Nomination Guidelines:
Deadline: All information and documents must be submitted by February 27, 2024
The New Jersey Health Foundation will present its annual Excellence in Research Awards (EIR) for faculty within Rutgers Health. One EIR award is available for each Rutgers Health school. Faculty awardees will receive a custom-designed, framed certificate and a $2,500 stipend to be presented in the spring. The School of Nursing invites nominations for SON faculty to be considered for this award.
The NJHF call for nominations states that “awards will be made solely to reward research excellence”. Therefore, that will be at the core of application review.
Eligibility:
- Nominees must be in at least their 3rd year of service to the School of Nursing.
- Current involvement in research aimed at making a contribution to their field and/or positively impacting nursing.
- Engagement in research addressing an important problem. Examples include bench, clinical, educational, or translational research.
- Recipients of this award in the previous year are ineligible (The 2023 recipient was Dr. Login George).
Award Criteria:
Evidence of an emerging or clearly defined program of scholarship. This may be demonstrated in letters of support and/or the nominee’s impact statement. Examples of evidence may include:
- Authorship on peer-reviewed publications
- Receipt of or contributions to competitive extramural or intramural research grants
- Peer-reviewed presentations to disseminate his/her research findings
Nomination Process
- Initial Nomination: Any Rutgers faculty member, staff member, student or alumnus may submit a nomination. Self-nominations are welcome. The nomination itself requires just the name/email of the nominee.
Submit a Nomination Form here. - Nominee Notification/Request for Additional Documentation: Upon nomination, the nominee receives automatic email notification of the nomination and a website link to submit required additional information online. The nominee is responsible for ensuring that all materials are uploaded by the deadline.
- All Materials (from Nominator and Nominee) must be Submitted by February 27, 2024 @ 11:59 pm. Following the deadline for uploaded nominations/documents, the Faculty Recognition and Awards Committee will review packets for completeness and give the nominee 24 hours to complete the packet if necessary.
- Required documentation:
- Current Bio sketch (NIH Format)
- Letters of Support (2) that emphasize the nominee’s research excellence. Letters are limited to 2 pages.
- One letter may be from the nominator OR the nominee if they self-nominate.
- Letters of support may be from anyone with direct knowledge of the nominee’s research expertise including:
- Faculty (RU, SON or other)
- Co-investigators
- Collaborators
- Consultants
- Letters may be from an individual or a group.
- Nominee’s Impact Statement (500 words)
Selection
The Faculty Recognition and Awards Committee will evaluate the nominees’ uploaded materials and recommend an award recipient to the Dean. The Committee may also decline to recommend a winner for the award.
If you have questions about this award, please email Dr. Judith Barberio: barberio@rutgers.edu or Dr. Lori Cogan: lac437@sn.rutgers.edu
Revised/Approved, SON Faculty Recognition and Awards Committee: ‘2/6/24’