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Royal Society of Canada - Eric Jackman Prize 2025

The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) offers a variety of prestigious medals and awards recognizing outstanding achievements of Canadian scholars.

The Eric Jackman Prize celebrates path-breaking and sustained scientific contributions to preventing harm, strengthening resilience, or otherwise benefiting humankind through research in one or more behavioural and social science fields. The winner of the Prize will promote public awareness of the role of social sciences research in creating a better society and also link the research to key elements of public policy. The Prize includes a cash award of $10,000 CAD.

A successful candidate for the RSC Eric Jackman Prize will stand out for the following reasons:

1. 1. The clear relevance of the work to challenges confronting humankind
   2. The path-breaking aspects of the work
   3. The recipient’s sustained focus on applying the results of the work to tangible benefits to humankind

Eligibility

Nominations are open to both individual Canadian researchers or permanent residents of Canada, and established research teams led by a Canadian scholar or a permanent resident of Canada.

Note: Candidates do not need to be a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada or an RSC College Member.

Nomination Process

Nominations for the awards must be made by either:

• a Fellow of the RSC, or
• the president of the university.

If the nomination is to be made by the president of the university, the process of securing and acquiring the nomination letter must be managed through ºìÁ«ÉçÇø Research Awards & Distinctions and initiated by April 14, 2025 (rwprizes@uwo.ca).

A full nomination dossier will consist of:

• the nomination form
• the letter of nomination from the primary nominator (based on the RSC template)
• a 70-word citation
• a 1200-word appraisal of the nominee’s work and suitability for the award
• a CV (max. 20 pages)
• three letters of reference (max. 750 words)
• a biography statement for each of the letter writers (max. 250 words).

Program Resources

EDID Supports

Dedicated support and resources for Indigenous research and Equity Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization in research are available through the . You can complete a to receive more information or book a consultation. If you are unsure if your project involves Indigenous research, it is recommended that you contact the team early for determination and support.

Deadlines

Notice of Intent to Nominate (email rwprizes@uwo.ca) if you wish to have Institutional Coordination and support of your nomination is April 14, 2025.

The nomination submission deadline is May 29, 2025.

Institutional Coordination and Support

The Awards and Distinctions Team will provide support for nominations including:

• Assistance with identifying suitable nominators and referees
• Outreach to nominators and referees to secure support, providing them with required materials and guidelines, assisting with developing letter content, performing quality checks for formatting and regulation adherence, identifying the strongest letters for submission
• Drafting letters of nomination and co-nomination and obtaining approvals and signatures
• Support for developing all written materials, and providing feedback and review
• Assistance with finding additional reviewers among RSC Fellows (internal to ºìÁ«ÉçÇø or external as needed)
• Completing online portal registration and creating nomination forms
• Document management: collecting and compiling all letters, forms, and written documents to create a dossier submission according to RSC guidelines
• Uploading of final nominations to the online portal by the RSC deadline