Awards & Distinctions

The Awards & Distinctions portfolio in the Office of Research Services assists to recognize and promote the scholarly achievements of outstanding Western faculty in all disciplines and at all career stages. Many awards are associated with substantial monetary prizes and all are associated with significant prestige. Success in these programs raises the profile of individuals, their departments, their Faculties, and the university. The Awards & Distinctions Team accomplishes this by:

communicating information about award opportunities and deadlines;
liaising with award agencies;
utilizing Western's foundation of research excellence and resources;
coordinating submission of award nomination and application packages; and
publicizing and celebrating success.

A non-comprehensive list of award opportunities, along with program details, is available here.

Institutional Coordination and Support

The Awards and Distinctions team will be happy to provide Institutional Coordination and Support for nominations which fit our criteria. This includes:

Assistance with identifying suitable nominators and referees
Outreach to nominators and referees to secure support, providing them with required materials and guidelines, assisting with developing letter content, performing quality checks for formatting and regulation adherence, identifying the strongest letters for submission
Drafting letters of nomination and co-nomination and obtaining approvals and signatures
Support for developing all written materials, and providing feedback and review
Assistance with finding additional reviewers (internal and external)
Coordinating Global Excellence Initiative review and feedback on draft dossiers (if applicable)
Completing online portal registration and creating nomination forms
Document management: collecting and compiling all letters, forms, and written documents to create a dossier submission according to guidelines
Uploading of final dossier submissions to the online portal by the deadline

We look forward to helping with your nomination package!

For more information regarding Award & Distinction opportunities, stewardship, and support at Western, to share your success stories, or to suggest additions to the list of opportunities, please contact:

Awards & Distinctions Team
Email: rwprizes@uwo.ca
Julaine Hall, Manager, Research Awards & Distinctions
and
Alyson Watson, Program Coordinator, Awards & Distinctions