Distinguished Researcher Awards - Research Office

Deadlines

Deadlines are as follows:

• First Round Nominations (name & department) are due to suanderson@mtech.edu by Thursday, February 20, 2025, 5:00 pm.
• Nomination Packages are due to suanderson@mtech.edu by Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 5:00 pm.

For First Round nominations, anyone is eligible to nominate, and individuals are welcome to self-nominate. To nominate, email name and department of the nominee to suanderson@mtech.edu. The Research Office will inform the nominated individuals promptly, so the nominee will have enough time to submit their full nomination package by 5:00 pm on March 11, 2025. Late packages will not be reviewed.

The awards will be presented at the Montana Tech Service Awards gathering on April 23, 2025.

Nomination Instructions

The Full Nomination Package must include the following:

1. A Nomination cover letter (written by the nominee) not longer than 2 pages, which names the nominee, and provides a one- to two-sentence summary of the nominee’s research accomplishments, along with more detailed description and summary justification for choosing the nominee. The nomination should emphasize, for example the proposals, projects, papers, presentations, funding, mentoring of students in research, leadership of research initiatives, fostering of research partnerships or collaborations, etc. Pedagogical research, disciplinary and interdisciplinary research, and other forms of creative scholarship are eligible.
2. The nominee’s current curriculum vitae.
3. Two letters of support emphasizing the nominee’s accomplishments and contributions in research and creative scholarship. If the nomination is a self-nomination, letters of support from three references are required. Lifetime award nominations need three letters of support.
4. Copies of up to two recent examples of published papers (or the equivalent for the discipline). Recent publication dates span 2018 through 2024.

Note: Only research conducted while the nominee has been a member of the Montana Tech faculty will be considered. Please include any research you have done during your time at Montana Tech in collaboration with other institutions, even if that research was done off campus. Please do not submit any additional materials, as they will be ignored. All materials must be submitted together as a single PDF file.

A list of past recipients of the award can be found below: