University Awards

2013 Outstanding Scholarship at the Graduate Level

2012 Award for Outstanding Graduate Scholarship Recipient Dylan Craig.

2012 Award for Outstanding Graduate Scholarship recipient Dylan Craig.

(Two recipients named)

CRITERIA: This is a highly competitive award given to a master's or MFA student and a PHD student to recognize exceptional academic accomplishments and scholarly contributions to their fields. Such success should be evidenced by the nominee's academic record and by outstanding scholarly contributions in such forms as publications, distinguished research, creative work, or conference participation. Nominated students must be eligible to participate in the May 2013 commencement ceremonies.

NOMINATION PROCESS

  1. Students, faculty, and staff of the AU community may nominate students for the Outstanding Scholarship award.
  2. Nominations must be submitted to the nominee’s school/college dean by Friday, March, 22 via the AU portal nomination form. Supporting materials (letters, resumes) should be attached to the portal nomination form in PDF format and as one document.
  3. Before completing the nomination, please review the criteria and submission process for each award. 
  4. Each nomination letter must reflect the criteria identified in the award. We discourage letters that intend to capture nominations for more than one award.
  5. From this initial pool of nominations, the deans of CAS, Kogod, SIS, SOC, SPA, and WCL will select and forward two nominees to the Vice Provost for Graduate Studies by Friday, March 29.

 IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR NOMINATING A STUDENT FOR A 2013 OUTSTANDING SCHOLARSHIP AWARD:
To nominate a student, you MUST go through the AU portal (myAU.american.edu) beginning on February 13. Once you log into the portal, click on the Life@AU tab. Once clicked, the Life@AU landing page will appear with "General Links" on the left side of the page and your "Personalized Links on the right side. Under the "Personalized Links" look for the link "University Student Award Nomination." Click on the link to begin to fill out the nomination form. Your nomination forms can be saved and edited until the nomination deadline of March 22nd.