About the Award

Nominations are invited for the 2023 Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Research. This award is offered to recognize the vital role that Postdoctoral Scholars play in maintaining the reputation of excellent research at the University of California, Davis.  A certificate and $500 will be conferred to each awardee. Up to six awards will be made.

The deadline for nominations is February 3, 2023. 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, and less than six years total postdoctoral experience, and will continue to be in their position until at least March 31, 2023, 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
• Nominees must have outstanding research accomplishments. Criteria include, but are not limited to:
  - Innovation in research and impact on the field
  - Research productivity and quality as a UC Davis postdoctoral scholar, as demonstrated by publications, presentations, awards, etc
  - Commitment and activities relative to diversity and inclusion, teaching, mentoring, service, and/or public scholarship/communication to other audiences
• NOMINATIONS
• UC Davis faculty, postdocs and graduate students are invited to nominate a distinguished postdoctoral scholar for this award.
  
  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 research achievements that set the nominee apart from his or her colleagues. 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 Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Research.

  Describe what makes the research accomplishments of the applicant distinguished as opposed to good or merely adequate

  Research mentor letters should...
  - Include a statement of the nominee’s total time as a postdoctoral fellow at UC Davis and elsewhere
  - Indicate the Mentor’s number of current and past postdoctoral scholar trainees
  - State the number of publications and presentations completed as a UC Davis postdoctoral scholar
  - Describe the involvement and initiative of the applicant in research collaborations with other investigators
  - Commitment and activities relative to diversity and inclusion, teaching, mentoring, service, and/or public scholarship/communication to other audiences
  - Summarize all other evidence submitted in conjunction with the nomination. The letter should avoid generalities and provide an informed analysis of the facts supporting the case for distinction in the applicant’s research