American Association for Laboratory Animal Science Awards Program

American Association for Laboratory Animal Science Awards Program The AALAS Awards Selection Committee (ASC) has made significant progress in refining the awards criteria and scoring system to ensure a fair and consistent process. The six awards which will require nominations are the Griffin, Garvey, Bhatt, Brewer, Collins, and Technician of the Year. These awards all require the same basic nomination information to be considered. Summary of the Awards Selection Process The award nomination forms are submitted via email. The AALAS office notifies the nominee they have been nominated for a specific award. The nominee should they desire to be considered for the award should submit their completed information  to the AALAS office prior to April 1. Copies of the packets are then sent to the ASC members for review. Each packet receives a score based on the established criteria. Committee members then rank the nominees for each individual award based on the scores and send them back to the national office to be tallied with the other committee members ranks. A tally of these rankings and scores is sent back to the ASC members for their review. A conference call is then set up for the ASC members to discuss the nominees with the highest ranks or scores and finalize the award selections. The chair of the ASC notifies the Executive Director of the committees' recommendations which are subsequently submitted to the AALAS Board of Trustees for approval. Nominati...

Source: ScanGrants feed - December 18, 2013 Category: Research Authors: American Association for Laboratory Animal Science Source Type: funding