Outstanding ATE Evaluation Award

The Outstanding ATE Evaluation Awards will recognize and promote excellence in evaluation in the ATE program. Award-winning evaluations will be posted on EvaluATE’s website to serve as exemplars of ATE evaluation. EvaluATE will showcase award-winning evaluators and project teams in webchats, webinars, and blogs.

Award Categories

The ATE program funds projects that vary widely in terms of size and focus. To reflect this diversity, awards will be made in three categories:

Category	Eligibility
Outstanding Evaluation of a Small, New to ATE Project	Evaluations nominated for this award must be for a project funded under the ATE program track “Small Grants Institutions New to the ATE Program.” The evaluation must reflect at least two full years of the project’s operations. The evaluated project must have a grant expiration date of no later than June 30, 2019.
Outstanding Evaluation of an ATE Center	Evaluations nominated for this award must be for an ATE center funded under the “ATE Centers” ATE program track The evaluation must reflect at least three full years of the center’s operations. The evaluated center must have a grant expiration date of no later than June 30, 2019.
Outstanding Evaluation of an ATE Project	Evaluations nominated this award must be for an ATE project funded under the “ATE Projects” ATE program track The evaluation must reflect at least two full years of the project’s operations. The evaluated project must have a grant expiration date of no later than June 30, 2019.

Nominations Process

Nominations for the 2021 Outstanding Evaluation Award must be received no later than 5 p.m. Eastern July 1, 2021. Nomination instructions and forms will be posted here in in January 2021.

Review Process and Criteria

Nomination materials will be reviewed by a panel of judges with expertise in evaluation, external to EvaluATE. Award selection criteria will be posted here in January 2021.

Awards will be announced at the ATE Principal Investigators Conference.