Purpose and Criteria for Selection:
The IPN Distinguished Service Award recognizes a person that has provided outstanding service to the IPN community. The person being nominated should have achieved distinction in one or more of the following ways:
- Demonstrably contributing to the position of the IPN community in the context of NWO, other academic research disciplines, and the Dutch ministries of Economic Affairs, and/or Education, Culture and Science
- Showing extraordinary tenacity, ingenuity and/or resourcefulness in achieving funding for the IPN community
- Going well beyond the normal performance requirements expected of an individual research employee of a member of IPN and thus providing a model for others
- Developing over a period of years a funding program beneficial to the IPN community of such depth and scope as to warrant special recognition
Eligibility:
Any employee of one of the current member or extraordinary member organisations providing service or support to the IPN community.
Nomination Requirements:
A completed nomination form. Self-nominations are accepted and encouraged.
Selection Committee:
The IPN Prizes & Awards Committee will select the winner.
Submission Deadline and Nomination Form:
Click here to preview the nomination form and/or to start a nomination. Nominations must be submitted by December 19, 2025.
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