Ehrlich Award Nomination & Selection Criteria

How to apply

Nominate a faculty member (new for 2024!)

Do you know a faculty member who deserves recognition for their commitment to connecting their teaching, research, and service to community engagement? Nominate a candidate for this award. The nomination form will allow you to submit faculty for consideration and offer a testimonial describing why they are deserving of the award. Nominees will be notified of their selection and encouraged to complete the full application to be considered for the award.

Submit a nomination for the Ehrlich Award →
Nominations are due October 14, 2024

Apply for the award

We strongly encourage individuals to apply for the award directly! Whether or not you are nominated, all faculty who wish to be considered for the award must complete the full application to be eligible for consideration.

Start an application for the Ehrlich Award →
Applications are due October 31, 2024

Eligibility

Applicant must be:

• Affiliated with a Campus Compact member institution
• A senior faculty member (post-tenure or middle- to late-career, if not in a tenure-line appointment)

Selection criteria

Faculty submitted for consideration must demonstrate work in line with the selection criteria:

I. Evidence of deeply-engaged, high-quality academic work

Demonstrated integration of civic and community engagement in one’s teaching, research, and/or service as appropriate to one’s context and roles (this might include, but is not limited to, teaching undergraduate or graduate service-learning courses, conducting community-based participatory research, developing departmental or institutional engagement programs and curricula, and/or studying the impact of public engagement).

II. Evidence of community collaboration and change

Demonstrated commitment and capacity to develop and sustain reciprocal community partnerships and to contribute to positive change on issues of public concern (examples include ongoing work with community members to design, implement, and improve engagement initiatives, recognition of partners as co-educators, evaluation results that show benefits for communities as well as students, support for multifaceted partnerships focused on particular public issues, and research-based collaborations).

III. Evidence of institutional impact

Demonstrated leadership in developing cultures, programs, and/or policies that promote meaningful engagement on one’s campus, within higher education, or in one’s discipline (through, for example, efforts aimed at redesigning curriculum, enhancing faculty development, recognizing engagement in faculty hiring, tenure, and promotion, or fostering common vision and collaboration across units or institutions).