Roy C. Buck Awards (Research)

The purpose of this award shall be to honor and recognize an untenured, tenure-track faculty member in the College of Agricultural Sciences, whose research involves the social or human sciences, for the best refereed article published in a scholarly journal in the previous two years.

Who can submit a nomination for this award?

Anyone can submit a nomination for a publication in any category. Self-nominations are also permitted and welcomed.

Eligibility Requirements

Nominated publications must have appeared in a scholarly journal in the previous two years.
Self-nominations or nominations by colleagues are welcomed. To be eligible, the recognized author must have a tenure-track appointment in the College of Agricultural Sciences (but untenured at the time of the award). Publications may have multiple authors, but only single nominations can be accepted (group nominations are not eligible).
Past recipients are not eligible.
Two Buck Awards will be made: One award will be made to recognize impactful research in the social sciences, and a second award will be made to recognize impactful research that has a direct impact on human health, behavior, or well-being.

Nomination Requirements

Nomination Form
- Title of Refereed Article
- Publication Date
- Journal Title
- DOI
- Statement on the qualifications of this publication as worth of consideration as a High-Impact Research Publication
- Category (choose Buck Award)
- Is the Submitter an author on this publication?
- List of Co-Authors (for Impact Area Theme publication awards only)
- Upload PDF of published paper
- Department Head of the Lead Author