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Nominations Invited for Founders Day Faculty Research Award

Nominations are invited for The UND Foundation/McDermott Faculty Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activity. The recipient will receive a monetary award and be recognized at the Founders Day Banquet on Thursday, Feb. 17. Tenured faculty who have been at UND for at least five years are eligible to receive this award. The following information should be provided:

  1. A one-page executive summary stating the rationale for why the faculty member deserves this award.
  2. A list of publications of significant, original and high-quality research, scholarly, and creative contributions in nationally recognized professional journals that are refereed by peer reviewers, and/or a listing of juried competitions and invited performances/ exhibitions.
  3. Overall scholarly activities, such as a reviewer of research proposals for federal agencies or other funding sources, service as a referee or editor for professional journals, and/or contributions to training students in research, scholarly, and creative endeavors.
  4. Potential for research activity to enhance instruction.
  5. A letter of support from the department chair (from the dean if a chair is nominated).

Faculty, staff, and students may make nominations, and faculty are invited to nominate themselves. Since the committee will not engage in the gathering of documentation, each nomination or application must be accompanied by thorough evidence of the nominee’s qualifications for the award. Nominations are due no later than FRIDAY, DEC. 31, 2021. The nomination and supporting documentation must be submitted electronically as a SINGLE PDF file to vpr@UND.edu. Please use the following format for the file name: lastname­_firstname.pdf.

The awardee will be selected by the Interim Vice President for Research & Economic Development (chair) and selected others.

Since previous awardees are ineligible for nomination until five years have passed, Gautham Krishnamoorthy (2021), Julia Zhao (2020), Marc Basson and Thomasine Heitkamp (2019), Colin Combs (2018), and Othman Ghribi (2017) may not be nominated this year.

If further information is desired, please contact the Office of the Vice President for Research & Economic Development at 777-6736 or go to the Founders Day Research Awards website at https://und.edu/research/about/research-awards.html.

— John Mihelich, Interim Vice President for Research & Economic Development