in language that can be understood by non-experts.
• The nominator has the option to provide up to a maximum of five supporting materials  including, if appropriate, external appraisals of the nominee’s work and/or up to two significant publications. A publication is defined as a full-length article or book chapter (no page limit), either of which counts as one document. Non-publication supporting materials may not exceed ten pages in total.
• The nominee will be prompted by email to submit their updated abbreviated CV in CCV or OCGS format, highlighting in yellow the relevant key contributions related to the nomination. The service component may be removed from the abbreviated CV. This requirement is submitted after the initial nomination process.

The award recipient(s) shall be recommended to the VPRI by the OVPRI Prizes and Awards Committee. Members of the Committee who are nominated or who are acting as a nominator must recuse themselves from all discussion related to the selection process for this award. The Committee may determine to recommend more than one award or not to present an award in a particular academic year.

Nomination deadline: November 5, 2024 at noon
Recipient notified by: December 18, 2024
Award presentation: Celebration of Excellence; Toronto Met Awards Gala