President's Award for Public Education through Media

A nominee must be a full-time tenure-stream faculty member at UBC.

One President's Award for Public Education through Media will be available each year. The total value is $3,000, given to the recipient as an honorarium.

Nominations will be evaluated against the following three criteria:

1. Evidence of active and creative sharing of research expertise through the media.
2. Demonstrated research impact, accounting for context of the discipline or field of study.
3. Evidence that nominee’s media work has fostered greater public dialogue and understanding of their research.

• Self-nominations are not permitted.
• Faculty members must be nominated by at least one colleague.
• Nominators may be any current faculty member, including emeriti, student or staff member of the university.

Note: The Dean's office should be informed of the intention to submit a nomination and the name of the proposed nominee in order to avoid duplicate nominations. (Dean's signature not required.)

Nominators must submit all required materials by the November 15 deadline using this nomination form.

Nomination form fields include:

• Nominator information: Name, title and affiliation, email address
• Nominee information: Name, faculty, department, title, rank, year of PhD/terminal degree, year started at UBC, email address
• Citation (50 words): Please include a brief 50-word citation of the nominees' research written for a non-expert audience.

Documents required:

1. Nomination Letter (1,200 words): 

A letter of nomination signed by nominating colleague(s), including the name, title, and affiliation of each nominator.

The letter should:

• Frame the achievements of the nominee for a non-specialist, multidisciplinary, university-wide committee.
• Explain how the nominee meets the award criteria and why the nominee should be selected to receive the President’s Award for Public Education through Media.

2. Media Summary (no page limit):

Include a summary of media published or broadcasted with a brief explanation of how the work has fostered greater public dialogue and understanding of the nominee’s research expertise.

3. Media examples (3):

 A maximum of three relevant print, broadcast, or online news media example.

The examples :

• should demonstrate the nominee’s suitability to receive the award (e.g. copies of or links to newspaper or magazine print media articles, interviews, online newspapers or news blogs, etc.)
• can be in English or other languages; if they are in a language that is not English, a brief translation and explanation of the media source and its significance is recommended.

4. CV: 

Official updated UBC CV including complete list of publications (no page limit). For instructions, please visit: http://www.hr.ubc.ca/faculty-relations/administrator-tools/forms/

Please note that letters of recommendation will not be accepted.