Excellence in JEDI Award Grant

Excellence in JEDI Award Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT)
Last Updated: February 27, 2026

Summary

The Excellence in JEDI Award, presented by the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT), honors individuals who promote justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) in geoscience education. This prestigious award recognizes significant contributions, including mentorship and advocacy for marginalized groups. Awardees receive a one-year NAGT membership and an opportunity to present their work at a DEI event. Nominations are accepted online, and selections are made by the NAGT DEI Committee.

Overview

About Us Since 1938, the National Association of Geoscience Teachers has promoted excellence in geoscience education and supporting the community of geoscience educators. We are a member-driven professional organization with a strong vision: that everyone experiences welcoming, inspiring, and effective Earth education. Excellence in JEDI Award The National Association of Geoscience Teachers community is committed to the promotion of justice, equity, diversity, and/or inclusion (JEDI) in the geoscience education community. To honor colleagues who have made significant contributions to these areas, each year the NAGT DEI committee recognizes an individual with the JEDI award. The JEDI award recognizes this person for their outstanding contribution(s), which may include, but are not limited to, developing both formal and informal activities that promote JEDI in the geosciences, exemplary mentorship of the next generation of diverse geoscientists and geoscience educators, influential communications that promote discussion and actions in support of JEDI, or relevant scholarly contributions. The JEDI awardee will receive a complimentary one-year membership to NAGT and an invitation to present their relevant work to the membership at a DEI committee sponsored event. Nominations for this award will be accepted through an online form. Awardees will be selected each year by the NAGT DEI Committee and confirmed by the Executive Committee. Support may be available to attend the meeting. Nominations for these awards will be kept under consideration for 3 years in the event that multiple people are nominated.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. NAGT members may nominate themselves or a colleague. Nominations for this award will be accepted through an online submission form. Awardees will be selected each year by the NAGT DEI Committee. Support may be available to attend the meeting. Nominations for these awards will be kept under consideration for 3 years in the event that multiple people are nominated.Nominees will be evaluated holistically using the following criteria (also seen in the rubric (Acrobat (PDF) 50kB Mar19 24)), though excellence in all criteria is neither expected nor required. The criteria will be assessed using information from nomination letters. Excellent nomination letters outline the qualifications of the nominee with behavior/outcome-based examples, including examples from colleagues and students with quotes, comments or data.Activities to Promote Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion in GeoscienceExcellence can be demonstrated by providing overwhelming evidence of activities that promote justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. Possible evidence to provide could be the nominee's activities with establishing new programs and outcomes, developing educational materials, peer-reviewed literature, and/or theories to support continued growth of practice.Commitment to Inclusion of Marginalized GroupsExcellence can be demonstrated by providing overwhelming evidence of the commitment to inclusion of marginalized groups with specific quotes, comments or data. Long-term commitment, or short-term commitment will be evaluated equally based on the evidence provided.Demonstrated LeadershipExcellence can be demonstrated by providing overwhelming evidence that supports demonstrated leadership in initiatives and advocacy for fair and equitable treatment of all in Geoscience and beyond. The nominee should provide types of leadership activities and how their activities to promote JEDI in Geoscience are linked.Personal Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion PhilosophyExcellence can be demonstrated by providing a philosophy that connects to the nominee on a personal level with well-articulated thoughts, applications and practices well-grounded in justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion theories to support, promote and advocate for the fair and equitable treatment of historically excluded populations in Geoscience. You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member.