ASDS Awards
To be part of the AGM at DDD conferences (biennial)
- 1. Nominees should be decided by the Council. Suggestions for nomination may be made by any ASDS member. Internal nominations may be accepted but they should not define the field. Suggestions accepted for Nomination to be decided as a sole right of Council. Serving members of Council ineligible to be nominees. The Council decision on awards is final.
- 2. Suggestions for Nomination should be sent to the Secretary.
- 3. Awards should be offered only by unanimous decision by the Council
- 4. Treasurer responsible for procurement of award artifacts. The artifacts should be standardized in design and quality.
- 5. Awardees informed and Invitations issued by the Secretary
- 6. Awards presented to awardees by the President at DDD AGMs
- 7. The General Members of Council (3) to review material for consideration of the Scholars Medal and to make advisory recommendations to Council. Council to make final decision.
- Lifetime Achievement Award ("Lifetime Fellow"): For members and past members only. Framed certificate with citation, website entry, no further subscription required of this member. For outstanding contributions over the course of a career - in professional, academic, artistic, or public fields of endeavor. Should include at least 2 of these fields.
- ASDS Scholars Medal: For members only. Framed medal and citation. For Important scholarship in book, article, dissertation, or artistic work in the previous 2 years as assessed by a panel of peers from the board of ASDS. (Usually the preceding two years of the current AGM, for example, if the AGM is held in 2017, the works for consideration should have appeared in 2015 and/or 2016)
- ASDS Public Education Award: For any member of the non-ASDS public ( a global award). Framed certificate and citation. For raising public awareness of important issues related to death, dying, grief & loss that promote health and social wellbeing or a greater public understanding of mortality in the previous 2 years as assessed by the Council of ASDS. The number of each of these awards to be conferred biennially - or none - to be the sole judgment of the Council.