Award for Impactful Innovation in Education
The American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) Clinical Laboratory Educators Forum (CLEF) Award for Impactful Innovation in Education recognizes outstanding achievement of an individual ASCLS member who has provided an innovation/tool in education. The awardee is recognized for their ability to identify a need or a gap in clinical laboratory education and for creating a tool or innovation to address this need and/or providing this information to other educators.
About the Award: CLEF recognizes the efforts that educators make and are aware that we are the last ones to promote ourselves. Through this award, CLEF recognizes innovative and creative avenues that educators take to build future professionals.
Eligibility: Current ASCLS membership and member of CLEF for at least one year prior to the date of application/nomination. Must provide ASCLS membership number in application.
Award Criteria: The educator selected for this award has contributed to the laboratory educator community in education during the calendar year. This may include, but is not limited to, excellence in education beyond the local level, with widespread recognition of the recipient’s excellence, which may include teaching, directing, mentoring, writing, and speaking abilities, ideally to multiple levels of audiences.
Application Requirements and Process: A completed application will include an explanation of need and how it was addressed and shared. Must also provide supporting documentation of impact (e.g., letters of support/testimonials, use analytics, adoption rate, etc.). Application packet includes information form and supporting documentation (not to exceed five documents). Submitted electronically via the link below.
Award: Recipients receive a placard and a $500 monetary award at the Clinical Laboratory Educators Conference (CLEC).
Application Deadline: December 31.
Judging Criteria: The judging committee will consist of 3 (three) volunteers from the CLEF Leadership Council. CLEF Leadership Council are not eligible to apply for this award during their tenure on the council and will recuse themselves in the voting if they are a colleague or associated with a nominee. Applications will be assessed on completion of the award packet and impact of innovation based on students and educators reached and directly affected. Nominees may only receive this award once every five years, however, they may be nominated until an award is received.