The OSU Impact Award for Outstanding Scholarship recognizes OSU faculty who have demonstrated outstanding scholarship in a specific project or activity resulting in substantial impact beyond the university setting. The award consists of identification of the recipient on a plaque prominently displayed in the Research Office, a plaque for the recipient’s college, a plaque for the recipient and a $2,500 honorarium. Staci will also be invited to present the highlights of the work at a one-hour presentation that is open to the public.

To qualify for the Impact Award, an OSU faculty member’s scholarship must be demonstrated by a specific research project or creative activity that was broadly disseminated where the implications of the project or activity were found to have great impact by a broad constituency. Nominations  provided evidence of the impact attending to:

  • A broad dissemination recognizing the specific research project or creative activity and garnering substantial interest by the media and general public.
  • Recognition of a substantial impact by a broad constituency outside OSU of the implications of the research project or creative activity.
  • Completion of the work (e.g., published, presented) within three years of the nomination.