Division of Research Staff Excellence Awards

This award is intended to honor and recognize exceptional staff performance and significant sustained contributions, with a portion occurring during the last fiscal year.

Eligibility

DOR Staff Excellence Award (Individual) nominees must:

• be a full-time employee.
• have a minimum of two years of service in the Division or within their unit if the unit was recently moved under the Division, have a minimum of two years of working with the Division if centralized staff, or have a minimum of one year of service in the Division or within their unit if classified as a postdoctoral research associate.
• have an annual performance evaluation of meets expectations or higher.
• hold a title below that of Associate Vice President, Director, or equivalent.

Criteria

Nominees should:

• demonstrate a continuing commitment to excellence and development as a professional within the Division through personal actions related to mentorship, professional development, and/or leadership, or through advancement of others, promoting mentorship, professional development and/or leadership.
• demonstrate special qualities such as innovation, initiative, enthusiasm, and cooperation.
• make a positive impact within the Division and externally, through the sharing of ideas, outstanding and sustained improvements in customer service, processes and procedures, communication and/or reduction of administrative burdens.
• demonstrate a commitment to support Aggie core values (respect, excellence, leadership, loyalty, integrity, and self-less service) at Texas A&M, within the DOR and all stakeholders.

Award

• Monetary award of $500 and certificate.

Selection Process

The principal nominator (any employee of The Texas A&M University System) should complete and sign the nomination form. The form should be submitted with a letter of nomination describing how the candidate meets the criteria listed above. One, one-page letter of endorsement may also be submitted. Self-nominations will not be accepted. The DOR Awards Recognition Committee will review and select the award recipients using a numerical scoring system.

The nomination process will open on Monday, October 2, 2023, and nomination packets must be received by close of business on Friday, October 13, 2023. Awardees will be notified on Friday, November 17, 2023.

This award is intended to honor and recognize exceptional team performance and significant sustained contributions, with a portion occurring during the last fiscal year.

Eligibility Criteria

Impact should be evidenced by individual actions contributing to the team effort, to make a positive impact within the Division and externally through the sharing of ideas; outstanding and sustained improvements in customer service, processes and procedures, communication and/or reduction of service barriers; or implementation of new ideas or innovations as a team resulting in greater customer satisfaction or substantial cost savings.  Teams selected for this award will have demonstrated a team commitment to support Aggie core values (respect, excellence, leadership, loyalty, integrity, and self-less service) at Texas A&M, within the Division, and externally.

Team Definition:

• A minimum of two staff members shall constitute a team.
• A maximum team size is not specified.
• Team members include Division of Research staff as well as centralized staff.

DOR Staff Excellence Award Team nominees must:

• be full-time employees.
• have a minimum of two years of service in the Division or within their unit if the unit was recently moved under the Division, have a minimum of two years of working with the Division if centralized staff, or have a minimum of one year of service in the Division or within their unit if classified as a postdoctoral research associate.
• have an annual performance evaluation of meets expectations or higher.
• hold a title below that of Associate Vice President, Director, or equivalent.

Award

The team selected will be celebrated with a team event and individual certificates.

Selection Process

The principal nominator (any employee of The Texas A&M University System) should complete and sign the nomination form. The form should be submitted with a letter of nomination describing how the team meets the criteria listed above. Up to three, one-page letters of endorsement may also be submitted. Self-nominations will not be accepted. The DOR Awards Recognition Committee will review and select the award recipients using a numerical scoring system.

The nomination process will open on Monday, October 2, 2023, and nomination packets must be received by close of business on Friday, October 13, 2023.

Awardees will be notified on Friday, November 17, 2023.