Staff are invited to submit nominations across six award categories for achievements over the past three years.

Nominations for the 2023 Vice-Chancellor's Staff Excellence Awards open on 1 August and close on 15 September.

The 2023 awards will be celebrated at a ceremony in November, where the winner of the Vice-Chancellor's Medal for Excellence, selected from the category winners, will also be announced.

Category winners are awarded $500 for individuals or $2,500 for teams. The winner of the Vice-Chancellor's Medal for Excellence is awarded $5,000 for individuals or $10,000 for teams.

Award categories

Staff are invited to submit nominations across the following six categories:

Mission Excellence: This award recognises individuals and teams who have demonstrated excellence in living out the mission of ACU through areas of service, the pursuit of knowledge, the dignity of the human person and contributions to the common good.

Service Excellence: This award recognises outstanding service by individuals and teams.

Excellence in Community Engagement: This award recognises individuals or teams involved in significant university community engagement projects.

Excellence in Student Experience: This award recognises individuals and teams who have shown evidence of the highest level of service to students and outstanding achievement in the support of the student experience.

Excellence in Research and Research Partnership: This award recognises the important role that academic staff, individuals and teams, play in developing and managing research partnerships, and the significant benefits that these collaborations bring to the university.

Spirit of Reconciliation: This award recognises the contributions of individuals and teams at ACU who strive to achieve culturally appropriate programs and activities for the betterment of our students and staff and commitment towards meeting the university’s Indigenous targets. 

Award nominations must address the unique criteria for each category. Read the Vice-Chancellor's Staff Excellence Awards and Medal Policy for the complete criteria for each category.

The policy also outlines the overall eligibility criteria, including:

  • The awards are open to all academic and professional staff members, including full-time or fractional, fixed term, contract, sessional and casual staff, who have completed at least one year of service prior to the date of nomination.
  • Nominees must be employees of ACU at the time of the Selection Panel’s assessment.
  • To receive prize money, nominees must be on a current contract at the time of the award presentation.
  • The awards are open to individuals and teams. Teams may be within the same work area or across one or more organisational units (e.g., schools, faculties, directorates or portfolios).
  • Nominators can nominate any ACU staff member, including themselves and/or members of their own team.

Nominations for the 2023 Vice-Chancellor's Staff Excellence Awards open on 1 August and close on 15 September.

Staff can submit a nomination by completing the Vice-Chancellor's Staff Excellence Awards and Medal nomination form  and submitting it to staffawards@acu.edu.au by the closing date.

Page last updated on 27/07/2023

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