CGS is Accepting Nominations for 2025 Awards

There is still time to nominate innovative colleagues and students for CGS’ awards that will be presented at the Annual Meeting in December. Deadlines for the following awards are still open:

ETS/CGS Award for Innovation in Promoting Success in Graduate Education

This program recognizes promising efforts in initiating or scaling up innovations in graduate education that occur from admission through successful completion of a degree program. It is designed to link innovative admissions practices with other institutional practices including, but not limited to, mentoring, support programs, intellectual enrichment, and social support, that will improve student success once students are enrolled in their graduate programs. This award program is especially geared toward encouraging innovations that promise to improve the success of a diverse and inclusive student population.

CGS member institutions are invited to submit proposals for the award of $20,000 over a two-year period, an amount to be matched by $10,000 from the selected institution. The deadline for applications is September 5, 2025.

CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation

First presented in 1981 and sponsored jointly by CGS and ProQuest, part of Clarivate, these awards are made each year to individuals who, in the opinion of the award committee, have completed dissertations representing original work that makes an unusually significant contribution to the discipline.

Two awards are given annually in two different broad areas (mathematics, physical sciences, and engineering; and social sciences; and the biological and life sciences; and humanities and fine arts.) Individuals must be nominated for these awards by a member institution, nominations will be accepted until July 3, 2025.

Assistant and Associate Dean Leadership Award

Created by the CGS Board of Directors, the Assistant and Associate Deans Leadership Award recognizes the major impact of assistant and associate deans on the quality of graduate education. Through this award, the CGS Board recognizes individuals who have demonstrated exemplary commitment to graduate education. Nominations for the 2025 award will be accepted until August 29, 2025.