Evaluation
Learn more about the criteria used to evaluate your submission.
Learn more about the criteria used to evaluate your submission.
The basis upon which winners will be selected is described below.
Entries that are responsive and comply with the requirements will be reviewed by a panel of judges of federal employees with relevant expertise. Responsive and compliant entries will be scored in accordance with the judging criteria outlined above. A detailed description of the minimum standards for each criterion are outlined in the requirements. Failure to meet a minimum standard for any one criterion may disqualify a submission. Informed by results after judging panel review, up to 10 winners will be selected. Up to five of these awards will go to limited-resource institutions. The award approving official will be Marie A. Bernard, MD, Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity (COSWD).
Disclaimer: Undergraduate/AREA-eligible Institutions who do not have postdoctoral scholars will not be evaluated on ability to demonstrate effective interventions, outcomes, and innovation in addressing DEIA at the postdoctoral level.