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AAIDES AWARDS 2024–2025

Honorary Fellows Award

The Honorary Fellows Award was established by AAIDES in 2024 to honor senior members of the society who, through a period of life-long service and contribution to the field of interdisciplinary education as evidenced by scholarship, teaching, research and technical service, have advanced the field qualitatively and significantly. The award was established to recognize those scholars who have made the most marked contributions to growth in the field.

The criteria for selection of AAIDES Honorary Fellows are as follows:

  • An outstanding record in two of the following areas in interdisciplinary education, and an adequate involvement in the third area:
    • Scholarly research and publication
    • Teaching and mentoring
    • Policy, planning, evaluation, technical assistance and administrative activities
  • A significant contribution to the development and quality of the AAIDES
  • A long and distinguished career spanning more than 30 years; normally the candidate will be 60 years or older
  • Active membership in AAIDES, including the years immediately prior to nomination

The AAIDES Awards Committee invites nominations for the Honorary Fellows Award to be considered in the current year, confirmed by the Board of Directors in the following year, and awarded at the Annual Meeting of AAIDES  in the year after confirmation. Nomination of candidates must be supported by the following items:

  • A letter of nomination by the chief nominator outlining the case for the nomination, with input if desired by the other nominators, and signed by the chief nominator.
  • Additional letters from non-AAIDES members may be added at the discretion of the nominator.
  • A copy of the candidate’s full academic curriculum vitae for their entire career.

The nominator is also requested to preserve a hard copy of the entire package with original signed letters to be sent to the AAIDES Archives after the nomination and decision process is completed.

 

Mailing address:

 AAIDES Office of the Executive Director

University of British Columbia 2125 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada

 Email: contact@aaides.org

Outstanding Book Award

The Association for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Education Studies (AAIDES) proudly presents the AAIDES Interdisciplinary Education Outstanding Book Award. This award is dedicated to recognizing an outstanding contribution to the field of interdisciplinary education annually. The goal is to encourage innovative works and honor pioneers in the field.

The criteria for selection of AAIDES Outstanding Book Award are as follows:

  • The book should focus on interdisciplinary educational topics, including but not limited to curriculum theory, educational technology, social justice in education, or cross-cultural education.
  • The book must be published within the past two calendar years, as noted by the copyright date. 
  • Eligible works can be research-based, conceptual, theoretical, or policy-oriented.
  • Books can be authored or edited (individually or collaboratively), and can be research-based, conceptual or theoretical in nature, or policy oriented.
  • Books are to be nominated by AAIDES members, but can be written/edited by non-AAIDES members.
  • Nominations should include how the book relates to the areas outlined above, and what makes the book worthy of a designation of “outstanding.”
  • The book author(s) or editor(s) should provide an executive summary of the book along with the contact information of the editor at the publication press (all information kindly submitted in one document).

After the Award Sub-committee determines a shortlist, books from the authors/editors will be requested for full review. Books must be provided to the committee by the second week of December in the nomination year.The nominator is also requested to preserve a hard copy of the entire package with original signed letters to be sent to the AAIDES Archives after the nomination and decision process is completed.

Please note that self-nominations are welcome, and all nominations are encouraged. AAIDES aims to enhance knowledge in interdisciplinary education and honor significant contributions to the field. With this award, we hope to promote a deeper understanding and development of the discipline.

Mailing address:

 AAIDES Office of the Executive Director

University of British Columbia 2125 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada

 Email: contact@aaides.org