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Best Practices and Resources for Developing Your Research Honours & Awards Strategy – May 5, 2022

Session Description

May 5, 2022 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm EDT

Honours and awards serve to recognize and reward outstanding and impactful research through monetary prizes, certificates, ceremonies and/or public announcements. They are part of a continuum of research funding and recognition that includes grants, fellowships, and salary awards.

This session will provide best practices on proactively developing your approach to and materials for honours and awards opportunities, as well as share information about the University’s resources to support honours and awards nominations. This session is relevant to faculty at all stages of their career.

Target Audience:

  • Faculty Researchers
  • All disciplines and career levels
  • Honours & Awards Directors and Coordinators
  • Peer Nominators

Moderator: Dr. Sarah Carson, Manager, University Awards & Honours

Panelists:

  • Prof. Zubin Austin, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy; and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
  • Prof. Pamela Klassen, Dept. for the Study of Religion; and Dept. of Anthropology
  • Prof. Jay Pratt, Dept. of Psychology

Community members who do not have UTORid credentials are invited to attend this session by registering here. Please note, external community members will need to create an EVE account, prior to completing their registration. For assistance please reach out to cris@utoronto.ca

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be better able to: 

  • Identify award opportunities appropriate to their career stage and achievements
  • Identify the key components of an awards dossier
  • Identify best practices for proactively assembling a strong honours & awards dossier
  • Identify U of T resources about awards and honours processes and supports

Additional Information

For link to the session recording (requires UTORid) click here.

Click to download the U of T Resources - Honours and Awards slides (PDF)

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