PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

Purpose: The Public Scholarship Award recognizes exemplary interdisciplinary research that has a demonstrable ameliorative impact on pressing public issues with a special focus on the knowledge needs of policymakers and practitioners. This award recognizes research that generates non-traditional scholarly products, presented in a manner that is widely accessible to targeted audiences and/or the general public. Such work might include policy briefs, program evaluations, white papers, reports, translations of scientific or other scholarly findings, site revitalization plans, concept maps, videos, or other creative products designed to respond to and inform broader publics.

Eligibility: Any scholar (or team of scholars) with a distinguished body of high-impact contributions, indicating sustained field-building commitment and activity. “Scholar” as used here encompasses those who self-define as “researchers,” “scholars,” or “practitioner-scholars” and does not imply any particular academic status.

Evaluation Criteria

  1. Reciprocity and engagement. Research that responds to and involves community-based thought partners in the framing, design, analysis, creation, and/or dissemination of a non-traditional scholarly product.

  2. Rigor and quality. Methods of inquiry that are appropriate to the question/issue and context and meet the highest standards of academic rigor. 

  3. Accessibility. Scholarly products are thoughtfully designed to be accessible to the intended public audience.

  4. Generativity. Research that expands involvement, generates opportunities for further inquiry, advances collaboration or co-creation in scholarly production, generates new knowledge, and/or utilizes novel or creative approaches in addressing public issues.

  5. Public impact. Research that has a demonstrated value to communities and community organizations, and/or a measurable public impact including improvements to public policies and practices, program outcomes, and organizational changes.

  6. Recognizes products that are not only accessible but also culturally responsive, ensuring that knowledge is co-created with and returned to the public in meaningful ways.

Nomination Packet

  1. Uma carta de indicação (não superior a duas páginas) elaborada por colegas acadêmicos, alunos e/ou parceiros da comunidade, resumindo a contribuição do candidato e estabelecendo sua importância no avanço do conhecimento, no aprofundamento da pesquisa e da prática e/ou no impacto das políticas (cartas em coautoria são bem-vindas).

    1. The nomination should be made by a current IARSLCE member.

  2. One letter of support (not to exceed one page each) attesting to the quality and impact of the nominee’s work (co-authored letters are welcome). We welcome letters of support from individuals/organizations most involved with or impacted by the scholar’s work.

  3. One publication or other scholarly product representative of the nominee’s work that addresses the award criteria.

  4. Uma declaração do candidato (não excedendo duas páginas) articulando objetivos, procedimentos de pesquisa, resultados e direções futuras (opcional)

  5. Uma cópia atualizada do currículo ou curriculum vitae do candidato.