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Early Career Awards
George Washington University (GW) faculty members who are recognized as the most promising up-and-coming researchers and scholars, whose trajectory has shown remarkable early success with more to come, will be selected for the GW Early Career Awards One Early Career Award will be selected for those conducting scientific research and scholarship in fields such as the sciences, engineering, medicine, public health, psychology and nursing, among other disciplines. A second Early Career Award will be selected for faculty conducting scholarship and research in fields such as social sciences, the arts and humanities.
GW invites full-time faculty to nominate members of the faculty who exemplify this promise to their field of research or scholarship. Nominees for this award will be considered based on their research and scholarship merit only.
Eligibility for Nominees:
- University full-time faculty, including research faculty, who received a terminal degree in the past 10 years; and
- Will be continuing as a member of the GW faculty for 2022-2023.
The GW Research Leadership Council (RLC) will select a maximum of three nominees for each of the two tracks of the Early Career Awards. The RLC will recommend these nominees to the Vice Provost for Research, who will select final awardees. The awardees will be honored at the university's Annual Faculty Honors Ceremony and will each receive an award of $5,000.
Selection Criteria for the Early Career Awards:
- Nominations must be based upon work that identifies the nominee as a rising star in their respective field; this will vary by discipline.
- The nominee’s work, its impact on the field, and the potential for continued success should be detailed in the nomination package.
- The selection committee will look for innovation, originality, productivity and creativity.
- Evidence and rationale should emphasize the significance of the candidate's work to his/her field and address the likelihood of the nominee's continued success.
The RLC will consider the body of work conducted over a career, but work conducted at GW will be emphasized in reviewing nominations.
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