Every year, the University of Saskatchewan recognizes the excellent research, artistic, and scholarly work of our faculty members with the New Researcher Award and Distinguished Researcher Awards.
New Researcher Award
The New Researcher Award is presented annually to members of the university research community in recognition of significant contributions to knowledge or artistic creativity. Up to two awards may be presented annually.
The Vice-President Research has issued a call for nominations for the New Researcher Award. Nomination packages can be submitted to research.awards@usask.ca. Nominations are due by February 26, 2021.
The award is open to all tenured and tenure-track faculty members and/or members of the College of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at the university.
Each year, the award will be given to eligible candidates of the university community who are within 10 years of receiving their Ph.D. or terminal degree (extensions will be granted for parental and/or medical leave).
The committee strongly encourages nominators to consider equity, diversity, and inclusion when putting deserving colleagues forward for these awards. There is increasing evidence that members of the four designated groups, particularly women, are nominated at significantly lower rates for research awards despite substantial academic achievements. We encourage members to think broadly about possible candidates as well as the different ways in which excellence can be demonstrated by outstanding candidates.
The New Researcher Award is given to individuals who have made a significant contribution to knowledge or artistic creativity. This contribution could be a long-term, cumulative contribution or a single, particularly insightful idea, experiment, application, or interpretation.
The selection committee may consider the following criteria in selecting the recipient:
- Demonstrated excellence in research, scholarly, and/or artistic work;
- Recognition by professional societies, community organizations or other external bodies;
- Prestigious contributions to the research environment locally, nationally, and internationally. This can include the development of major research installations (e.g. a research centre), participation in the deliberations of a major research-granting agency (e.g. member and/or chair of a grant selection committee), or other forms of service to the field;
- Contributions to the training and education of highly qualified personnel (e.g.: undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and technical staff).
The selection committee reserves the right to make fewer than two awards in any year if there are no suitable candidates.
The award recipients will be chosen by a selection committee that includes:
- The Vice-President Research or designate (Chair);
- Four senior scholars representing the broad areas of natural and applied sciences; social sciences and humanities; health sciences; and fine and performing arts;
- A graduate student representative and a postdoctoral fellow representative;
- A member of the General Academic Assembly (GAA), selected by the Research, Scholarly and Artistic Work (RSAW) Committee of Council.
Each year, the Office of the Vice-President Research will issue a call for nominations.
Candidates must be nominated by two colleagues at the University of Saskatchewan.
The nomination package must include:
- A letter from the nominators summarizing the candidate’s research achievements and outlining the national or international significance of the candidate’s scholarly work. (The nomination letter should not exceed 3 pages);
- A current curriculum vitae of the candidate in the standardized format required by the University of Saskatchewan;
- Three letters of support from scholars in the candidate’s main or cognate fields, commenting on the import and impact of the candidate's work nationally and internationally. At least two of these letters must be from scholars outside the University of Saskatchewan.
2020 | Helen Baulch | School of Environment and Sustainability |
2020 | Charity Evans |
College of Pharmacy and Nutrition |
2019 | Gregory Penner |
Department of Animal and Poultry Science, College of Agriculture and Bioresources |
2019 | Chanchal Roy | Department of Computer Science, College of Arts and Science |
2018 | Kathryn Labelle | Department of History, College of Arts and Science |
2018 |
Timothy Jardine | School of Environment and Sustainability |
2017 |
Andrew Grosvenor | Department of Chemistry, College of Arts & Science |
2017 |
Maud Ferrari | Wester College of Veterinary Medicine |
2016 |
Timothy Kelly | Department of Chemistry, College of Arts & Science |
2015 | Regan Mandryk | Department of Computer Science, College of Arts & Science |
2014 | John Howland | College of Medicine |
2013 | Erika Dyck | Department of History, College of Arts & Science |
2012 | Keith Carlson | Department of History, College of Arts & Science |
2012 | Daniel Chen | Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering |
2011 | Dwight Newman | College of Law |
2010 | Curtis Pozniak | Plant Sciences, Crop Development Centre, College of Agriculture & Biology |
2009 | Cheryl Waldner | Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine |
2008 | Roanne Thomas-MacLean | Department of Sociology, College of Arts & Science |
2007 | Jane Alcorn | College of Pharmacy and Nutrition |
Distinguished Researcher Award
The Distinguished Researcher Award is presented annually to faculty members in recognition of significant contributions to knowledge or artistic creativity. Up to two awards may be given annually.
The Vice-President Research has issued a call for nominations for the Distinguished Researcher Award. Nomination packages can be submitted to research.awards@usask.ca. Nominations are due by February 26, 2021.
The award is open to all tenured and tenure-track faculty members and/or members of the College of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at the university.
Each year, the award will be given to up to two eligible candidates who received their Ph.D. or terminal degree 10 or more years ago.
