Faculty Award Listtbc = Competition Details Not Made Available at Time of Document Update

Last Updated: May 2017

Faculty Award ListTBC = competition details not made available at time of document update

Award Title / Managed by / Sponsor / Description / Keyword(s) / Application Deadline
(TBC = date to be confirmed)
New Scholar Fund/Fellowship / The Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) / The Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) was established to gain recognition for Education and research support for individuals working in the field.
The Fund will offer a series of CSSE New Scholar Fellowships open to full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professors in Education in an academic unit in Canada. The Fellowships provide support for travel to the CSSE Annual Conference, registration, and accommodation. Fellowship will be recognized at the Society’s Annual General Meeting.
More information at:
/ Canada
Early career / Ongoing
The Order of Canada / The Governor General of Canada / The Order of Canada is the cornerstone of the Canadian Honours System, and recognizes outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation. The Order recognizes people in all sectors of Canadian society.
Any Canadian is welcome to nominate a deserving individual as a candidate for appointment to the Order of Canada. All living Canadians are eligible for the Order of Canada, with the exception of federal and provincial politicians and judges while in office.
More information at: / Canada / Ongoing
Volvo Environment Prize Foundation / The Volvo Environment Prize Foundation / The Volvo Environment Prize is awarded for: "Outstanding innovations or scientific discoveries, which in broad terms fall within the environmental field." Laureates represent all fields of environmental and sustainability studies and initiatives.
More information at: / Environment / 2017-01-10
Lifetime Achievement in Qualitative Inquiry / Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI) / The award is conferred annually to a member of the qualitative and ethnographic community for lifetime contributions to the methods, theory, practice, and dissemination of qualitative inquiry.
More information at: / Lifetime
Qualitative / 2017-01-15
Max Planck Research Award / The Humboldt Foundation / Excellent scientists and scholars of all nationalities who are expected to continue producing outstanding academic achievements in international collaboration – not least with the assistance of this award – are eligible to be nominated for the Max Planck Research Award.
On an annually-alternating basis, the call for nominations addresses areas within the natural and engineering sciences, the life sciences, and the social sciences and humanities.
More information at: / International
Collaboration / 2017-01-15
Gerda Henkel Prize / The Gerda Henkel Foundation / The Gerda Henkel Prize was set up in 2006 and is awarded every two years to excellent and internationally acclaimed researchers who have demonstrated outstanding scholarly achievement in the disciplines and funding areas supported by the Foundation and can be expected to continue to do so.
The prize is open to scholars from all countries. Self-nominations cannot be accepted.The Gerda Henkel Prize is worth 100,000 euros. The prize money may be used at the winner’s discretion.
More information at: / International
Research / 2017-01-15
Ernest C. Manning Innovation Awards / Ernest C. Manning Innovation Awards Foundation / The Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation tells the stories of Canadian innovators who are improving the lives of Canadians and others around the world through their commercialized innovations. Qualified nominees must be Canadian citizens residing in Canada. The Manning Innovation Awards are made for current, successful, specific innovations in any sector.
Nominees may be eligible for one of four Awards, from the $100 000 Principal Award to the $10 000 Innovation Award.
More information at: / Innovation / 2017-01-15
Outstanding Publication / AERA Div H: Research, Education, & Assessment in Schools / The purpose of this competition is to recognize, honor, and share exceptional work that increases our understanding and contributes to the practice of applied research, evaluation, assessment, and accountability in our nation’s school systems.
More information at: / Publication
Applied research
Schools / 2017-01-15(TBC)
CAFE Publication Awards / The Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) / The Canadian Association of Foundations of Education (CAFE) is seeking submissions of single authored or dual authored books or monographs for the Publication Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize books or monographs that have made a major contribution to knowledge in the disciplines that fall under the rubric of the foundations of education.
