  {"id":12108,"date":"2022-02-23T10:52:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T15:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?page_id=12108"},"modified":"2026-04-02T08:50:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:50:04","slug":"graduate-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/graduate-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-24-1024x384.png); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Graduate Awards\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                    \n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-c83fbfdc wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gradstudents.carleton.ca\/awards-and-funding\/internal-awards\/\">Graduate Internal Awards<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gradstudents.carleton.ca\/awards-and-funding\/external-awards\/\">Graduate External Awards<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"ta-excellence-award\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingawards\/outstanding-ta-awards\/\">TA Excellence Award<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This award acknowledges the vital role that graduate students play in supporting our undergraduate programs as TAs assigned to biology (BIOL) or biochemistry (BIOC) courses in fall or winter. Candidates for the Departmental TA Excellence Awards are those who were nominated for, but were not awarded, the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingawards\/awards-for-teaching-assistants\/\">Outstanding TA Award<\/a>. The award includes $250, a Certificate of Award and a Letter of Recognition from the Department Chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nominations are collected every winter term. One form is used for both the Outstanding TA Award and the Biology\/Biochemistry TA Excellence Award. The nomination form can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingawards\/awards-for-teaching-assistants\/\">Outstanding TA Award<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><u>Faculty, contract instructors, peers, and undergraduate students<\/u> are welcome to nominate a TA. Nominators are encouraged (though not required) to collaborate on a single nomination package (i.e. groups of students are encouraged to contribute towards single nomination packages, potentially in collaboration with their instructors). <strong>Self-nominations are welcome.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Award Committee meets to deliberate in April. The committee will review all nominations and make a decision that considers some or all of the <u>following criteria<\/u> (where appropriate):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/stu-blkbrd-768x336-1-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"person writing on a chalkboard\" class=\"wp-image-15161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/stu-blkbrd-768x336-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/stu-blkbrd-768x336-1-160x200.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/stu-blkbrd-768x336-1-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/stu-blkbrd-768x336-1.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Teaching Skills<\/strong>: Teaching ability demonstrated in tutorials, office hours or guest lectures;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Grading<\/strong>: Quality of grading in terms of fairness, promptness, helpfulness and relevance of feedback\/comments;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Communication<\/strong>: Quality of communication with students or the instructor (e.g., in office hours, email communication, etc.);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Learning Environment<\/strong>: Ability to stimulate, engage or provoke thought within an inclusive working environment;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Other<\/strong>: Any other qualities demonstrating commitment to teaching or grading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"thesis-excellence-award\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thesis Excellence Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This award acknowledges outstanding theses in biology at the MSc and PhD levels. Candidates for the Departmental Thesis Excellence Awards are those who were nominated for, but were not awarded, the <a href=\"https:\/\/convocation.carleton.ca\/ceremony\/medals-and-awards\/\">University-level medals<\/a> which are collectively known as Senate Medals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"outstanding-leadership-award\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Outstanding Leadership Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This award recognizes outstanding leadership of a biology graduate student.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TA Excellence Award This award acknowledges the vital role that graduate students play in supporting our undergraduate programs as TAs assigned to biology (BIOL) or biochemistry (BIOC) courses in fall or winter. Candidates for the Departmental TA Excellence Awards are those who were nominated for, but were not awarded, the Outstanding TA Award. 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