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Questions tagged [awards]

Questions concerning special recognition for particular achievements, usually assessed competitively, within academia.

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How do scientists get nominated for society awards? Should I ask someone else to nominate me?

I never get nominated for any award. I was wondering how people get nominated for society awards. I am a full professor, and I have an h-index of 45. I have more than 11,000 citations, so there isn't any problem with my academic performance. Most…
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Ideal ways of making a call for nominations

We're currently putting out a Call for Nominations for graduate research and historically we've received very few nominations. What are some good strategies to get more nominations. Should we be more specific or broaden the qualification. The award…
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What if in hindsight a Nobel Prize is wrongly awarded (for example, after the concerning theory has been proven wrong)?

I read in this paper (maybe popular, but I think they didn't tell nonsense) observations have been collected by a group of researchers that maybe after all dark energy doesn't exist. Dark energy implies an accelerated expansion of the universe. For…
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Is it reasonable to mention being shortlisted for a prize in CV?

The Open Mind Prize, and presumably many other prizes in mathematics and different fields, makes the list of a few (in this case: three) nominees public before the prize is awarded. Suppose that a person was among the shortlist of nominees but was…
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My University has no formal faculty awards, but I'd like to nominate my professor for her amazing work and teaching

I have searched my university's site to see if there's a submission or packet I could send to nominate a professor for her amazing abilities as a professor. She's exemplary in teaching, and is professional, understanding, and above all, an amazing…
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Meaning of 'scholarly approach' for graduate award nomination

I have been nominated for an award to PhD students. I have first been asked to submit a CV and a description of my research project(s). After that, I have been asked by the organisers (directly by email) to submit "a short statement about your…
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Effect on image of a vanity award on CV/Profile

I could not find any previous questions on the effect of vanity awards compared to vanity publishers. I recently noticed a CV on a university website with a few awards of International Scientist of the Year, or something as such. I found the giver…
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