Guidelines for nomination for Emerging Leader Award

Print

This is open to all AVA Members 

The number of awardees given out each year will vary depending on the calibre of the nominations received and judged.  

Nominations may be submitted by the Divisional and Special Interest Group Executive Committees. 

Self-nominations will not be considered.

The AVA Awards Committee is responsible for receiving the nominations and ensuring that recipients have been judged as per the criteria.

The AVA Board ratifies the recipients before they are announced to ensure suitability of all recipients.
 

Secrecy should be maintained in relation to nominations.

It may be necessary to speak with the nominee to obtain information required for submitting but we ask that you do this discreetly and let them know that nominations do not guarantee success.

If not successful, the same nominee can be put forward for a further 2 years following their first nomination.

Please note that these nominations will not occur automatically. Subsequent nominations must be resubmitted to ensure that all relevant information is accurate and up to date.

After 2 years the nominator will have to apply to the Awards Committee (via Peta Bortfield) to request consideration to be able to submit another nomination.

The Awards Committee will not provide feedback on the nominations as they are confidential.

The Committee, Judges and Board will look at the outstanding service to veterinary science in Australia across: 

  • Duration of service to the AVA and the profession 
  • Quality of service to the AVA and the Profession 
  • Activities carried out in the preceding five years will be considered. As much as possible, the activities should have been carried out in Australia but may be beneficial to the global veterinary community. The achievement should reflect well on the person, the profession and the Association. 
  • Other competing personal activities that you carry out at the same time 
  • Engraved trophy
  • One complimentary ticket to the AVA Gala Dinner where the award will be presented