At SACNAS we are proud to recognize our chapters for their dedication to science, education, and professional development, through SACNAS Chapter Awards. Awardees will be recognized at the 2025 NDiSTEM Conference in Columbus, OH.
Application Requirements
Cover Letter
Provide a cover letter that clearly summarizes the positive impact your chapter had on your members and community. The letter should be focused on two main areas, chapter activities and chapter development:
For chapter activities, we recommend focusing on professional development for your members, activities that created and/or enhanced a supportive community for your members, and community outreach.
For chapter development, we recommend focusing on member recruitment and retention, fundraising, and chapter sustainability. If your chapter didn’t have activities in all the areas mentioned, you are still eligible to apply. Limit cover letter to two pages.
Support Letter(s)
Provide at least one support letter from one of your advisors (or a community member if you are a Professional Chapter) that clearly summarizes why they believe your chapter deserves to be recognized for a chapter award. You are only required to have one support letter from your advisor, however, you may also provide up to two additional letters from other professionals (on or off campus). Limit each support letter to one page.
Each supporter should address the following,
How you know the chapter?
What has been the impact of the chapter?
Why do you think the chapter should win an award?
How has the work aligned to the SACNAS mission?
Visual Support Material
This section should directly support your chapter’s activities report for the applied award catagories. This can be submitted as a video (less than 2 minutes) or as a printable presentation (created from word document or slides).
Examples in presentation may include, but are not limited to:
Activity photos
Chapter member quotes
Activity agendas and advertisements
Activity evaluation reports
2025 Chapter Awards Applications will open in summer 2025
Updates to Chapter Awards as of 2025
This year we have updated our chapter awards process and we will be recognizing 7 chapter awardees. We will be focusing on the impact chapters had with their members and community, regardless of membership size and resources available to chapters.
In 2024, we selected chapter awardees based on these 6 categories (subject to change this year):
Celebrating Culture
Community Building
Innovative Science
Leadership in Science
Long-Term Sustainability
THE CHAPTER OF THE YEAR
We encourage all chapters to apply for an award this year. Your Chapter must have submitted an Annual Report to be eligible.
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