Research & Artistic Achievement Award Application
Evaluation Criteria

In an effort to encourage and reward Research & Artistic Achievement and further promote creativity, development and lifelong learning by the faculty, Millikin University has developed the Research & Artistic Achievement Awards Program. This program is designed to celebrate the innovative scholarship and outstanding artistic achievements of full time faculty at Millikin University. Here are the criteria for evaluation of Research Award Applications.

Applications of three pages or less should address the following criteria. Letters of applications and supporting appendixes are due by March 1 to the Vice President of Academic Affairs. For more details, download a copy of the Research & Artistic Achievement Award brochure (pdf).

Six Criteria

Outstanding research and artistic achievement requires (1) the exploration of new territory—(2) an engagement over time (3) resulting in a product, performance or text (4) that is recognized or valued as excellent by peers (5) as a contribution to the field (6) and to Millikin and its students. (Policies & Procedures)

1. the exploration of new territory:

Research and artistic achievement includes exploration of new territory, or reevaluation of what is known or accomplished, or new translations, or new creative visions or performances, or the positioning of new interpretations, or the offering of new methods of conceptualization or new methods of understanding.

2. an engagement over time:

Research requires engagement in the activity over time and periodically comes to formal closure. These activities should be something with which faculty members are engaged in an ongoing fashion—a program or agenda of research.

3. resulting in a product, performance, or text:

Research and artistic achievement results in a product, a performance, a text, a creation that is in some way put forth for review by peers—persons of at least equal expertise—for evaluation, review, appraisal, collaboration, affirmation, and acceptance or denial peers of equal expertise.

4. that is recognized or valued as excellent by peers:

Excellence in research and artistic achievement is noted and recognized by peers through processes resulting in acceptance for publication, acceptance or invitation for public performance, reviews of a product or performance, awards and recognition received for the quality of the product or performance.

5. as a contribution to the field:

Through peer review the research or artistic achievement is recognized as a contribution to the field, or example of excellence in the discipline, because of the new knowledge or territory being explored.

6. and as a contribution to Millikin and its students:

By engaging in ongoing research and artistic achievement, faculty offer themselves as role models for their students and make contributions to Millikin University as a site for intellectual inquiry and artistic development. In addition to being a role model, faculty research and artistic achievement directly result in opportunities for student collaboration and improvements to ongoing learning communities at Millikin.