COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES
RESEARCH CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD
NOMINATION GUIDELINES

WHAT IS THE AWARD?

Established as part of CALS Millennium Oversight Committee's effort, the Research Career Development Award was created to provide special support for research by faculty who have assumed an unusually heavy teaching, advising, extension and/or service load in response to unit needs during the past two to three years. An award of approximately $5000 (a combination of discretionary funds and/or other departmental in-kind) may be given to one or two faculty in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) annually. Discretionary funds are to be used toward research activities (e.g. data collection, research assistantships, research travel, publication costs, computers, or other discretionary purchases related to research).

CALS will provide discretionary funds of up to $3000, which must be matched by the nominating unit at a minimum of $2000. The unit's match can be of various types, including but not limited to discretionary funds, part of a course release, part-time help from existing staff, additional graduate student support, a temporary shift of appointment (from teaching or administration to research, etc.).

WHO CAN BE NOMINATED?

Any CALS faculty member with tenure/tenure-eligible or continuing/continuing-eligible status can be nominated. Unit heads are encouraged to pay particular attention to women and minority faculty as potential nominees, based on studies that suggest they often carry a heavier load in teaching, advising, and service that may cut into their research time. Prior recipients cannot be nominated again until a minimum of five years has elapsed.

WHO CAN NOMINATE?

Unit heads may nominate one faculty member per unit each year.

NOMINATING PROCEDURE

The unit head must submit a packet containing the following:

1. A one-page nomination statement from the unit head that addresses these key points:
• the nominee's teaching, advising and/or service load during the past two to three years
• how the unit will provide its matching funds.
2. Nominee's current curriculum vita.
3. An abstract (300 words maximum) from the nominee describing how the funds will be used to assist his or her research goals.

SELECTION PROCEDURE

A committee comprised of a minimum of two faculty and one appointed personnel member plus the associate dean for research serving as chair will review all nominations and make their selection based on the attached criteria.

HOW TO SUBMIT NOMINATIONS

Nominations should be submitted to the Dean's Office, P.O. Box 210036, Forbes 306. The nominating deadline may vary from year to year but will be specified in the call for nominations. Questions on specific details of this award program should be directed to Jennifer Gardner Smith, Executive Associate, Research Administration, E-mail: jsmith@ag.arizona.edu.

RESEARCH CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD
GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA

• Evidence of the heavy teaching, advising, and or service activities of the nominee during the past two to three years
• Description of how the funds will help the nominee achieve his or her stated research goals.