More information at: / Publication
CSSE
CAFE / 2017-01-16
The Royal Society of Canada Awards and Medals / The Royal Society of Canada / The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) offers a variety of prestigious medals and awards recognizing outstanding achievements of Canadian researchers. There are two distinct routes by which nominations for one of the Society’s Medals and Awards may be made.
1. Candidates may be nominated by a Fellow, and the nomination shall be supported by two co-nominators. There is no limit on the number of nominations any Fellow may present each year.
2. Candidates may also be nominated by Institutional Members. The Nominator shall be the President or CEO of the university or organization. The nomination must be supported by two other nominators, neither of whom needs be a Fellow of the Society. Institutional Members may nominate a maximum of one candidate for every Medal or Award being offered each year.
Note: If a nomination is to be made by the President’s Office, the process of securing and acquiring the nomination letter will be facilitated by Brenda Carrier (VPR Faculty Awards Officer). If interested, please contact Brenda by January 16.
More information at: / Canada / 2017-01-16
Ella Baker/Septima Clark Human Rights Award / AERA Division B: Curriculum Studies / This annual award honors a scholar whose work embodies the connection between curriculum studies and human rights. Possible domains of work include local or national or international or indigenous sites of struggle, community education, K-12 public schooling, and curriculum policy.
More information at: / Curriculum studies
Social justice / 2017-01-17
(TBC)
Sylvia Scribner Award
(no nomination info) / AERA Division C: Learning & Instruction / The award recognizes a program of work by a Division C member that has significantly influenced thinking and research in the field of learning and instruction. In particular, the annual award is designed to honor current research (i.e., within the last ten years) that represents a significant advancement in our understanding of learning and instruction. The recognized work may include but is not limited to research articles, paper series, monographs, book chapters, and/or books. This includes collaborative teams as well as individuals. Nomination package submitted directly to AERA Div C.
More information at: / Publication / 2017-01-20 (TBC)
Early Career Award / AERA Division C: Learning & Instruction / The award recognizes emerging scholars whose work is judged to be of high quality and poised to make a significant contribution in the area of learning and instruction.
The nominee’s work must be judged to be of high quality and to significantly contribute to the field by the Division C Early Career Award Committee.
The nominee must have 3 original empirical or theoretical articles published in peer-reviewed journals where the nominee is sole or first author on at least two of these.
The nominee’s doctorate must have been awarded in the last 6 years from the time of nomination. The nominee should have a demonstrated record of involvement in AERA.
More information at: / Early career / 2017-01-20 (TBC)
Jan Hawkins Award for Early Career Contributions to Humanistic Research and Scholarship in Learning Technologies / AERA Division C: Learning & Instruction / The award recognizes early-career individuals (or small teams) who best demonstrate the intersection of humanist activism, theoretical scholarship, and technological innovation.
More information at: / Early career
Learning technologies
Activism / 2017-01-20 (TBC)
Distinguished Research Award / AERA Division E: Counseling & Human Development / Nominations for this category will be accepted for journal articles or book chapters.
More information at: / Publication
Counselling
ECPS / 2017-01-22 (TBC)
Ehor Boyanowsky Academic of the Year / Confederation of University Faculty Associations (CUFA) BC / For a specific and recent outstanding contribution to the community beyond the academy through research or other scholarly activity by an individual or group at any stage of their career. A recent contribution would typically be within the past three years.
More information at: / Applied research
Recent
Community / 2017-01-30
Paz Buttedahl Career Achievement Award / Confederation of University Faculty Associations (CUFA) BC / For sustained outstanding contributions to the community beyond the academy through research or other scholarly activities by an individual or a group over the major portion of their career.
