Community Engagement Excellence Award

The Sprott Community Engagement Excellence Award recognizes research stream faculty members who have made an exceptional and sustained contribution to building meaningful research relationships between Sprott School of Business and the broader community. This includes local, provincial, national, and international partners across government, industry, the non-profit sector, and civil society.

This award celebrates the faculty members who bring Sprott’s research mission into the world and who bring the world back into Sprott. One award will be given each year when the standard of applications warrants recognition.

Eligibility

Open to all full-time Sprott research stream faculty members at any rank.

Candidates must self-nominate. Associate Deans, Directors, and colleagues who believe a faculty member is deserving of this recognition are strongly encouraged to approach them and support their decision to apply.

Past recipients are eligible to re-apply five years after receiving their last award.

Application Package

Faculty must self-nominate. Associate Deans, Directors, and colleagues are encouraged to approach eligible faculty and support their decision to apply. The following materials are required:

Curriculum Vitae

Submit a current CV. Please highlight all research achievements from the preceding three calendar years so that the selection committee can readily identify the relevant contributions.

Applicant Statement

The appliA narrative statement describing the nature, scope, and impact of your community engagement contributions. This is the core of your application and should go well beyond a list of activities. The committee wants to understand the research relationships you have built, why they matter, what has changed as a result, and why the contributions you are describing reflect the kind of sustained, institutionally grounded research engagement this award is designed to recognize.

Candidates are encouraged to address:

• The community partners involved in the research and the nature of the relationship with each.
• How the research engagement was initiated, how it has evolved, and how it is sustained.
• The impact the research had on the partner organization, the students involved, or the broader community.
• How the engagement connects to and advances Sprott’s broader mission and values.

Limit: 3 pages, 12-point font, single-spaced.

Selection Process

The selection committee is chaired by the Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Research Programs. The committee reviews all eligible applications against the evaluation criteria and makes its recommendation to the Dean. The Dean makes the final award decision. All deliberations are confidential.

One award may be granted per cycle. In years where the committee determines that applications do not meet the standard the award is intended to recognize, the award may not be given.

Award Recognition

Recipients of the Sprott Community Engagement Excellence Award will receive:

• A $1,000 award deposited directly to the recipient’s IRR fund, supporting their ongoing community engagement and research activities.
• A framed certificate presented to the recipient.

• A featured faculty profile on the Sprott website and across Sprott’s social media channels, highlighting the recipient’s contributions and the community partnerships they have built.

How to Apply

Submit your complete application package using the application web submission form on the Sprott Research Office website.

All materials must be uploaded and received by 11:59 PM on February 15, 2027. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.

Past Community Engagement Excellence Award Winners