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Candidate Statement

Candidate statement addressing award selection criteria (1-2 pages, freeform).

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Guidelines:

Summarize your research program and progress: Provide a concise overview of your research program and broader vision. Emphasize your notable achievements and milestones attained, drawing upon relevant evidence from grant reports, tenure and promotion letters, and your professional bio.
Highlight relevant achievements: Focus on highlighting achievements that are most relevant to the award. Provide specific evidence, both qualitative and quantitative, to demonstrate how you stand out in terms of the specific award criteria. Consider the profiles and stature of previous recipients as a benchmark.
Emphasize impact beyond academia: Many awards recognize the impact and reach of research beyond the academic realm. Highlight any notable contributions or connections your research has made to the wider society or industry.
Seek inspiration from successful nomination statements: Explore the SFU Applications Library, which features successful nomination statements co-developed by the ISA and the nominee. These examples can inspire and guide you in crafting a compelling and effective nomination.

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Candidate full career-length CV

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Include: education, academic/professional appointments, memberships/affiliations, publications, patents (if applicable), invited presentations, awards and honours, grant funding, service to the profession, training and supervision, and community involvement/outreach. Teaching contributions are not relevant here.

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Candidate eligibility Eligible

The candidate meets the eligibility criteria for this award.

Note: if the award has a cutoff for eligibility from # of years from PhD, please mention the total # of months of career interruptions and the interruption type (e.g., parental, COVID-19 related, etc.) in the Comments box below.

If eligibility is uncertain, please provide an explanatory note in the Comments box below, so that we can check with the award agency if needed.

Comments Note any comments here about why/how this candidate was selected for internal nomination, whether or not the candidate was nominated for this award previously (to your knowledge) and what has changed from the previous nomination, and any other information that may assist the internal selection committee to make an informed decision about this candidate's readiness for institutional nomination for this award.

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Preferred Nominator Institutional (ISA-led): President or VPRI Non-ISA led: Unit head or external nominator Non-ISA led: Self-nomination

Please select the preferred nominator for this award.

NOTE: A regular or non-ISA led nomination should be led by the chosen nominator (a colleague, Director, Dean, etc.), who will work with the candidate to develop the materials and solicit referees. The primary nominator may contact ISA for consultation, advice, or high level reviews of materials prior to submission.

Additional comments or specific needs Please provide any additional comments or specific requests related to your nomination that may not be covered in the options above. Please identify your nomination development support needs. Your responses will help us tailor our support to best assist you in the nomination process.

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