Presidents' Award of Distinction for Team Science
The Presidents’ Award of Distinction for Team Science, conferred by the Presidents of the academic institutions of the Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance (Georgia CTSA), recognizes and promotes excellence in multi-disciplinary research teams within the Georgia CTSA. This award will be presented to an outstanding multi-disciplinary research team in recognition of its innovative and impactful research that has, or will likely, advance clinical and translational science and positively impact human health.
The recipient of the President’s Award of Distinction for Team Science will receive $5,000 towards their team science research program. Teams will be recognized at the 2025 Southeast Regional Clinical and Translational Conference (March 5-7, 2025).
Application Deadline: Nominations will be accepted through November 18, 2024.
Award Eligibility
- Each research team must have one or more representatives from a Georgia CTSA partner (Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Morehouse School of Medicine, and/or the University of Georgia).
- Teams must be multi-disciplinary with representation from at least two different disciplines. In addition, diversity in terms of race, gender, institution, rank, etc. is strongly encouraged.
- Research activities must be clinical or translational in nature and make a positive impact on human health.
- Teams are not eligible if they have applied to the 2025 Team Science Award of Distinction for Early Stage Research Teams.
- Those who have received this award in the past 3 years are not eligible.
| Criterion | Example |
|---|---|
| Evidence of potential impact on health of individuals or communities | Clinical protocols, population studies, evidence-based policies citing the team’s research outputs, public prizes, membership to advisory councils for civic organizations, trainings for professionals, practice guides, formal guidelines, executive summaries, tool kits, contributions to public debate or appearances as media experts (webinars, podcasts, briefs), development of medical technologies |
| Evidence of scientific impact | Use of team’s research outputs/innovations by peers (e.g., citations, use of the models/methods developed, contribution to theory/modeling methodology or school of thought). Additional evidence may include science prizes or patents, abstracts, publications, or scholarly works at any stage (e.g., submitted, in press, in revision) |
Description of high-quality, productive teamwork | Research activities involving 2 or more team members, shared mentoring or advising responsibilities, shared grant applications, shared resources, etc. |
Evidence of application of team science principles | Evidence of the development of the scientific team through applying team science principles includes engaging in collaboration planning activities (e.g., creating a team contract/collaboration planning agreement). Additional examples may include dedicating time to developing teamwork skills (e.g., participating in team science workshops, team-building exercises). More information on team science principles can be found in the National Academies Consensus Report on Team Science: https://nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/19007/dbasse_165410.pdf |
Interdisciplinary nature of the work | How the interdisciplinary nature of the team was leveraged to accomplish the scientific aims and/or translational impact |
Submission Instructions
All submissions must use the nomination template and should be emailed to Lauren James. Nominations that do not conform to the template will not be accepted.
Selection Process
The Executive Council of the Georgia CTSA will review all nominations and make a recommendation to the University Presidents. Questions should be directed to Lauren James.
The Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance (Georgia CTSA) is an inter-institutional magnet that concentrates basic, translational, and clinical research investigators, community clinicians, professional societies, and industry collaborators in dynamic clinical and translational research projects. Emory engaged three of its close academic partners - Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), and the University of Georgia (UGA) - to form the Georgia CTSA. This partnership, a strategic multi-institutional alliance, offers compelling, unique, and synergistic advantages to research and patients statewide. Learn more about Georgia CTSA.