Award
Description:Presented to an individual or group whose evaluation work is
highly influential in governmental contexts and who has been
particularly instrumental in furthering the interests of evaluation
through advocacy, sponsorship, management, or use of evaluation in
government, including local, state and federal government, and whose
work is consistent with the AEA Guiding Principles for Evaluators.
The
award reflects efforts to advance the profession and practice of
evaluation in government and the relationship between government and
AEA.
The
award is not intended as an award for evaluation in
government.
The
award may reflect either sustained contributions over time, or a
singular achievement.
The
contributions to evaluation may reflect a range of activities. For
example: advocacy, sponsorship, management, and use of evaluation in
government.
Required
Nomination Materials:
For hardcopy
submissions, five copies of each of the following materials must be
sent via landmail to the AEA office in a SINGLE package. Electronic
submissions must contain each of the following materials combined
into ONE electronic file.
Submitted materials are not returned.
Nomination
Form:
Please review all of the required nomination
materials before completing the Nomination Form
which can be found on the Submission Instructions page (See below).
Nomination
Justification:
A statement from either the nominee or nominator justifying the
award nomination. This should illustrate the nominee’s consistent
utilization of the
AEA Guiding
Principles for Evaluators.
Letters of
Support:
At least two and no more than five statements from colleagues,
focusing on the criteria for the award, and in support of the
nomination.
Supporting
Documentation:
A vita or resume
(maximum of 10 pages).
Up to three publications and reports. The committee asks that
nominators balance quality and brevity
when considering documents for
submission. Please select publications and reports that
demonstrate the quality of the nominee and avoid submitting
documents that duplicate the contribution of other documents.
Publications and reports provided should illustrate the
nominee’s consistent utilization of the AEA Guiding
Principles for Evaluators.
Submission Instructions: Once you have review
the Required Nomination Materials above please review the award
Submission Instructions.
