PURPOSE
To recognize superior and distinguished interdisciplinary team achievements through teaching, research, international, or extended education activities of faculty and staff. The presentation of this award will serve to highlight the importance of an interdisciplinary team effort in achieving the goals of the College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University, and Oregon agriculture, and to show tangibly that the College stands strongly behind such efforts.
NATURE
The recipients of a given team will each receive a commemorative award and the team will also receive a cash award of $4,000 for the team.
ELIGIBILITY
The nominees must include faculty or staff members in the College of Agricultural Sciences at Oregon State University. For purposes of this award, a team will be defined as two (2) or more people working toward a specific objective. Interdisciplinary teams will involve the participation of persons trained in different fields and with unique skills. An interdisciplinary team can exist within a single administrative unit but more frequently will cross inter-departmental, inter-collegiate, inter-campus, or inter-institutional administrative lines. Recognition will be for sustained team efforts, which have produced substantial results in research, teaching, extended education, and international programs, or any combination of these, during the past three-year period.
The same team may receive the award more than once if continuing nominations clearly identify productive progress since the earlier award.
CRITERIA
Nominations will be evaluated on the basis of excellence demonstrated in the following areas:
- Ingenuity, productivity, and impact.
- Influence of team effort on the success of the project or problem.
- A project or problem identification and strategy.
NOMINATION MATERIALS:
In addition to the base nomination materials required for all awards (one (1) paragraph bio-summary, letter of nomination, and three (3) supporting letters), nomination packets must also include:
- The nomination materials should address the criteria above.
- A summary including the program title and description, team member names, titles, and FTE assignments.
- A professional resume of each team member.
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Supporting letters should document the interdisciplinary nature and impact of the team effort
- Must include one (1) from outside the University.
Complete nomination packets (combined into one PDF document) should be emailed to CAS-Deans.Approval@oregonstate.edu no later than 5:00 pm on April 28, 2025. Corrections or updates to nomination packets will not be accepted after the nomination deadline.
SPONSORS:
The award is provided jointly by E. R. Jackman and the contributions of James and Mildred Oldfield and their friends.