Purpose

The Excellence in Scholarly Research Award honors PVAMU faculty/staff members for their exceptional accomplishments in scholarly research activities, dissemination and products, demonstrating a strong commitment to elevate PVAMU research mission. The accomplishments and contributions of those selected are highly meritorious and worthy of recognition. The selected personnel is expected to function as a role model for increasing scholarly research activities, dissemination and products by faculty/staff at PVAMU.

Eligibility

A nominee for the Excellence in Scholarly Research Award shall be a full-time member of the faculty/staff who holds an appointment at PVAMU for a period not less than two consecutive years. Nominees must have a consistent and distinguished record of scholarly research activities, dissemination and products in the last 2 to 3 years, demonstrating a strong commitment to elevate PVAMU overall research mission. The nominee should demonstrate a structured excellence in the following five categories:

  1. Peer-Reviewed and Indexed Journal Publications
  2. Other Journal and Conference Publications
  3. Professional Conference/Symposium Abstracts and Presentations
  4. Graduate & Undergraduate Mentoring / Mentee Accomplishments
  5. Professional Ratings, Recognitions and Awards

Award Amount

Amount will be announced yearly. The award is taxable.

Nomination Process

A call for nominations is issued in Campus Announcements. Nominations are open to all members of the PV community. Self-nominations are not acceptable.

Selection Process and Award

The Vice President or his/her designee shall appoint a review committee made up of faculty and staff. Previous awardees, if available, will be included on the committee.

The committee will review nominations and may interview candidates and request additional documentation supporting the accomplishments. From those nominations, the committee may select up to three finalists and make its recommendation to the Vice President by March 1.

The Vice President will select the Award winner from the list of three finalists presented by the committee. The announcement and recognition of the individual(s) selected will be made during the Faculty/Staff Awards Ceremony in spring.

Supporting Documentation

Nominations should include:

  • Nomination/cover letter (2 pages max)
  • A current curriculum vita (10 pages max)
  • List of the nominee’s outstanding achievements in the five categories (5 pages max)
    1. Peer-Reviewed and Indexed Journal Publications (journals must be indexed, eg. MedLine, PubMed, EMBASE, SCOPUS, EBSCO, Web of Science)
    2. Other Journal and Conference Publications
    3. Professional Conference/Symposium Abstracts and Presentations (Do not include student level symposiums. Include those under category 4)
    4. Graduate & Undergraduate Mentoring / Mentee Accomplishments
    5. Professional Ratings, Recognitions and Awards
      • Overall number of publication citations
      • Overall h-index
      • Overall i10-index
      • Professional/International/National Recognitions and Awards
      • State level or regional recognitions and awards

For questions, please contact the Office of Research, Innovation and Sponsored Programs at (936) 261-1570.