2025-09-11

Revised Terms of Reference for upcoming internal award, John Lewis Paton Distinguished Uni. Professorship

The terms of reference for Memorial’s top institutional honour have been revised. The John Lewis Paton Distinguished University Professorship is named for the first president of Memorial University College. The objective of the updates was to embed Memorial’s commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion and anti-racism and indigenization in operations and to include academic and community service to the award criteria. You’ll find the updated terms of reference here.

Nominations for the award are due by Friday, Oct. 31. Completed nomination packages must be submitted electronically to the vice-president (research), via researchawards@mun.ca. Please contact your unit’s grants facilitator (or, if the unit has no grants facilitator, the person with signing authority for your unit) to confirm if there are earlier, internal deadlines. These internal deadlines must be factored into the timing of the development and submission of the award.