2004 iNEER
AWARDS: PROCESS, CRITERIA AND FORMAT
iNEER Awards
Providing that high quality nominations are received, the iNEER Board makes a number of awards each year to recognize individuals for their contributions to advancing international understanding and cooperation in engineering education and research. Awards are based on nominations by members of iNEER and are reviewed by an international committee appointed by the Board.
There are three categories of awards: (1) Leadership Award; (2) Achievement Award; and (3) Recognition Award. In any particular year iNEER reserves the right to make more than one award in each category, or no award.
Awards are in the form of engraved plaques. Citations on past awards may be viewed by clicking on the item of interest on the iNEER website at: http://www.ineer.org/Awards/Welcome.htm. Scenes from the presentation of awards at ICEE-2003 in Valencia, Spain may be seen from the photo gallery at: http://www.ineer.org/Photo/2003ICEE5/P036.jpg, and photos from the award presentations held at ICEE-2002 in Manchester, England in August, 2002 may be viewed in the photo gallery posted at: http://www.ineer.org/Photo/2002ICEE/Photo.htm.
Awards are presented at a scheduled iNEER event. Award recipients must be present in person to receive the awards. The 2004 awards will be at the iCEER-2004 conference scheduled for June 27-30, 2004 and/or at ICEE-2004 planned for October 16-21, 2004. Information on the conference programs may be obtained at: http://www.fs.vsb.cz/akce/2004/iceer/Main.htm and http://www.succeed.ufl.edu/icee/, respectively.
Nominations may be submitted upon solicitation by the iNEER Secretariat. Any member of the iNEER community is eligible to nominate any member. All nominations must be submitted to the iNEER Secretary-General by the due date specified in the solicitation.
For year 2004, nominations are being accepted starting March 25, 2004. The target schedule is as follows:
March 25, 2004: Due date for all nominations.
April 5, 2004: All nominations forwarded to iNEER Awards Committee.
April 30, 2004: Review comments and rankings by Committee due at iNEER Secretariat.
May 15, 2004: iNEER
Secretariat contacts awardees to ascertain acceptances (and attendance at
upcoming conference).
June 10, 2004: Official announcement of awardees.
June 27-30, 2004: Awards presentation at iCEER-2004 Conference Banquet (date to be confirmed)
Oct. 16-21, 2004: Awards presentation at ICEE-2004 Conference Banquet (date to be confirmed)
Format
All nominations must be submitted using MS Word format by e-mail (with “NOMINATION” as subject) to:
Secretary-General
iNEER
E-mail: ineer@ineer.org
The following format should be strictly followed, limiting the total length to no more than two (2) pages not including reference letters. Incomplete nomination packages will not be considered.
(A)
Nominator’s name, title, affiliation, address, e-mail address, and telephone number. Preferably, the nominator should not be someone from the same institution as the nominee.
(B)
B.1 Nominee’s (proposed award recipient’s) name, title, affiliation, address, e-mail address, and telephone number.
B.2 Category of
award (Leadership; Achievements; or Recognition).
B.4 Summary of Accomplishments of
Nominee (Reasons for Nomination).
B.5 Suggested citation for the award (maximum length: 15 words).
Example: “For Innovations and Accomplishments in Distance and Flexible Learning Methodologies for Engineering Education”.
B.6 Two letters of support must accompany each nomination. Maximum length: 1 page. Preferably, letters of support should come from individuals who are not affiliated with the same institution as the nominee.
B.7 Statement by nominator as to whether, to his/her knowledge, nominee will be present at the iNEER event in person to receive the award if it is awarded to him/her.
B.8 Please attach a copy of the nominee’s resume.
iNEER Award Selection
Criteria
Nominations are
evaluated by the Awards Committee comprised of international experts in
engineering education. Awards recommendations are forwarded to the iNEER Board
which makes the final decision.
The Leadership category
is the highest honor, followed by the other two in order. All are aimed at recognizing individuals for
extraordinary contributions to international cooperation in research and
education. Nominees must be individuals whose tangible innovative contributions
(as opposed to simply being someone in a position involved with international
cooperation, as an example) in international cooperation are instrumental in
creating new bridges between and among nations where none existed before.
If given an award, the
awardee must be present (as a regular attendee that pays all fees) at the iNEER
event where the award will be presented.
Broadly defined criteria and guidelines for selection of each award are given below.
Leadership Award
This award is given to an individual or individuals for visionary leadership, significant innovations and broad and long-lasting, positive impact on international engineering education and research. The ideas and/or work for which such a leader is recognized with this award will be of an over-arching nature with global impact.
Achievement Award
This award is given to an individual or individuals for innovations and exemplary, sustained, superior accomplishments in promoting international cooperation in engineering education that benefit a number of institutions in several regions of the world.
Recognition Award
This award recognizes an individual or individuals for innovations and sustained, dedicated and exemplary contributions to international cooperation in engineering education and research that have led to close interaction between institutions in two or more nations.
