Nominations & process

On this page:

1. Nominations
2. Awards Timeline & Internal Process
3. President's Advisory Committee
4. Resources

For the most current information, visit the SFU Award Opportunities Database.
 

Nominations

Institutional Strategic Awards (ISA) coordinates the internal selection of nominees, institutional endorsements, and/or external expert reviews of draft nomination packages through Universities Canada's Global Excellence Initiative. To promote equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), departments and faculties should ensure that all eligible candidates are considered and given the opportunity to self-identify (please see the Canada Research Chairs' EDI practices). To recommend a candidate to the President's Advisory Committee on Awards, Honours and Prizes, please submit a candidate suggestion form by the internal deadline. Suggestions received after the internal deadline will still be considered, but we cannot guarantee in which competition year a candidate will be reviewed or nominated. For more information, please contact awards@sfu.ca.

Additional research award opportunities in your topic of interest may be found in the Funding & Awards Opportunities database.

All Disciplines

SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

Health Sciences

ARTS, Social Sciences & Humanities

Awards Timeline & Internal Process

Internal deadline (limited submission and institutional nominations):

• Ideally four to six months in advance of agency deadline, depending on award
• Candidates will be reviewed at next scheduled Awards Advisory Committee meeting
  • Dates of 2024 meetings: March 2024, July 2024, November 2024
• ISA will facilitate and submit nominations for candidates recommended to advance to institutional nomination
   

Nomination preparation period:

• Ideally three months leading up to agency deadline, depending on award
• This may include sending out draft nomination materials for external review through Universities Canada's Global Excellence Initiative
   

President's Advisory Committee

Committee Membership as of June 2023:

Co-Chair: Dugan O'Neil, Vice-President, Research and Innovation
Co-Chair: Dilson Rassier, Vice-President, Academic and Provost

Majid Bahrami, Professor, Faculty of Applied Sciences, CAE
John Borden, Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences, FRSC
Robert Hogg, Professor and Associate Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, FCAHS, FRSC
Marianne Ignace, Professor, Linguistics, FRSC
Anne Salomon, Professor, Resource & Environmental Management, RSC College
Betty Schellenberg, Professor, English, FRSC
Nathalie Sinclair, Professor and Associate Dean, Faculty of Education, RSC College
Owen Underhill, Professor, Contemporary Arts, FRSC
David Vocadlo, Professor, Chemistry, RSC College

Secretary: Melanie Monk, Associate Director, Researcher Excellence and Recognition
 

Resources

Global Excellence Initiative

The national Global Excellence Initiative aims to boost Canada’s research profile on the global stage through nominating more scholars and scientists for major awards. Universities Canada offers support by:

• Offering two up-to-date inventories of prestigious national and international research awards;
  • Canadian inventory
  • International inventory
• Supporting organizations in building compelling dossiers on their candidates during the application process for research awards;
• Coordinating external reviews of candidates’ nomination dossiers; and
• Proposing a path to success for researchers.

Institutional Strategic Awards serves as SFU's primary liaison with Universities Canada's Global Excellence Initiative program officer.