More information at: / Lifetime
Community / 2017-01-30
Early In Career Award / Confederation of University Faculty Associations (CUFA) BC / The Early in Career Award - Sponsored by Scotiabank recognizes outstanding contributions made by scholars at relatively early stages in their careers. It is recognized that career patterns differ and so we encourage nominators to explain how this award is appropriate for their nominee. As a guide only, early in career is often defined as being "no more than five years from completion of a doctoral degree or equivalent" or "within three years of the initial appointment as an Assistant Professor". The adjudication committee will determine the appropriateness of nominations
More information at: / Early career / 2017-01-30
Royal Society of London Medals & Awards / Royal Society of London / The Royal Society recognises excellence in science and technology through its medals, awards, and prize lectures.
More information at: / Science
Technology / 2017-01-30
George Bereday Award / Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) / The award was to review all the articles published the preceding year for their importance in shaping the field, analytic merit, policy implications, concern for theoretical constructs, and implications for future research.
More information at: / Publication / 2017-01-31
Wall Scholars Research Award / Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies / The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies Wall Scholars Research Award is available to full-time, tenured or tenure-stream UBC faculty members, to spend one year in residence at the Peter Wall Institute, in a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment. Wall Scholars are chosen among leading UBC researchers from all academic disciplines, with the objective of creating a dynamic and diverse intellectual community at the Institute.
More information at: / Residency
Interdisciplinary / 2017-02-01
Harvey Prize / Lena P. Harvey Foundation to the American Technion Society / The Harvey Prize is awarded annually in a variety of disciplines within the categories of Science & Technology and Human Health.Laureates are requested to come to the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology to receive their awards. While in Israel, recipients give lectures and meet with Israeli scientists, academicians, and leaders at Technion and other universities.
More information at: / 2017-02-07
SSHRC Impact Awards / SSHRC / SSHRC Impact Awards (Gold Medal, Insight Award, Connection Award, Partnership Award) are designed to build on and sustain Canada’s research-based knowledge culture in the social sciences and humanities. The awards recognize outstanding researchers and celebrate their achievements in research, research training, knowledge mobilization and outreach activities funded partially or completely by SSHRC.
Note: VPRI internal University deadline for 500-word rationale and CV is February 13.
More information at:
/ Leadership
Canada / 2017-02-13
The Canadian Association for the Study of Educational Administration (CASEA) Distinguished Service Award / The Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) / These awards are intended to recognize those who have had a career of distinguished service in the study of educational administration and leadership in Canada.
More information at: / Lifetime
Service / 2017-02-15
(TBC)
Canadian Association of Foundations of Education (CAFE) Service Award / The Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) / The purpose of this award is to recognize individuals who have made major contributions through teaching, research and/or professional service to the disciplines and areas that come under the rubric of the foundations of education.
Candidates must have made major contributions through service and scholarship to the foundations of education in Canada over an extended period of time. Candidates must be Canadian or have worked in Canadian institutions.
More information at: / Service
Lifetime / 2017-02-15
SSHRC Impact Awards / SSHRC / SSHRC Impact Awards (Gold Medal, Insight Award, Connection Award, Partnership Award) are designed to build on and sustain Canada’s research-based knowledge culture in the social sciences and humanities. The awards recognize outstanding researchers and celebrate their achievements in research, research training, knowledge mobilization and outreach activities funded partially or completely by SSHRC.
Note: VPRI internal University deadline for 500-word rationale and CV is February 17.
More information at:
/ Leadership
Canada / 2017-02-17
(TBC)
Alan Blizzard Award / Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) / The Alan Blizzard Award was established to encourage, identify, and publicly recognize those whose exemplary collaboration in university teaching enhances student learning ($2,000 travel funding; annual STLHE Conference)
More information at: / SoTL
Higher education / 2017-02-26
(TBC)
The Japan Prize / The Japan Prize Foundation / The Japan Prize is awarded annually to scientists and engineers from around the world who have made significant contributions to the advancement of science and technology, thereby furthering the cause of peace and prosperity of mankind. Each year two fields of scientific endeavor are honored. The Japan Prize laureates receive a certificate of merit and a prize medal. A cash prize of 50 million yen is also awarded for each prize field.
