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SSMA presents several annual awards to recognize distinguished service, excellence in science and mathematics integration, early career scholarship, and exemplary teaching and learning. Members of SSMA are encouraged to propose a nominee satisfying any of these award criteria.
NOMINATIONS Nominate a colleague for one or more of the following SSMA Awards by completing the requirements for a specific award. Award Descriptions and Requirements
GEORGE G. MALLINSON DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDSSMA recognizes notable and extensive service to the SSMA organization with the George G. Mallinson Distinguished Service Award. Potential awardees are those who have been a member of SSMA for at least ten (10) years and who have shown substantial participation and leadership in SSMA activities such as paper presentations at meetings, committee work, membership work, and reviewing for the journal. Nominations for this award must come from current members of SSMA. This award may be given annually. To nominate a person for this award, send:
Awardee: The awardee will receive a one-year membership to SSMA, a conference fee waiver to the annual SSMA Convention where the award will be presented, and an invitation to address the membership at the Annual Convention AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN INTEGRATING SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICSSSMA recognizes notable and extensive efforts in higher education andbeyond related to the integration of Science and Mathematics with the SSMA Award forExcellence in Integrating Science and Mathematics. The award is given to a person or groupwho/which has fostered, promoted, and extended the integration of mathematics/science atthe elementary, secondary, or university level. The nominee should be a person or groupwho is active in science/mathematics education and in the development of curricula for thepreparation of teachers, educational research, or other activities of significant educationalvalue; thereby showing an impact on science/mathematics education. The competition isopen to non-SSMA members but all applicants must be nominated by an SSMA member. This award may be given annually. To nominate a person for this award, send:
Awardee: The Awardee will receive a one-year membership to SSMA, a convention fee waiver to the annual SSMA Convention where the award will be presented, and an invitation to present a session at the Annual Convention about their work. . CONNECTIONS AWARDThe SSMA recognizes exemplary K-12 teaching and learning projects that focus on connections between science and mathematics with the SSMA Connections Award. The nominee should be a person working in K-12 who has been a leader of an exemplary teaching and learning project that is school-based and focused on connections between science and mathematics. This award may be given annually. To nominate a person for this award, send:
Awardee: The Awardee will receive a $500 award, a convention fee waiver to the annual SSMA Convention where the award will be presented, and an invitation to present a session at the Annual Convention about their work.Additional funds may be available to support awardee(s) travel to the annual convention. OUTSTANDING EARLY CAREER SCHOLAR AWARDThe SSMA recognizes outstanding early career contributions to the scholarship of science and/or mathematics education with the Outstanding Early Career Scholar Award.The nominee should be a person, within five years of receiving a doctoral degree, with an exemplary and productive program of research related to science and/or mathematics education. The nominee must have been an SSMA member in good standing for at least one year prior to the submission of the application. This award may be given annually. To nominate a person for this award, send:
Awardee: The Awardee will receive a $500 award, a one-year membership to SSMA, a convention fee waiver to the annual SSMA Convention where the award will be presented, and an invitation to present a session at the Annual Convention about their work. Additional funds may be available to support awardee(s) travel to the annual convention. SSMA DISSERTATION AWARDThe SSMA recognizes outstanding doctoral degree research with the SSMA Dissertation Award. The Award is given for dissertations related to science education,mathematics education, or integrated science and mathematics education. Competition is open to non-members, but all applicants must be nominated by an SSMA member. The nominee’s dissertation must have been completed within three years of the submission. This award may be given annually. To nominate a person for this award, send:
Awardee: The Awardee will receive a $500 award, a one-year membership to SSMA, a convention fee waiver to the annual SSMA Convention where the award will be presented, and the recipient will be invited to present a session at the Annual Convention about their dissertation. Additional funds may be available to support awardee(s) travel to the annual convention. JOHN PARK STUDENT CONVENTION AWARDTo qualify for this Award, a graduate or undergraduate student must attend and present at the SSMA Annual Convention, and must have incurred personal expenses to attend. To apply, the student must complete the Expenses Report form, which includes a listing of the expenses incurred to attend the Convention and details of financial support to attend the Convention from outside sources, for example, the student’s college/department or travel grants offered by the student’s university. The completed form must be submitted to [email protected] prior to the first day of the Convention. Each year at the Convention, one or more students who submit their Expenses Report Form and meet the criteria for the Award will be randomly selected from all students who submitted the Expenses Report Form and meet the criteria to receive the Award. The maximum Award will be $400. Lesser amounts will be awarded to those selected with personal expenses less than $400. Award nominations must be received no later than March 15th for the upcoming fall SSMA Convention. Nomination Form
For additional questions, you may contact Craig Schroeder, Chair of Award Committee, at [email protected] |