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: