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Portland State University’s department of Research & Graduate Studies recognizes PSU researchers, graduate student mentors, and research administrative professionals for their vital contributions to the University and to their fields with these annual awards:
Selection criteria and nomination requirements specific to each award are listed separately in the pages linked above. Awardees are typically celebrated at PSU’s annual Research Awards event, organized and hosted by RGS. It is at this event that awardees receive their awards and checks for the taxable honorariums included with their awards. The awards celebration is part of Portland State’s Research Week, which takes place in early May of each year. Research Week promotes the people and projects that make Portland State one of the nation's most innovative public research universities.
Nomination Overview
Nominations are solicited from faculty, chairs, and deans at the beginning of PSU’s Fall term. Staff are also encouraged to initiate nominations, particularly for the Research Administrator of the Year Award. The Deans approve completed nominations before they are submitted to a review committee. The committee comprises past winners and faculty from disciplines and schools or colleges across the University. Typically, no more than one award is made in each category. Review committees may forego granting an award in any particular year.
Submission Deadlines
Nominations should be initiated by Monday, October 24, 2022.
For Presidential Award nominees, the list of four external contacts is also due by Monday, October 24, 2022.
All nominations must be completed by Monday, November 14, 2022.
Please submit nominations via the 2023 Research Awards Nomination Form (going live on September 26, 2022). Nomination materials (letters, CV, etc.) may be submitted gradually or all at one time (pdf format is preferred). All completed nominations submitted by Monday, November 14, 2022, will be eligible for review.
Help with Nominations
For answers to questions about these awards or the nomination process, or for assistance submitting nomination materials, please contact Research Awards Manager Amy Crelly via research@pdx.edu or 503-725-9944.
Other University Awards
Each PSU College or School is also invited each year to honor a Researcher of the Year from its faculty. PSU’s Academic Affairs department also welcomes nominations of outstanding scholars for PSU's Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards. Award descriptions, including nomination criteria and deadlines, are available on Academic Affairs' Campus Faculty and Staff Awards page.
The Presidential Career Research Award is Portland State University’s most prestigious honor for career recognition of senior research faculty.
RGS established the Graduate Mentoring Excellence Award to honor PSU faculty members who provide outstanding mentorship to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars engaged in research at Portland State University.
PSU’s Early Career Research Award is given annually to a faculty member at the rank of assistant or associate professor who produces outstanding and original scholarship at an impressive rate while engaging PSU students in rigorous research activity.
The Research Faculty Award for Non-tenure-track Faculty honors a non-tenure-track faculty (NTTF) member engaged in research and scholarship of exceptional quality, volume, and impact. This award also recognizes the recipient’s extraordinary success engaging students in rigorous research and academic discourse.
The Research Administrator of the Year Award recognizes the outstanding contributions of a research administration professional to the research enterprise at Portland State University.
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