Update/Clarification:
Eligibility: Nominees for the Distinguished Senior Faculty Research Award cannot have received the Distinguished Junior Faculty Research Award within the previous five years. Recipients of an award are not eligible to be nominated for the same award a second time. Individuals who have been a team member receiving an Interdisciplinary Team Award are eligible to receive the award multiple times if nominated as part of a separate team working on an activity that has not been previously recognized with an Interdisciplinary Team Award.
2024-2025 Call for Nominations, CFAES Research Awards
The CFAES Office for Research and Graduate Education is requesting nominations for the 2024-2025 Faculty Research Awards and the William E. Krauss Award for excellence in Graduate Education.
The CFAES Faculty Research Awards recognize CFAES scientists who have made outstanding research contributions in the advancement of science and technologies relating to food, agriculture, family, communities and/or the environment.
The William E. Krauss Award was established through a gift from the William E. Krauss family to recognize excellence in research performed by a doctoral student. This award recognizes a Ph.D. student that has produced a peer reviewed publication of the highest quality.
Nominations for the awards listed are currently being accepted.
Distinguished Junior Faculty Research Award
This award recognizes outstanding research contributions in the advancement of science and technologies relating to food, agriculture, family, communities, and/or the environment by faculty at the rank of Instructor, Assistant, or Associate Professor.
The award will consist of a plaque and a $1,000 cash prize to the awardee, and a one-time allocation of $3,000 to the operating expense account of the awardee’s research project.
Distinguished Senior Faculty Research Award
This award recognizes outstanding research contributions in the advancement of science and technologies relating to food, agriculture, family, communities, and/or the environment by faculty at the rank of Professor.
The award will consist of a plaque and $1,000 cash prize to the awardee, and a one-time allocation of $3,000 to the operating expense account of the awardee’s research project.
Innovator of the Year Award
The Innovator of the Year Award is intended to recognize CFAES researchers who are actively engaged with the OSU Office on Innovation and Economic Development to promote technology commercialization of university intellectual property through invention disclosures filed, patents applied for and/or received, technologies licensed, or spinoff companies formed.
Nominated faculty should have a regionally, nationally, or internationally recognized invention, methodology, product, service, program, or process that has had a significant impact on the scientific discipline, businesses, communities, and industries.
One award will be given each year to an individual or team. The award consists of a plaque and a $1,000 cash prize to each team member (not to exceed $5,000 for the team), and $3,000 to an operating expense account of the awardee for one year only, (not to exceed $6,000 total across all team members in the case of a team award).
William E. Krauss Award for Outstanding Publication by a Graduate Student
This award is open to all Ph.D. students who have worked on or are working on a CFAES affiliated project during the 2024 calendar year. The awardee will receive a $1,000 and a framed copy of the title page of the paper. Faculty mentor(s) will also receive a framed copy of the title page in recognition of their contribution.
Distinguished International Research and Engagement Award
This award recognizes CFAES scientists who have actively engaged in international work involving teaching, research, and/or Extension which has had a substantial impact on international experiences for faculty and students, or on the country or countries hosting the projects or activities.
One award will be given each year to an individual or team.
The award will consist of a plaque and $1,000 cash prize to the awardee, and a one-time allocation of $3,000 to the operating expense account of the awardee’s research project.
In case of a team: The award consists of a plaque and a $1,000 cash prize to each team member (not to exceed $5,000 for the team).
Distinguished Graduate Student Mentor Award
Nominees can be any CFAES faculty members who advise graduate students. This award is open at any rank: Assistant, Associate or Full Professor, but the nominee must have a history of successfully mentoring graduate students. The award will consist of a plaque and $1,000 cash prize to the awardee.
Distinguished Research Technical Staff Award
The Research Technical Staff Award is open to CFAES staff who are involved in the practice of research or in support of faculty who are performing research. This award does not focus on the quality of research itself but instead the quality of practice and/or support the staff member provides. Only one nomination per department/service unit. One awardee per competition year. Awardee will receive a plaque, a $1,000 cash prize, and recognition at the annual State of the College address.
Submission Information
Each nomination should be submitted electronically as a single PDF document on or before 5:00 PM on November 29, 2024. Nominations with missing documents will not be considered for awards.
The Awards Review Committee will review the nominations and select the awardees. The target date for announcement of the awards is January 31, 2025. Awards announcements will be made at the college’s award ceremony that has preceded the Dean’s State of the College address taking place on April 4, 2025.