Award for Academic Achievement Abroad Nomination Form

Award for Academic Achievement Abroad Nomination 2017

Nomination Information

The Forum Award for Academic Achievement Abroad showcases rigorous and significant academic work that occurs as part of education abroad programs. Participation is a benefit of Forum membership.

The deadline to submit nominations for the 2017 award is August 31, 2017.

CRITERIA:
1. Nominations must be submitted by The Forum institutional representative at a current institutional member of The Forum. Nominating member may be the student’s home institution, host institution or independent program provider organization. Each member may submit no more than two nominations.
2. Nominated student must have been an undergraduate student at the time the academic work was conducted, AND enrolled as such within 6 months of the submission deadline.
3. The nominated project must be completed. It may be conducted in any academic discipline, and can include collaborative projects conducted jointly and co-authored by students and faculty.

**The nomination form should be submitted by a Forum institutional representative, with all appropriate documents included. Only full and complete applications will be considered. Attached form documents, separate emails, or other types of nomination forms will not be considered.**

COMPLETED NOMINATIONS WILL INCLUDE:
1. Nomination Form completed online via The Forum website from nominating member.
2. Student Statement from nominated student with: 1) one-page outline of the academic project; 2) two-page abstract summarizing the project topic, methodology, results/outcome, and relevance; and 3) one-page description of how the international context enhanced the learning experience and how the learning experience enhanced his/her learning.
3. Faculty Recommendation, from the faculty advisor most familiar with the student’s academic work.

SELECTION PROCESS:
Faculty readers are drawn from Forum member institutions, and they represent a range of disciplines. Nominations will be judged by how well they embody The Forum’s values. Key standards include the importance and rigor of the academic project, the strength of the faculty recommendation, and the persuasiveness of the student’s description of their learning experience. Preference will be given to work that is part of a credit-based paper or course.
NOMINATION FORM

Nominations must be submitted by The Forum institutional representative at a current institutional member of The Forum. Nominating member may be the student’s home institution or program provider.
Nominating Member Information
Institutional Representative
Institution or Organization Name
Address
Phone Number
Email Address
Enter Email Confirm Email
- Home Institution
- Host Institution
- Independent Program Provider Organization
Undergraduate Student Information
Student Name
Home Institution
Current Address
Phone Number
Email Address
Academic Project Information
Program Name (including Provider)
City and Country
Dates when this project was carried out
Division
- Arts and humanities
- Social Sciences
- STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics)
Department/Discipline
- Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences
- Architecture and Related Service
- Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
- Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
- Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services
- Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
- Construction Trades
- Education
- Engineering
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians
- English Language and Literature/Letters
- Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
- Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
- Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences
- History
- Legal Professions and Studies
- Library Sciences
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Military Technologies
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
- Natural Resources and Conservation
- Park, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies
- Personal and Culinary Services
- Philosophy and Religious Studies
- Physical Studies
- Precision Production
- Psychology
- Public Administration and Social Service Professions
- Security and Protective Services
- Social Sciences
- Theology and Religious Vocations
- Transportation and Materials Moving
- Visual and Performing Arts
- Other (please identify in "Project Title" field below.)
Project Title
Faculty Advisor Information
Name
Address
Phone Number
Email Address
Student Statement * Required File upload
The Student Statement includes:
1. Brief description of the project (Limit to 200 words)
2. Outline of the project (one-page, double-spaced);
3. Abstract summarizing the project topic, methodology, results/outcome, and relevance (two-page, double-spaced);
4. Description of how the international context enhanced the academic experience and how the academic experience enhanced his/her learning (one-page, double-spaced)

Please compile each of these components into one file for upload.

Accepted file types: doc, docx, pdf.
Allowed file extensions - doc docx pdf.
Faculty Recommendation * Required File upload
The faculty recommendation should be from the faculty advisor most familiar with the student’s academic work.

The faculty member should discuss the significance and quality of the nominated student's project, and provide reasons for supporting the nominated student to receive the award. The student’s project should be placed within the context of other undergraduate work that the faculty member has known or supervised. Faculty recommendations will help the nomination reviewers understand how the nature of the nominated work is related to the education abroad experience.

Accepted file types: doc, docx, pdf.
Allowed file extensions - doc docx pdf.