APA/PDC PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION IN PHILOSOPHY PROGRAMS

Submissions due on JUNE 30th. If your program is doing some good work for the philosophical profession and pushing the boundaries, I suggest submitting your department for competition.  
"Any APA member familiar with a program, including those involved in its creation or direction, may nominate it."
 Almost all professors are members of the APA, so if your a student maybe talk to one of the professors.  I highly support at least the idea behind this program. It is recognizing and shining a light on programs which would otherwise be ignored by the majority of the more prestigious schools. 

Quoted from site:

Summary:
The APA and the Philosophy Documentation Center (PDC) have established this prize to recognize philosophy departments, research centers, institutes, societies, publishers or other organizations for creating programs that risk undertaking new initiatives in philosophy and do so with excellence and success.

Process: 
Programs may be nominated by any APA member familiar with a program, including those involved in its creation or direction.

Selection Committee: 
The committee consists of five people appointed by the APA's LPR Committee and will include two representatives of the Philosophy Documentation Center.

Frequency: Every year

Last Award: 2010

Next Award: 2011

Background:
The APA and the PDC now invite nominations for the 2011 competition. The aim of the prize is twofold: 1) to recognize and reward programs that risk undertaking new initiatives and do so with excellence and success; and 2) to publicize the success of these programs so they may inspire and influence others to follow their lead.

Award:
To support both the award winner and its host institution, the Philosophy Documentation Center will provide campus-wide electronic access to a bundle of philosophy resources for an entire year. This brings a tangible benefit to all students and faculty at the host institution, with the intention of strengthening interest in, and support for, the award winning program. The total value will be over $1,000 and the publications best suited to support the winner will be selected in cooperation with the PDC.

Eligibility and Criteria: 
Departments of philosophy in colleges and universities, as well as institutes, societies, publishers, or other organizations that develop philosophy programs or projects aimed at promoting or developing research, teaching, or the public understanding of philosophy, are eligible to make a nomination. Philosophy programs must be basedprimarily in the United States, though they may have an international dimension.

Excellence is to be assessed by a record of achievement, the accomplishment of clearly defined goals, and the appropriateness of the program for emulation by others in the field. Innovation is to be assessed by the development of new research areas, new interdisciplinary connections, new international connections, new modes of teaching or dissemination, new audiences for philosophical work, or extensions of existing boundaries of the discipline.

Nomination procedure:
Any APA member familiar with a program, including those involved in its creation or direction, may nominate it. Nominations must be supported by at least three statements speaking to the criteria outlined above. Other appropriate supportive material may accompany nominations. Please submit all materials electronically to Linda Nuoffer (lnuoffer@udel.edu). The Award Selection Committee may, at its discretion, solicit additional information. Nominations, with supporting material, are due by June 30, 2011.

Questions may be directed to Linda Nuoffer at lnuoffer@udel.edu. Nominations will remain in effect for three years, and nominees from previous years will be notified of the opportunity to update supporting material. 

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