All College Awards

Applications for CISA awards and grants are due to Dropbox by Dec. 20, 2020. Please see the "Additional Information" section below for instructions.   

2020-2021 Awards and Grants 

Student Success Award (staff only)

Recognizes excellence in student support, services, advocacy, etc. 

To apply:

Letter of support highlighting relevant accomplishments (one page maximum).

Outstanding Staff Award (staff only)

Recognizes excellent work performance, leadership, etc.

To apply:

Letter of support highlighting relevant accomplishments (one page maximum).

Equity and Inclusion Award

Recognizes contributions that have advanced equity/inclusion in CISA.

To apply:

Letter of support highlighting relevant accomplishments (one page maximum).

Outstanding Service Award

Recognizes outstanding service to the institution, profession, and/or community, relevant to the person’s position within CISA.

To apply: 

1. Abbreviated C.V./resume addressing relevant education, employment, and service (two pages maximum).

2. Letter of support highlighting relevant accomplishments (one page maximum).

Outstanding Teaching Award

Recognizes excellence in teaching and student mentoring.

To apply: 

1. Abbreviated C.V./resume addressing relevant education, employment, teaching, and mentoring (five pages maximum).

2. Letter of support highlighting relevant accomplishments (one page maximum) or a peer-evaluation of teaching conducted within the last two years.

3. Course evaluations for two courses taught within the last two years (include all scores and comments).

Outstanding Research Award: Early Career or Distinguished (faculty only)

Recognizes outstanding research accomplishments and sustained productivity of scholars who graduated with a Ph.D. within the last six years (Early Career) or more than six years ago (Distinguished).

To apply: 

1. Abbreviated C.V./resume addressing relevant education (including Ph.D. graduation year), employment, publications within the last 10 years (separate and distinguish between peer-reviewed/non peer-reviewed), national and international conference presentations and invited keynotes within the last ten years, grant activity within the last 10 years, patents or other pertinent information, and current professional memberships (10 pages maximum).

2. Two letters of support highlighting relevant accomplishments (one page maximum per letter; at least one letter must be from a scholar outside of ASU).

Faculty Mentoring Award (faculty only)

Recognizes mentors of CISA faculty (e.g., tenure and promotion mentoring, project mentoring, training/workshops).

To apply:

Letter of support highlighting relevant accomplishments (one page maximum).

Innovation Award

Recognizes creativity in the design of a CISA program, internship, lab, industry partnership, community outreach, event, series, etc. 

To apply:

Letter of support highlighting relevant accomplishments (one page maximum).

Design Aspiration Grants (up to $1,000, 2 grants)

These small grants support research, teaching, or service projects that are aligned to one of ASU’s design aspirations: leverage our place, transform society, value entrepreneurship, conduct use-inspired research, enable student success, fuse intellectual disciplines, be socially embedded, or engage globally.

To apply: 

1. Overview defining the project's scope and purpose, estimated impact, and alignment to one of ASU’s design aspirations (one page maximum).

2. Itemized budget (one page maximum).

3. Detailed timeline (one page maximum).

4. Abbreviated C.V./resume addressing relevant education, employment, and any information pertinent to the project (two pages maximum).

5. Letter of support discussing the need for this project and qualifications of the project leader (one page maximum).