Professional educators, educational institutions and organizations and editors and publishers of journals, books and software from around the world are invited to make nominations for the Grawemeyer Award in Education. Both individuals and nonprofit organizations can be nominated for this Award.
The Award is “to stimulate the dissemination, public scrutiny and implementation of ideas that have potential to bring about significant improvement in educational practice and advances in educational attainment. The award is intended not only to reward the individuals responsible, but also to draw attention to their ideas, proposals or achievements. The award is designed to recognize a specific recent achievement rather than a lifetime of accomplishment.”
Nominated work should include “ideas, policy proposals, technological advances, program initiatives and research reports that present a well-articulated approach to the advancement of teaching and learning.” The nomination criteria will be based upon originality, creativity, feasibility and scope of potential applicability. There is a prize amount for the winner for the award which will be payable in five annual installments.
Self-nominations are not allowed. To make the nomination, a one-page letter of nomination identifying the specific work, idea or achievement being nominated and delineating the reasons why the entry merits the award along with a complete bibliographic reference if possible and the completed nomination form (which can be downloaded from the below link) have to be submitted. Once this nomination is received, the nominee will be notified and requested for more material such signed copy of the nominee form, six copies of the work and six copies of the nominee’s resume.
The deadline to submit nominations for the 2011 award is 30 April 2010 and all supporting information from the nominee should reach the University of Louisville by 30 May 2010.
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