Call for Nominations for the 2022 Distinguished Research Award

The Committee on Senate Awards invites nominations for the Academic Senate Distinguished Research Award. These awards recognize faculty members whose research has made a significant contribution to the advancement of knowledge. Each year, the Academic Senate selects two members of the faculty to receive this prestigious award — one from the Arts, Humanities, or Social Sciences, and one from the Sciences or Engineering. Each recipient is asked to present a lecture on a topic of his or her choice, is honored with a reception prior to the lecture, and receives a $1,500 honorarium.

Nominations must be accompanied by a letter that includes:

an explanation of the nominee’s field of expertise;
an explanation of the nominee’s research contributions and how they are novel, creative, and impactful in relation to the work of peers and within the discipline or sub-field, identifying specific articles, books, or creative work and productions that epitomize the nominee’s contributions;
an explanation, where applicable, of the wider impact of the nominee’s research;
a discussion of the nominee’s ability to deliver an engaging and provocative lecture having broad audience appeal;
and a brief statement about the probable focus of the nominee’s lecture.

The Committee solicits nominations of any worthy candidates, but encourages Department chairs to consider nominating senior candidates whose distinction can be readily documented, for instance, candidates whose Academic Personnel files contain recent acceleration or advancement to Above Scale.

The Committee on Senate Awards is charged with recommending the award recipients to the Representative Assembly. Nomination due date: May 16, 2022. Send to the Committee on Senate Awards via email to Darlene Salmon at desalmon@ucsd.edu. If you have questions, please contact Darlene Salmon at desalmon@ucsd.edu or 858-534-0101.

Patrick Mercier, Chair
Committee on Senate Awards