Janet Else Visiting Scholar or Practitioner Award

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Janet Else Visiting Scholar or Practitioner Award

International Relations Committee

Submit through the Submission Site by April 1:  https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/77959/submitter

Online Submission Site Opens March 1

The purpose of the Janet Else Visiting Scholar or Practitioner Travel Award to actively reach out to scholars and practitioners in areas of the world that are under-represented in terms of ITAA membership, thereby promoting the ITAA beyond North America and bringing knowledge and skills from outside North America to the ITAA membership.

BENEFITS

Members are encouraged to nominate a colleague for this award. Participation in the ITAA Annual Conference by diverse individuals brings many benefits to the organization.

• The Janet Else Visiting Scholar or Practitioner Travel Award provides the ITAA with excellent opportunities to exchange scholarly activities with researchers and faculty members from countries that are currently under-represented at ITAA.
• The Award offers an opportunity to a scholar or practitioner to present material within a new arena and community of scholars and practitioners in North America.
• The Janet Else Visiting Scholar or Practitioner Travel Award brings fresh and new ideas to ITAA from outstanding scholars and practitioners from foreign industries and governments in the areas of design, technologies, trades, culture, history, and education that are critical in today’s global society.

ELIGIBILITY AND PROCEDURES

Eligibility is open to an individual scholar (for Visiting Scholar) or an in dividual practitioner (Visiting Practitioner) from a country that is under-represented at ITAA who can bring fresh and new ideas to ITAA.

Both nominations and self-nominations will be accepted. The nomination package is due by April 1 and should include:

• A letter of nomination from the applicant or nominator
• A letter indicating how the individual and ITAA would benefit from the award
• CV(s) or resume(s) providing evidence of scholarly experiences (for Visiting Scholar) or industry/governmental experiences (for Visiting Practitioner)
• One letter of recommendation from someone other than the nominator (for self-nominations, one letter of recommendation from an ITAA member).

REQUIREMENTS

Once the recipient has been chosen, they must indicate their intention to attend the ITAA conference by June 1 of the submission year, providing time for visas to be processed. The recipient must be willing and able to travel to and attend the ITAA annual conference where the recipient must present an oral presentation. Otherwise, the award decision will be canceled.

The award includes: 

• Up to 4 nights of hotel stay at the conference hotel
• Conference registration fee waiver
• A $2,000 cash award (not a check or bank transfer) at the conference (can be used for travel).
• An award certificate will be presented at the ITAA annual meeting when the visiting scholar/practitioner is introduced.

The nominator should, where necessary, be prepared to support the nominee in terms of:

• Translating their presentation if required
• Guiding them through the process of booking travel
• Greeting them, introducing them to other ITAA members and looking after them during the conference

SELECTION PROCESS

The sub-committee chair and a minimum of two additional members of the International Relations committee will collect nominations/applications, and select the recipient within one month of nomination due date. The International Relations Committee may award both or either Visiting Scholar and/or Visiting Practitioner, depending on funding situations in a given year.

Once the recipient is selected, the Award selection sub-committee chair will notify the result to VP of Awards, ITAA Executive Director, the chair of the International Relations Committee and the Nominator.  An award letter will be sent by the VP of Awards. The International Relations committee chair notifies the selection result to the Annual Conference Planning committee chair in order to schedule introduction of the recipient and presentation time during the annual meeting.

ONLINE SUBMISSION OF JANET ELSE VISITING SCHOLAR AWARD

Please follow these procedures for online submission:

1.     Begin the submission process by using the April 1 Oxford Abstract link: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/77958/submitter

2.   Start by entering the submitter's name, affiliation, and email address.

3.   List the name of the nominee/applicant, nominee’s/applicant’s institution, and the nominee’s/applicant’s email address.

4.   Indicate the Name of the Award for which you are submitting an application/nomination.

5.   Confirm that if the nominee receives the award, they will indicate their ability to accept the award and participate in the Conference by June 1.

6.   Confirm that the submission has been approved by the submitter and the nominee.

7.   Upload all of the following materials in the appropriate location:

• A Letter of Nomination from either the nominee or applicant•
• A letter of support from an additional ITAA member•
• The current CV of the nominee or applicant•
• A letter indicating the benefit to both the nominee/applicant and ITAA members.

8.   Click SUBMIT to complete the Submission process. You will receive an email confirmation of the submission being received.

For questions, please contact:

Sherry Schofield, Executive Director, itaasherry@gmail.com

Ting Chi, VP of Awards, tchi@wsu.edu

Joohye Hwang Chair of the International Scholars Committee, joohye.hwang@jefferson.edu