Call ECLAS Awards 2022

An overview of ECLAS awards from previous years can be found here.

Please nominate candidates by May 31, 2022

ECLAS Annual Awards – Rules and Procedure

ECLAS are looking for nominations in the following categories:

• ECLAS Lifetime Achievement Award
• ECLAS Outstanding Educator Award
• ECLAS Outstanding Researcher Award
• ECLAS Student Awards at Bachelor, Master and PhD levels

DOWNLOAD ECLAS AWARDS SCHEME NOMINATION FORM

Please complete the form and send it, together with the supporting material (<8MB), to ECLAS Secretary General – Frederico Meireles Rodrigues by e-mail to awards@eclas.org to reach him by 31 May 2022.

A nomination should comprise a completed nomination form, with a short motivation for the nomination (maximum 200 words), the nominee’s curriculum vitae, a biographical sketch that summarises the highlights of the nominee’s career or achievements (3 pages maximum) and evidence of this achievement (maximum 6 pages and/or portfolio panels).

1. Context

The European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools, ECLAS, is an association of university teachers and researchers in landscape architecture, whose membership primarily consists of university departments and faculties where landscape architecture teaching and research is the main focus of activity.

The purpose of ECLAS is to foster and develop scholarship in landscape architecture throughout Europe by:

• strengthening contacts and enriching the dialogue between members of Europe’s landscape academic community,
• representing the interests of this community within the wider European social and institutional context and
• making the collective expertise of ECLAS available, where

  appropriate, in furthering the discussion of landscape architectural

Network and platform	Further and facilitate the exchange of information, experience and ideas within the discipline of landscape architecture at
Educational support	Foster and develop the highest standards of landscape architecture education in Europe by, amongst other things, providing
Research and teaching	Promote interaction between academics and researchers within the discipline of landscape architecture, thereby furthering the
Awareness of scholarship in LA	Represent the interests of scholarship in landscape architecture within Europe’s higher education system, encourage
External dialogue	Stimulate dialogue with European bodies, institutions and organisations with interests in landscape architecture and with

1. Categories of awards

• ECLAS Lifetime achievement Award
• ECLAS Outstanding Educator Award
• ECLAS Outstanding Researcher Award
• ECLAS Outstanding Student Award (three categories: 1^st cycle, 2^nd cycle and 3^rd cycle)

1. Every nominee should be a staff member (or retired staff member) or a student (or recent graduate) at an institution that is an ECLAS member
2. Every ECLAS member institution may nominate one person for each category each year.

ECLAS Lifetime Achievement Award

The aim of this award is to honour a faculty member’s accomplishments over a lifetime or long career in teaching, Nominees should be senior members of the academic staff and must have been a staff member at one or more ECLAS-member schools for a Nominees should have excellence in at least two of the categories listed below. Teaching: Teaching that has been recognized as outstanding by students, graduates and peers. Nominees should be mentors who actively Scholarship/Creative Activity: New knowledge that advances the profession of landscape architecture. Scholarship and/or creative Service: Service that benefits the public realm at local, regional, national or international level and that brings visibility to the

ECLAS Outstanding Educator Award

The aim of this award is to honour a national or international educator for her or his teaching quality, pedagogical Creativity or high quality of the pedagogy. Innovation in didactic approaches tailored to the discipline of landscape architecture. Contribution of the teaching to the motivation and inspiration of students. Integration of multidisciplinary approaches in teaching. Nominees are members of the academic staff and must have been a staff member at an ECLAS-member school (or schools) for a minimum of two

ECLAS Outstanding Researcher Award

The aim of this award is to honour a national or international researcher in the field of landscape architecture, who has Inspiring leadership in landscape architecture research. Creativity or high quality of research methods and content that contributes to the development of the body of knowledge of the Contribution to the innovation of landscape architecture research methodology Contribution to the awareness of the public at large of the discipline of landscape architecture Providing an example for future landscape architecture researchers in Europe. Nominees are members of the academic staff and must have been a staff member at an ECLAS-member school (or schools) or research

ECLAS Outstanding Student Awards

The aim of this award is to honour students in the field of landscape architecture, who have demonstrated excellence in one or Creativity or high quality of student project eg final degree project or thesis Contribution to an international organisation, event or project that promotes teaching, learning or research in the field of landscape Contribution to the awareness of the public at large of the discipline of landscape architecture Providing an example for future landscape architecture students in Europe e.g. by mentoring junior students. Nominees should be current students or recent graduates (within 2 years of graduation) of an ECLAS-member school (or schools) or research

1. Procedure

1. The ECLAS Steering Committee appoints the members of the ECLAS Award Committee.
   
2. Every year at the beginning of January there will be a call for nominations. Nominations for ECLAS Awards may be made by an ECLAS Member Institution or by individual academics members not associated with the nominee’s school. Nominations should be made by 30 April for all categories of awards.
3. A nomination should comprise a completed nomination form, the nominee’s curriculum vitae, a biographical sketch that summarises the highlights of the nominee’s career or achievements (3 pages maximum) and evidence of this achievement.
4. For the ECLAS Lifetime award a maximum of three awards annually is possible. For the other categories there is only one award yearly,
5. For the category of ECLAS Lifetime achievement it is also possible for a member of the ECLAS Executive Committee to nominate a candidate in the context of a special event which is related to honouring an outstanding academic.
6. Each ECLAS member institution may nominate one candidate for each category of award.
7. After receiving the nominations the ECLAS Awards Committee will act as a jury for the nominations. Members of the ECLAS Awards Committee will refrain themselves from judging any nominations with which they have a conflict of interest (for example, a juror who teaches in a landscape architecture program will not judge entries submitted by students from that program).
8. The secretary of this Committee (who is appointed by the ECLAS Executive Committee) will prepare the dossier of materials and the voting procedure. The secretary will ensure that the nominations meet the technical criteria before passing the nominations on to the jury.
9. The ECLAS Awards Committee will make the selection of nominees who will receive an award.
10. The ECLAS Executive committee will make the final decision on the selection made by the ECLAS Award Committee.
11. The award consists of a certificate which will be presented at the yearly ECLAS conference or at a special academic event at the award winner’s university or a related organisation and, for the educator, researcher and student awards, one or more books provided through the sponsorship of Routledge.
12. ECLAS will announce the award winners at the General Assembly that coincides with the yearly ECLAS Conference and the winners will be presented with the awards in person (if they are able to be present) atbthe Conference by the President.