Outstanding Scholarly
Achievement Award

Call for Nominations

The Research and Creative Activity Subcommittee is inviting nominations for the 2009-2010 Outstanding Scholarly Achievement Award. The Outstanding Scholarly Achievement Award (OSA) is given each year to a faculty member who has, over many years, made significant contributions to a discipline through scholarly activity, creative/artistic endeavors, research and publication. Through the OSA award, the university bestows honor and recognition upon individuals for their work accomplished at Sacramento State. Faculty members who have been at Sacramento State for at least ten academic years in a tenured or tenure track position are eligible for the award. The award will include a monetary grant for professional development.

Nomination in the format described below can be made by any faculty member for a colleague or for her/himself.

Required Nomination Materials:

1. Nomination Cover Page [Format: Attachment-A]
2. Nomination Letter [Format: Attachment-B]
3. List of References [Format: Attachment-C]
4. Complete Curriculum Vitae

The nominator may be asked to appear at a Subcommittee meeting to give an oral statement and answer questions from the Subcommittee.  Please note that one should not enclose any supporting materials such as published articles, book chapters, books, artistic and creative work, etc., along with the nomination. The Subcommittee may request the nominator/nominee to furnish such materials later, if needed.

The nomination materials (DOC) should be submitted to the Office of Research Administration, mail stop 6111. Alternatively, all materials may be submitted electronically in a single Acrobat PDF file to: jtmanns@csus.edu. The deadline for receipt of all nomination materials for the 2009-2010 award is 5:00 p.m., April 12, 2010.

Announcement of the award will be made no later than April 23, 2010. The recipient of the award will deliver a public lecture on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 from 4pm-5pm in the University Union Hinde Auditorium. A reception will follow in the University Union California Suite from 5pm-6pm. If you have any questions about this award, please call Charlotte Xanders at 8-5451 or email: xanders@csus.edu.