International Forum - 2008 AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE NOMINATIONS

DEADLINE: MARCH 15, 2008
Nominations should be sent to ip@nida.nih.gov

The NIDA International Program Awards of Excellence recognize individuals for outstanding contributions to international cooperation in drug abuse research and training. The awards are presented each June at the NIDA International Forum to persons who have demonstrated outstanding and sustained support of the NIDA International Program mission in three categories:

Excellence in Mentoring
Recognizes NIDA grantees who have served as mentors for the INVEST or NIDA Hubert H. Humphrey Drug Abuse Research Fellowship programs and who have continued their mentoring beyond the fellowship period. The awardees have demonstrated exceptional guidance to help NIDA Fellows achieve research independence and are leaders in the Institute's efforts to develop an international community of scientists who exchange information and collaborate on drug abuse research nationally, regionally, and globally.

Excellence in International Leadership
Recognizes U.S. or non-U.S. drug abuse researchers who have made significant contributions to international collaborative research and/or capacity building outside the United States. The awardees serve as exemplars to their colleagues through superior efforts to develop the human resources necessary to improve scientific understanding of drug abuse and addiction and develop and implement science-based prevention and treatment programs.

Excellence in Collaborative Research
Recognizes creative or pioneering efforts by bi-national or multinational research teams consisting of at least one NIDA grantee and one non-U.S. research partner who have appreciably improved the mechanisms to foster international collaborative research and/or significantly contributed to scientific knowledge about drug abuse and addiction.

Additional selection criteria include:

• Innovative, creative, and pioneering achievement.
• Unique contributions by the nominee to that achievement.
• Positive change over a sustained period-not simply the potential for such
• change – through the nominee’s achievement.
• A qualitative and quantitative impact.
• Success in overcoming barriers, based on resources available.