Eligibility
The award is open to all nursing faculty who teach at Avila University, Research College of Nursing, or William Jewell College and includes a $1,500 honorarium. The nursing program administrator, nursing dean and/or the appropriate committee should nominate the recipient of the award. Research and presentations/publications must be completed during the year immediately preceding the year the award is given. Faculty members will be eligible for the award once every two years.

The purpose of this award is to recognize the involvement of faculty members in scholarly pursuits. The award is given to faculty members who have made a positive difference in scholarly activities. These activities must advance the teaching, research and practice of nursing through inquiry that is significant to the profession, is creative, can be documented, can be replicated or elaborated and can be peer-reviewed.

Nomination Requirements
1. Completed Scholarly Achievement Award Nomination Form. Download the Scholarly Achievement Award Nomination Form (PDF).
2. A short essay from the nominee that describes how they meet at least one of the three standards of scholarship in nursing: discovery, practice, and integrative. The essay should not exceed one typed page.
4. Copy of the scholarly work (peer-reviewed publications of research, policy analysis, case studies, integrative reviews of the literature and others; copyrights, licenses, patents or products for sale; published books; positive peer evaluations of contributions to integrative scholarship; reports of interdisciplinary programs or service projects; interdisciplinary grant awards; presentations or policy papers designed to influence organizations or governments).
5. Curriculum vitae (CV)
5. Letter of support from a peer

All of these materials must be submitted to your nursing program administrator. Nursing program administrators will submit nomination materials to The Research Foundation.

Deadline
Nomination materials must be submitted to the nursing program administrator, nursing dean and/or appropriate committee by December 1. The nursing program administrator or nursing dean must forward their recommendation to The Research Foundation by January 1.