INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AWARD

Purpose: The International Research Award recognizes excellence in research and scholarship that advances the study and practice of service-learning and community engagement within and/or across borders and cultures, expanding knowledge on cultural, regional, and national practices in service-learning and community engagement theory and practice, especially work that centers or engages in non-US contexts. 

Eligibility: Any scholar (or team of scholars) with a distinguished body of high-impact contributions, indicating sustained field-building commitment and activity. “Scholar” as used here encompasses those who self-define as “researchers,” “scholars,” or “practitioner-scholars” and does not imply any particular academic status. Nominees may be based at an institution or organization in any country.

Evaluation criteria

  1. Significance: Exemplary research as demonstrated by a significant piece of scholarship and/or body of work that expands knowledge and understanding of diverse perspectives and practices in service-learning and community engagement emerging from non-US contexts.

  2. Impact: Has had a significant impact on - or has the potential to impact - community stakeholders and/or SLCE research and practice as indicated by (a) influencing other research and scholarship, (b) adoption and/or adaptation of this work by scholars or practitioners, and (c) building others’ capacity for high-quality research, scholarship, and/or practice.

  3. Generativity: Scholarship that deepens understanding of SLCE in specific places, spaces, and settings in ways that expand involvement, improve or inspire practice, generate opportunities for further inquiry, advance collaboration or co-creation in scholarly production, and/or generate new knowledge. 

Nomination packet

  1. A nomination letter (not to exceed two pages) developed by academic colleagues, students, and/or community partners summarizing the nominee’s contribution and establishing their significance in advancing knowledge, deepening research and practice, and/or impacting policy (co-authored letters are welcome).

  2. Two letters of support (not to exceed one page each) attesting to the quality and impact of the nominee’s work (co-authored letters are welcome). We welcome letters of support from individuals/organizations most involved with or impacted by the scholar’s work.

  3. One publication or other scholarly product representative of the nominee’s work that addresses the award criteria

  4. A statement by the nominee (not to exceed two pages) articulating purposes, research procedures, outcomes, and future directions (optional)

  5. A current copy of the nominee's resume or curriculum vitae.