Work Your Career by Berdahl Loleen;Malloy Jonathan;

Author:Berdahl, Loleen;Malloy, Jonathan;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Typical grant and award criteria

Calls for grant and award applications typically include at least some mention of adjudication criteria; though it may be brief or buried in the text, a careful reading may give you some great guidance on how your application will be assessed, especially for individual specialized grants and awards. Figure 5.1 shows one set of examples.

Figure 5.1: Typical questions a grants jury may ask

How do I ask someone else to nominate me for an award?

Here is the perfect world: You open your email to find a surprise notification; you have been selected for the distinguished Great PhD award, or as a top 30 under 30 (or 40 under 40, since 40 is the new 30) award, or some other honour. You had no idea you were even being considered! Was it your supervisor who nominated you? Or your department as a whole? You are so touched and grateful; all this time you were quietly toiling away, they did notice!

We do hope this happens for you. At the same time, we want you to take whatever reasonable steps you can to strengthen your CV and résumé. And if this involves awkwardly asking someone to nominate you for an award, so be it. The fact that your supervisor or anyone else has not nominated you for any given award does not mean they don’t think you are worthy of the award; it is equally possible they are unaware of it or just busy with other things.

Here is how to proceed:

1. Identify all awards for which you might be eligible. Read the criteria numerous times to make sure you are in fact truly eligible, both in personal (level of study, citizenship, etc.) and project terms, keeping in mind that while the former are usually fairly fixed, the latter may be more flexible. Pay particular attention to disciplinary language and terminology to ensure you actually understand the broad parameters of the award and are on the same wavelength as the funders. At the same time, don’t rule yourself out too quickly, as the parameters may wax and wane over time, especially depending on who else applies that year. If you think you may reasonably qualify, and the work is not too onerous, it is worth a try.

2. Write up in bullet form a list of the award criteria and all of the ways you meet the criteria. Use clear evidence and elegantly worded sentences. This document will serve three purposes: (1) it will clarify in your own mind that you are both eligible and a worthy nominee; (2) it will create a case to your potential nominator that you are a worthy nominee; and (3) your potential nominator can use this document as the starting point for their nomination on your behalf.

3. Set up an in-person appointment with your potential nominator. Come to this meeting prepared with print documentation that provides full information about the award (including deadlines, addresses, forms, etc.), your case for your nomination, and any other documentation that might be needed for the nomination (such as your CV or a copy of your work).

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