The committee strongly encourages nominators to consider equity, diversity, and inclusion when putting deserving colleagues forward for these awards. There is increasing evidence that members of the four designated groups, particularly women, are nominated at significantly lower rates for research awards despite substantial academic achievements. We encourage members to think broadly about possible candidates as well as the different ways in which excellence can be demonstrated by outstanding candidates.
The Distinguished Researcher Award is given to individuals who have made a significant contribution to knowledge or artistic creativity. This contribution could be a long-term, cumulative contribution or a single, particularly insightful idea, experiment, application, or interpretation.
The selection committee may consider the following criteria in selecting the recipient:
- Demonstrated excellence in research, scholarly, and/or artistic work;
- Recognition by professional societies, community organizations or other external bodies;
- Prestigious contributions to the research environment locally, nationally, and internationally. This can include the development of major research installations (e.g. a research centre), participation in the deliberations of a major research-granting agency (e.g. member and/or chair of a grant selection committee), or other prestigious forms of service to the field;
- Contributions to the training and education of highly qualified personnel (e.g.: undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and technical staff).
The selection committee reserves the right to make fewer than two awards in any year if there are no suitable candidates.
The award recipients will be chosen by a selection committee that includes:
- The Vice-President Research or designate (Chair);
- Four senior scholars representing the broad areas of natural and applied sciences; social sciences and humanities; health sciences; and fine and performing arts;
- A graduate student representative and a postdoctoral fellow representative;
- A member of the GAA, selected by the Research, Scholarly and Artistic Work (RSAW) Committee of Council.
Each year, the Office of the Vice-President Research will issue a call for nominations.
Candidates must be nominated by two colleagues at the University of Saskatchewan.
The nomination package must include:
- A letter from the nominators summarizing the candidate’s research achievements and outlining the national or international significance of the candidate’s scholarly work. (The nomination letter should not exceed 3 pages);
- Current curriculum vitae of the candidate in the standardized format required by the University of Saskatchewan;
- Three letters of support from scholars in the candidate’s main or cognate fields, commenting on the import and impact of the candidate's work nationally and internationally. At least two of these letters must be from scholars outside the University of Saskatchewan.
2020 | Alex Wilson | College of Education |
2020 | Kate Dadachova | College of Pharmacy and Nutrition |
2019 | Nazeem Muhajarine | Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, College of Medicine |
2019 | Alison Norlen | Department of Art and Art History, College of Arts and Science |
2018 | Carl Gutwin | Department of Computer Science, College of Arts and Science |
2018 | Jeffrey McDonnell | Global Institute for Water Security |
2017 | Maureen Reed | School of Environment and Sustainability |
2017 | Howard Wheater | Global Institute for Water Security |
2016 | John Giesy | Western College of Veterinary Medicine |
2015 | Adam Baxter-Jones | College of Kinesiology |
2014 | Graham George | Department of Geology, College of Arts & Science |
2013 | James Waldram | Department of Psychology; Department of Anthropology & Archeology; College of Arts & Science |
2011 | John Gordon | Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture; Department of Medicine |
2010 | John Tse | Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, College of Arts & Science |
2009 | Soledade Pedras | Department of Chemistry, College of Arts & Science |
2008 | Wei Xiao | Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine |
2007 | Gregg Adams | Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine |
2006 | Jim Hendry | Department of Geological Sciences, College of Arts & Science |
2006 | Wendy Duggleby | College of Nursing |
2005 | Robert Calder | Department of English, College of Arts & Science |
2005 | Lingyun (Lily) Wu | Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine |
2004 | Bill Waiser | Department of History, College of Arts & Science |
2004 | Marie Battiste | College of Education |
2003 | David Smith | Department of Political Studies, College of Arts & Science |
2003 | Reuben Mapletoft | Western College of Veterinary Medicine |
2002 | Ali Rajput | Division of Neurology, College of Medicine |
2002 | Edward (Ted) Llewellyn | Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, College of Arts & Science |
2001 | David Christensen | Department of Animal and Poultry Science, College of Agriculture |
2001 | John Courtney | Department of Political Studies, College of Arts & Science |
2000 | Robert Kerrich | Department of Geological Sciences, College of Arts & Science |
2000 | Roger Pierson | Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, College of Medicine |
1999 | Robert W. Besant | Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering |
1999 | Curt Wittlin | Department of Languages and Linguistics, College of Arts & Science |
1998 | Ronald C. C. Cuming | College of Law |
1998 | Larry C. Fowke | Department of Biology, College and Arts & Science |
1997 | James R. Miller | Department of Hisotry, College of Arts & Science |
1997 | Pan Ming Huang | Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture |
1996 | J. A. Well | Department of Chemistry, College of Arts & Science |
1996 | Delwyn G. Fredlund | Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering |
1995 | Che Kan Leong | Department of Education of Exceptional Children, College of Education |
1995 | Akira Hirose | Department of Physics, College of Arts & Science |
1994 | Lorne Babiuk | Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine |
1994 | Kamal K. Midha | College of Pharmacy and Nutrition |
1993 | Ernie G. Walker | Department of Archaeology, College of Arts & Science |
1993 | Roy Billinton | Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering |