11th Selection Committee Tasks
The Selection Committee is the final stage of the PSIPW evaluation process. It is invoked when the three referees, acting independently, identify a different nominee as the recipient of the award.
Your task is to work with other Selection Committee members to come to a joint recommendation on who the recipient should be from among the three finalists.
Selection Committee Procedure
You must review the nominated works for each finalist.
You must also carefully read the referee reports for each nomination (there are three referee reports per nomination)
After that, you need to provide via email a brief initial recommendation as to who you think the recipient should be, stating your reason for your decision. Please do this as soon as possible.
I will place your response together with those of your two colleagues on the Selection Committee into a single document and send it out to the three of you, and this will kick off the discussion.
You will then respond to these initial recommendations, and I will again add them to the transcript that I will email back to you. The dialogue will continue like this. I will continue to add your comments into a transcript that I will continuously update and send out to all of you. In this way, the dialogue between all of us will be kept up to date and be well documented.
Once you and your fellow Selection Committee members arrive at a joint decision, you will need to draft a single recommendation letter to the PSIPW Prize Council identifying the winner and explaining in detail the reasons for your decision, including how the body of winning work forms a coherent and innovative contribution. You and your fellow committee members will each submit an identical, signed PDF copy of this letter on your own letterhead.
The deadline for submitting the final joint recommendation letter 22 May 2024.
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