Postdoctoral Excellence Award

About the Award

Nominations are invited for the 2024 Postdoctoral Excellence Award. This annual award recognizes the vital role that postdoctoral scholars play in maintaining excellent research, mentoring, and outreach at the University of California Davis, and beyond. This year, the PSA will offer at least six awards, and is expanding the award to recognize more deserving postdocs. Each award comes with a certificate and a $500 prize. 

Deadline for nominations: February 29, 2024

If you have any questions, please email Nicole Rabaud at nerabaud@ucdavis.edu. 

  • ELIGIBILITY

  • UC Davis postdoctoral scholars who have a minimum of one year of postdoctoral study at UC Davis, less than six years total postdoctoral experience, and will be in their position until at least April 30, 2024, may be nominated.

    Only individuals appointed in the following title codes are eligible:
    3252 – Postdoctoral Scholar - Employee
    3253 – Postdoctoral Scholar - Fellow
    3254 – Postdoctoral Scholar – Paid-Direct
    3255 - Postdoctoral Scholar – Employee NEX
    3256 - Interim Postdoctoral Scholar-Employee

  • QUALIFICATIONS

  • QUALIFICATIONS

    Nominees should demonstrate outstanding achievements in their past academic year as postdoctoral scholars at UC Davis. Criteria include, but are not limited to: 
    - Innovation in research and impact on the field
    - Research productivity and quality as demonstrated by peer-reviewed publications, presentations, awards, software, etc.
    -     Acquisition of personal or collaborative funding
    - Commitment and activities relative to diversity, inclusion, and/or community outreach
    - Contribution to mentoring and teaching, including historically underrepresented and/or marginalized groups
    - Service and/or public communication to non-academic audiences

    Holistic consideration will be given to postdocs from every stage and/or discipline, and for activities including (but not limited to) research.

  • NOMINATIONS

  • Who may nominate: UC Davis principal investigators, faculty, postdocs, graduate and undergraduate students are invited to nominate a distinguished postdoctoral scholar for this award.

    Nominations:

    Nominations must be in the form of a letter describing the attributes and accomplishments of the nominee. The letter should be specific, comprehensive, and no longer than two typewritten pages. It should describe the achievements that set the nominee apart from his or her colleagues, whether in research, collaboration, teaching, mentorship, service, public scholarship or communication. Nominators should include the name, campus department, and email address of the nominee. The nomination letter should be addressed to the Selection Committee for the UC Davis Postdoctoral Excellence Award.