December 14 Deadline for CRA Service Award Nominations
The Computing Research Association invites nominations for the CRA Distinguished Service Award and the A. Nico Habermann Award for 2013.
Distinguished Service Award
CRA makes an award, usually annually, to a person who has made an outstanding service contribution to the computing research community. This award recognizes service in the areas of government affairs, professional societies, publications or conferences, and leadership that has a major impact on computing research. See “Guidelines for Nominators”.
- Nico Habermann Award
CRA makes an award, usually annually, to a person who has made outstanding contributions aimed at increasing the numbers and/or successes of underrepresented groups in the computing research community. This award recognizes work in areas of government affairs, educational programs, professional societies, public awareness, and leadership that has a major impact on advancing these groups in the computing research community. Recognized contributions can be focused directly at the research level or at its immediate precursors, namely students at the undergraduate or graduate levels. See “Guidelines for Nominators”.
For a list of previous recipients of these two awards.
Nomination Process
Send a nomination letter (no longer than two pages) that describes the contributions on which the nomination is based to awards [at] cra.org. Refer to the appropriate “Guidelines for Nominators” for the award. Include the candidate’s current curriculum vitae. Questions or comments may be addressed to awards [at] cra.org.
Nominators are responsible for collating the nomination materials before e-mailing the complete package to: awards [at] cra.org. The deadline for receipt of nominations is December 14, 2012.
Current members of the CRA Board of Directors are not eligible for these awards.
