INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AWARD

Purpose: The International Research Award recognizes excellence in research and scholarship that advances the study and practice of service-learning and community engagement within and/or across borders and cultures, expanding knowledge on cultural, regional, and national practices in service-learning and community engagement theory and practice, especially work that centers or engages in non-US contexts. 

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. Nominees may be based at an institution or organization in any country.

Criterios de evaluación

  1. Significance: Exemplary research as demonstrated by a significant piece of scholarship and/or body of work that expands knowledge and understanding of diverse perspectives and practices in service-learning and community engagement emerging from non-US contexts.

  2. Impact: Has had a significant impact on - or has the potential to impact - community stakeholders and/or SLCE research and practice as indicated by (a) influencing other research and scholarship, (b) adoption and/or adaptation of this work by scholars or practitioners, and (c) building others’ capacity for high-quality research, scholarship, and/or practice.

  3. Generatividad: Investigación académica que profundiza la comprensión del SLCE en lugares, espacios y entornos específicos, de manera que amplía la participación, mejora o inspira la práctica, genera oportunidades para una mayor investigación, fomenta la colaboración o la cocreación en la producción académica y/o genera nuevos conocimientos. 

Paquete de nominación

  1. Una carta de nominación (que no exceda las dos páginas) redactada por colegas académicos, estudiantes y/o socios comunitarios en la que se resuma la contribución del candidato y se establezca su importancia en el avance del conocimiento, la profundización de la investigación y la práctica, y/o el impacto en las políticas (se aceptan cartas coescritas).

  2. One letter of support (not to exceed one page) 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. Una publicación u otro producto académico representativo del trabajo del candidato que cumpla con los criterios del premio.

  4. Una declaración del candidato (que no exceda las dos páginas) en la que se expongan los objetivos, los procedimientos de investigación, los resultados y las orientaciones futuras (opcional).

  5. Una copia actualizada del currículum vitae o historial profesional del candidato.