Award Review Criterion
Award categories, criteria, and submission deadlines are posted on the RSESS website under the Awards tab. We also advertise our award submission deadline and solicit volunteers for reviewing award applications throughout the year via the RSESS website, newsletters, and email blasts to membership. In addition:
- We depend on RSESS members to volunteer their time to serve on the Awards Review Committee; thus, we engage our membership.
- The Awards Review Committee is chaired by the RSESS Vice-President.
- Every attempt is made to have diversity of employment background within the Awards Review Committee (i.e. government, industry, academia, CRO, etc.).
- RSESS officers participate in the review process.
- Award selections are shared with RSESS officers for final approval.
Award applications are scored across the following categories: Innovative, Impactful, Quality, and Relevancy. For student awards, the strength of the support letter is also considered.
The criteria for the Outstanding Contribution to Regulatory and Safety Evaluation award include:
- Advancement or enhancement of safety evaluation.
- Development of regulation/guidance documents in safety assessment.
- Extensive contribution in regulatory and safety field.
- Major influence in the education/training/mentorship of young scientists in government, industry, and/or academia.
- Leadership and service to the field including involvement in the RSESS or other organizations related to the regulatory and safety assessment.
Please encourage students to apply for our student awards. If you have read an impactful paper this year to our specialty section, reach out to the authors and suggest that they apply for the Best Paper Award. Consider nominating a colleague for the Outstanding Contribution Award.