Together Everyone Achieves More

PURPOSE:
The Purdue Agriculture Team Award was created in 1995 to recognize interdisciplinary team achievements of faculty and staff.

ELIGIBILITY:

1. Teams must consist of three or more Purdue faculty and/or administrative-professional staff.

2. At least two of the faculty or staff must be from the College of Agriculture.

3. Team projects should include activities in one or more areas of teaching, research, and extension.

4. Teams with international activities in any of the three mission areas are eligible.

5. Nominees must have made demonstrable short- and/or long-term impact, preferably in more than one of the mission areas.

CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN NOMINATION:

1. Explain how team contributions support the mission of Purdue Agriculture in teaching, research, and extension.

2. Nomination document must describe the short- and long-term impact of the project, preferably with objective data supporting the same. The strength of the application will be enhanced when impact is demonstrated in more than one of the mission areas of teaching, research, and extension.

3. Describe the interdisciplinary nature of the activity.

4. Discuss how the collaboration affected the outcome of the effort.

5. Describe how the team’s impact could NOT have occurred in the absence of the team.

6. Provide evidence of the new work products resulting from the synergy of the team.

7. Identify the targeted users of the team’s new work products and the impact.

NOMINATION:

1. May be submitted by any Purdue staff member.

2. Maximum of four pages (minimum 12 point Times New Roman, 8.5” x 11” paper with one inch margins).  The nomination must address most, if not all, of the criteria listed above.

3. Appendix must include a one-page vita for each team member and supporting materials, as appropriate.

4. Nominations may be updated and submitted for consideration up to three times.

5. An electronic copy must be submitted by February 10, 2011 to Debbie Claeys in the Dean of Agriculture’s Office at dclaeys@purdue.edu. Please use the checklist on the cover sheet to be sure your nomination meets the requirements. Click here for the cover sheet: http://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/in_focus/2011/January/CoverSheet.htm

REVIEW COMMITTEE:
The review committee will consist of seven voting members, and a non-voting chair. The four associate deans and assistant dean for multicultural programs will be permanent members of the committee, with one serving as rotating chair. The Dean will name four members of the faculty, each to serve a three-year term. If a faculty member on the committee is part of a team that has been nominated, that member will abstain from voting on the nominations.

PRESENTATION:
The award will be presented at a special ceremony in May. The team is asked to give a 15-20 minute presentation describing their work at the ceremony. The award will include a plaque for each person on the team, and a team plaque placed on a permanent display in the Agricultural Administration Building. The team will receive a cash award of $10,000 to be used for program support.

DEADLINE FOR 2011 AWARD:
An electronic copy must be submitted by February 10, 2011 to Debbie Claeys in the Dean of Agriculture’s Office at dclaeys@purdue.edu.