The Nomination Process

The University invites nominations from throughout the world by professional educators, educational institutions and organizations, and editors and publishers of journals, books and software. Self-nominations will not be considered.

To nominate a work, the nominator must submit the following:

• A one-page letter of nomination identifying the specific work, idea or achievement being nominated and delineating the reasons why the entry merits the award. Please provide a complete bibliographic reference if possible.
• A completed nomination form (pdf)

Upon receipt of a letter of nomination, the nominee(s) will be notified of nomination and sent a nominee form, which explains the award conditions and states that all materials submitted will become the property of the University of Louisville. Each nominee then must submit the following supporting materials:

• A signed copy of the nominee form
• Six copies of the work (if the work is in a language other than English, provide six copies of the English translation of the work)
• Six copies of the nominee's curriculum vita or resume

Deadline

To be considered for the 2010 award, the nomination form and letter must be received by April 30, 2009, and all supporting materials for the nominations (including the signed nominee form, six copies of the work and six copies of the nominee's curriculum vita or resume) must reach the University of Louisville by May 30, 2009.

The Review Process

A faculty committee will review all nominations and recommend three finalists to the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Education Committee. This committee, composed of the university president, the dean of the College of Education, and four persons named by the president, will select the winning submission for the award. The University Board of Trustees will grant the award upon the recommendation of this committee.

Award Requirements

1. The winner of the Award will be announced after December 1st. The winner will be expected to come to Louisville during the following spring to make a formal presentation based on the winning idea and to receive the Award. This trip to Louisville is mandatory and failure to fulfill this requirement will result in forfeiture of the Award and the associated cash prize.
2. Entrant agrees and accepts that, consistent with the intent of H. Charles Grawemeyer, the Award will not be given posthumously. The Entrant must be living in order to receive the Award and must participate in the Award festivities referenced above in order to receive the Award and the associated cash prize. If the nominated Work was written by multiple authors, one or more of whom is deceased, only the living authors are eligible to receive the Award and the associated cash prize. The first installment of the cash prize will be paid at the Award festivities.
3. Entrant agrees and accepts that the cash prize associated with the Award will be paid in five annual installments of forty-thousand dollars ($40,000). The installment payments will cease upon death of the recipient. Winning the Award does not create any property rights in the cash prize for the recipient’s heirs or estate. In the event that the Award is given to multiple recipients (such as co-authors), there is only one cash prize associated with the Award and said cash prize will be divided evenly amongst the recipients. If a co-author dies before the final installment is paid, payments to that co-author will cease and the full amount of the remaining installments will be divided evenly between the still-living co-authors.
4. Entrant shall participate, as appropriate, and cooperate in the production of any documentary film or other public relations or publicity matters related to the Competition, including the execution of any necessary releases and/or authorizations.
5. Entrant hereby grants permanent permission for the University of Louisville to use the title and excerpts from the Work and any media depicting their receipt and acceptance of the Award for library and archival purposes, and for the purpose of promoting the Grawemeyer Awards and their affiliation with the University of Louisville. The term “media” is understood to include, but not be limited to, audio and visual images and/or recordings of any format which depict the Entrant’s visit to the campus[es] of the University of Louisville, the Awards presentation itself and any comments made by the Entrant as part of the campus visit[s] and the Awards festivities.
6. All physical materials submitted become the property of the University of Louisville.

Send letters of nomination and all supporting materials to:

Education Grawemeyer Award
C/O Dean's Office
College of Education
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292-0001
USA

Contact

Anita Russell
College of Education, Dean's Office
University of Louisville
Louisville, Ky 40292
USA
Phone: 502-852-4023
Fax: 502-852-5153
anita.russell@louisville.edu