Awards

The graduate student must hold student status in January 2025 and have successfully passed their qualifying exam or equivalent. They will be nominated by a faculty member or administrator. Nominations are encouraged from both domestic and international scholars. The following materials must be submitted for a nomination to be considered:

1. a nomination letter from a faculty member or administrator
2. supporting letter from a second faculty member or administrator
3. a statement from the student indicating how they meet the award critera
4. student's curriculum vitae

All nomination materials must be submitted electronically no later than 11:59 pm ET on December 1, 2024 to the Awards Chair. Nomination letters and the student statement should explain how the nominee demonstrates exemplary promise as a future leader of mathematics education in the following areas: 1) academic innovation in the areas of equity; 2) community engagement; and 3) teaching and research.

A winner is selected based upon demonstrated promise as a future leader of mathematics education research and commitments to 1) academic innovation in the areas of equity; 2) community engagement; and 3) teaching and research. Nominations will be evaluated in relation to the three criteria above as described in the nomination letters and statement and listed in the graduate student's CV, which should include: 1) scholarly/creative work published and/or in progress in journals, open platforms, or institutional repositories; 2) specific teaching, service, and research efforts and activities that realize diversity, equity, inclusion, and community engagement initiatives; and 3) teaching, research, or service awards and grants. An awards committee composed of the Awards Board Member, the Senior Graduate Student Representative and the Communications Board Member of SIG/RME will decide on the award. The nomination packet must be received by 11:59 pm ET on Friday, December 1, 2024. Electronic submissions to Karen King Nominations are required. Contact Patricia Buenrostro at pbuenr1@uic.edu with any questions.

In 2001, the Special Interest Group for Research in Mathematics Education established the "SIG-RME Early Career Publication Award." The purpose of the Early Career Publication Award is to recognize an outstanding mathematics education research publication by an early career scholar. The award includes a stipend of $500, announcement in the SIG-ME newsletter and on the SIG-RME website and recognition at the AERA 2024 Conference. The first award was presented in 2002, and the most recent award was presented to Dr. Nickolaus A. Ortiz. The 2025 Early Career Publication Award nomination is due no later than Friday, November 15, 2024.

Nomination Guidelines:

The publication being nominated for the SIG-RME Early Career Publication Award may be based on the dissertation work of the nominee or other recent research the nominee has conducted. The nominee should be ether the single author or the first author (in the case of a jointly authored paper) and the contributor of the majority of the work done on the paper. Only peer reviewed research publications are eligible for nomination; the award will not be given for a dissertation. The nominee should be considered pre-tenure at their institution or have received their doctoral degree in mathematics education no earlier than 6 years prior to the nomination deadline (i.e., no earlier than November 15, 2018 for this year's nomination). Current SIG/RME board members are not eligible. The publication being nominated will be judged according to the following criteria:

• significance of research:

• relevance and timeliness of research question; and

• quality and rigor of research.

Nomination Packets

Nominations should include (and are restricted to) the following:

• A letter nominating the author of an early career publication. Please include the name of the author, the date of receiving the doctoral degree, and the name of the institution that conferred the degree. The nominator should also include reasons that the paper should be considered as an example of an outstanding mathematics education research publication.

• If the article is based on the author's dissertation, please include the name of the dissertation director and complete bibliographic information about the dissertation or a link to the dissertation.

• Self-nominations are allowed.

• A copy of the published paper, including complete bibliographic information.

Nominations will be considered by a sub-committee of the Executive board, consisting of the Awards, Events, and Electronic Board Members. The decisions of that committee will be final. Please send nomination materials electronically no later than Friday, November 15, 2024 to Early Career Nominations. Electronic submissions are required. Direct questions to Patricia Buenrostro at pbuenr1@uic.edu.