Criteria
The MRS Impact Award honors contributions by community members at all stages of their careers in the areas of science communication, education, advancing diversity, mentoring, and/or community engagement. Nominees will be judged on the immediate and anticipated impacts of their efforts toward broadening participation, along with the creativity of their contributions.
The committee will judge the nominee pool based on:
- creativity of contributions
- capacity for sustained impact
- effect on broadening participation
Examples of relevant contributions include, but are not limited to:
Nominator must provide metrics (quantitative and qualitative) for impact to the materials community, or the broader STEM community or society. (Such metrics may be length of program and societal impact.) Examples include:
- Introduction of structural and lasting changes that advance the MRS Mission
- Continuity, sustainability and/or growth of program(s)/effort(s) over time
- Scale of the challenge met
- Magnitude of the impact, locally and/or globally
- Number and diversity of people engaged
- Innovative-nature of contribution(s)
- Quantity and quality of outcomes (e.g., products, programs, generated media, etc.)
- Interdisciplinary nature of work
- Socially relevant outcomes
- Support received (funding, volunteers, endorsements, etc.)
- Publicity received (press coverage, social media trends, etc.)
- Catalyzing sustainable partnerships/collaborations