CRCA
Excellence in Research & Creative Activity Award

Purpose

The award is to recognize, encourage, and stimulate excellence in research and creative activity at UW-Parkside.

Administration of Award

Candidates for an annual award for research and creative activity shall be reviewed by the Committee for Research and Creative Activity (CRCA) assisted by the two most recent recipients of the award. The committee's role is to choose and recommend one candidate to the chancellor. (In case of joint research projects, up to three candidates may share the award.) Members of CRCA and recipients of the UW-System Distinguished Professorship Award exclude themselves from consideration for this award.

Nomination Procedures

(a) Nominations should be submitted through department chairs, but may come from any faculty member familiar with the candidates work. The letter should include or be accompanied by a narrative statement explaining the candidate's research agenda or focus and its results for readers outside the candidate's field.
(b) Candidates files will be kept active for three years unless candidates request otherwise, so that candidates who do not receive the award this year will not have to be renominated next year, though the committee may request an updated vita.

          (c) Nominations of previous award recipients will be considered if the previous award was

made 10 or more years ago.  Repeat awards will be judged based on the strength of a accomplishment since the first award.

Materials to be Submitted

The CRCA office (MOLN D135) should be sent nine(9) copies of the letter of nomination, the candidate's curriculum vitae, and any appropriate supporting materials, such as published evidence that the candidate's work has influenced or been used by others in his/her field, such as book reviews, critics' reviews, articles by others about or drawing on the work, or citation index statistics. The committee does not ask for letters from colleagues or outside reviewers as part of this submission. Where appropriate, the committee appreciates receiving material regarding sources in which the candidate's work appears, such as rejection rates of journals and similar supporting documentation.

Evaluation Procedures

CRCA members and the two most recent award recipients will review the candidates. If needed, the committee shall seek external evaluation.

Criteria

(a) Quality--primary emphasis.
(b) Originality.
(c) Impact on field.
(d) Continuing productivity.
(e) Contribution to overall research environment at UW-Parkside.

The recipient will be announced at the fall convocation.