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Nomination Guidelines

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About the Award

The IFEES Duncan Fraser Global Award for Excellence in Engineering Education recognizes individuals who have made innovative and meritorious contributions with a significant impact on the advancement of engineering education. IFEES encourages nominations of outstanding candidates from all regions of the world.

The 2020 Duncan Fraser Committee was chaired by IFEES Executive Committee Member, Dr. Ariela Sofer. The Global Award will be presented at the World Engineering Education Forum (WEEF)/Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) Virtual Event in November 2020 and physically celebrated at the IFEES annual Duncan Fraser Awards dinner during the WEEF/GEDC 2021 event in Madrid, Spain. The winners of both years 2020 and 2021 will each receive a one-time monetary prize of US $1,000, a medal, a roundtrip (economy class) ticket and lodging at our WEEF 2021 conference hotel in Madrid, Spain.

Nominations for 2021 will open soon. Please check back here for details, or join our mailing list for updates.

Nomination Guidelines

Members of the IFEES community are encouraged to nominate an individual who they believe falls within the criteria of having provided extraordinary leadership and impact in engineering education.

Please refer to the nomination guidelines before submitting the nomination form. Nominations must be submitted in English. If you need assistance, have questions, or are unsure of an IFEES member who can endorse your nomination, please contact Hans Jürgen Hoyer. If you need assistance, have questions, or are unsure of an IFEES member who can endorse your nomination, please contact Hans Jürgen Hoyer and Aliki Pappas.

Process

Please note, the nominator may nominate only one individual for the award.

The nomination package must include

  1. Completed nomination form (this form will be made available when IFEES begins to accept nominations)
  2. Letter of nomination
  3. Statement of Impact (not to exceed 1 page)
  4. Rationale (not to exceed 5 pages)
  5. CV of the nominee (not to exceed 4 pages) including
    1. Names
    2. Contact information
    3. Educational qualification(s)
    4. Relevant experience
    5. Relevant publications
    6. Relevant awards and honors
  6. Three letters of support (1 page each)

Please note that all applications must strictly adhere to page limits.

Completed applications are to be submitted via email to the IFEES Secretariat and Duncan Fraser Award Committee Chair. 

Award Criteria

The IFEES Duncan Fraser Global Award for Excellence in Engineering Education committee will review each completed nomination based on the following criteria:

  • Response to a need
  • Degree of innovation
  • Broader impact (significance and scale)
  • Educational impact
    • Theoretical background
    • Curriculum development
    • Development and use of educational tools
    • Excellence in teaching
  • Engineering impact
    • Research and development activities
    • Training of engineering educators or students
    • Mentorship of new faculty and students
  • Overall impact
    • Outstanding professional service
    • Impact on diversity and the workforce
    • Outstanding contributions to engineering education literature

All types of contributions to engineering education are considered, for example: curriculum development, pedagogical research and development, mentoring, development of educational materials, increasing diversity and professional leadership. The broad impact of work must be clearly established in terms of measured outcomes.

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