Division 5 Awards

Nomination materials should include:

1.   A nomination letter and two other letters of support that describe the relevance, magnitude, and breadth of the nominee’s scientific contributions to Division 5 areas throughout his/her career.

2.   Current curriculum vitae of the nominee.

3.   The names, affiliations, email addresses, telephone numbers, and mailing addresses of the nominee and nominators.

This award recognizes demonstrated excellence in teaching and mentoring within the areas of Division 5, or who shows substantial promise for such contributions. Nominees at all stages of their career will be considered.

Nomination materials should include:

1.     A nomination letter and two other letters of support that describe distinguished teaching and mentoring through teaching evaluations, awards, or testimonials, the nominee’s impact on student career trajectories, and the nominee’s impact via public dissemination, such as workshops, conference presentations, books, web sites, or involvement in public media.

2.        Current curriculum vitae of the nominee.

3.        The names, affiliations, email addresses, telephone numbers, and mailing addresses of the nominee and nominators.

This award will be granted to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to assessment, evaluation, measurement, research methods, and/or statistics and who shows promise of continued outstanding work. The contributions can be in any setting (e.g., academia, clinical, government, or industry). To be eligible for the 2012 award, the nominee’s dissertation must have been completed by 2003 or later.

Nomination materials should include:

1.   A nomination letter and two other letters of support that describe the nominee’s number and quality of publications, the impact of his/her contributions as evidenced by citations, grants, leadership roles, policy involvement, and/or translation of theory to practice, and his or her promise for future contributions to Division 5 areas.

2.   Current curriculum vitae of the nominee.

3.   The names, affiliations, email addresses, telephone numbers, and mailing addresses of the nominee and nominators.

This award recognizes a distinguished dissertation that was completed in the previous three years and addressed a topic in assessment, evaluation, measurement, research methods, and/or statistics.

Nomination materials should include:

1.   An abstract of 1,000–2,000 words that summarizes the dissertation and highlights its broader theoretical and/or applied relevance and importance to Division 5 areas.

2.   A letter of support from the advisor (or other faculty member from the institution where the dissertation was completed) that describes the significance of the dissertation to Division 5 areas and the promise of the student and the dissertation project for future research.

3.   Current curriculum vitae of the nominee.

4.   The names, affiliations, email addresses, telephone numbers, and mailing addresses of the nominee and nominators, and the date of completion of the dissertation.