More information at:
Please contact to advise of your intent to nominate. / Medical sciences / 2017-02-28
Outstanding Publication in Canadian Curriculum Studies / The Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) / This annual award recognizes an outstanding publication related to scholarly insights and advances made in Curriculum Studies in Canada.
Book chapters or articles published in scholarly journals or papers in proceedings, in print or online/electronic format, are eligible. Books cannot be considered but may be shared in the Celebration for Creative and Scholarly Works. Authors are limited to one submission.
Articles published between January 1 and December 31 of the previous calendar year will be considered. Authors should be working in Canadian institutions, or if working abroad, should be Canadian citizens or permanent residents. The publication venue, however, need not be Canadian to be eligible for the award. Publications authored by one or more individuals, a group, organization, or committee are eligible for consideration.
/ Canada
Curriculum studies
Publication / 2017-02-28
John C. Polanyi Award / NSERC / The NSERC John C. Polanyi Award was created to recognize and support a university researcher or team of researchers whose work has led to a recent outstanding Canadian advance in a field of the natural sciences or engineering.
More information at: / NSERC
Natural sciences / 2017-03-01
CAEP Robbie Case Memorial Award / The Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) / The Canadian Association for Educational Psychology (CAEP) seeks nominations for its Robbie Case Memorial Award. This award is to recognize individuals who have made major contributions to Educational Psychology in Canada. Criteria for the award are excellence of work in educational psychology as evidenced in publication, exemplary practice, or other contributions and considerable influence on the profession.
The award winner is invited to address CAEP members at the annual conference.
More information at: / Psychology
Publication
Lifetime / 2017-03-01 (TBC)
Carol Crealock Memorial Award / The Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) / The recipient of the Carol Crealock Award should enact a professional identity that embodies the qualities Carol became known for among her colleagues and associates. The annual winner of this distinguished joint CAEP/CASWE award should: (a) have a strong sense of justice and passion for equity; (b) be collegial, supportive, and a mentor for new scholars; (c) engage in collaborative work that links with the academy and community (e.g., academics, practitioners, and possibly parents); (d) conduct research that is recognized as transformational in that it can be readily understood and acted upon; and (e) have initiated collaborative research projects that have had a positive impact on both the academy and the wider community.
More information at:
/ Social justice
Mentor
Collaborative
Applied research / 2017-03-01 (TBC)
The Order of British Columbia / The Order of BC Advisory Council / The Order of British Columbia is intended to honour any British Columbian (or former long-term resident) who has demonstrated a high level of individual excellence and achievement in any field, such as community leadership, business, labour, industry, volunteer service, research, culture, the arts, sports etc.
More information at: / Canada / 2017-03-03
The Keio Medical Science Prize / Keio University Medical Science Fund / The Keio Medical Science Prize gives recognition to the outstanding and creative achievements of researchers in the fields of medicine and life sciences, in particular those contributing to scientific developments in medicine. It aims to promote worldwide advances in medicine and life sciences, to encourage the expansion of researcher networks throughout the world, and to contribute to the well-being of humankind.
More information at: / Medical science / 2017-03-07
College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists / The Royal Society of Canada / The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists is Canada’s first national system of multidisciplinary recognition for the emerging generation of Canadian intellectual leadership. Members of the College are Canadians and Permanent Residents who, at an early stage in their career, have demonstrated a high level of achievement.
The criteria for election is excellence, and membership is for seven years. Up to 100 Members may be elected each year. Candidates must be no more than 15 years from the conferral of the PhD or equivalent qualification.
More information at: / Canada
Early career / 2017-03-08
Balzan Prize / International Balzan Prize Foundation / The Balzan Prizes are chosen by the General Prize Committee in two general subject areas: Literature, Moral Sciences and the Arts; and the Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences and Medicine. The four Balzan Prizes, two per category, are awarded to scholars, artists and scientists who have distinguished themselves in their fields on an international level.