Sprott Research Excellence Awards

Celebrating research excellence, emerging scholarly promise, clear and purposeful communication, and meaningful partnerships that connect Sprott with communities and sectors beyond the university.

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Carol-Ann Tetrault Sirsly Award

The Carol-Ann Tetrault Sirsly Sprott Research Excellence Award recognizes faculty members who have demonstrated outstanding research achievement, scholarly impact, and research leadership over a sustained …

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 …

Doctoral Research Leadership Award

The Sprott Doctoral Research Leadership Award recognizes PhD students who demonstrate exceptional research excellence and an emerging ability to communicate their work with clarity, purpose, …

Early Career Research Award

The Sprott Early Career Research Award recognizes research stream faculty members who have demonstrated promise and early research achievement in the first years of their …

Sprott Excellence Awards News

2026 Sprott Research Awards. From left to right: Francois Brouard, Howard Nemiroff, Linda Schweitzer, Oriane Couchoux, Angel Henchey.

May 4, 2026

Sprott School of Business Celebrates Research Excellence

The Sprott School of Business recently celebrated research excellence, recognizing its researchers with the presentation of the Sprott Research Awards. These awards recognize Sprott researchers …

Fulbright Canada Distinguished Chair

Fulbright Canada and Carleton University have established dedicated research chairs that will allow extraordinary American scholars and top-tier researchers to spend one academic year as a visiting research scholar working in a targeted area of academic inquiry.

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Carleton University Research Achievement Award

The Research Achievement Awards are administered by the Office of the Vice-President (Research and International) to recognize exceptional accomplishments by members of Carleton University. Each year, ten faculty members are selected by a committee of past recipients and provided with funds to support a research project.

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