Purpose
To stimulate the dissemination, public scrutiny and implementation of ideas that have potential to bring about significant improvement in educational practice and advances in educational attainment. The award is intended not only to reward the individuals responsible, but also to draw attention to their ideas, proposals or achievements. The award is designed to recognize a specific recent achievement rather than a lifetime of accomplishment.

Prize Amount
The Grawemeyer Award in Education is accompanied by a prize of $100,000, payable in five annual installments.

Entries Sought
Ideas eligible for nomination may have an individual author or authors. The competition does not limit the format in which the idea or achievement appears. Consideration will be given to printed books, articles appearing in scholarly journals, technological advances, software, research reports, conference presentations, or other widely and publicly disseminated forms. Consistent with the intent of H. Charles Grawemeyer, the award is not given posthumously.

Judging Criteria
Nominations will be judged on the basis of originality, creativity, feasibility, accessibility, evidence and research, and scope of potential applicability.

Nominees
Individuals, non-profit organizations.

Nominators
Professional educators, educational institutions and organizations, publishers and editors of educational books and journals.

Entry Procedure
Entries must be submitted in four copies of the nominated work and one copy of the curriculum vita or resume, along with a nominee form which includes an agreement that the material will be placed in university archives. Non-English entries must be translated. To be considered for the 2013 award, the nomination letter must be received by April 30, 2012, and all supporting materials for the nominations (including the signed nominee form, four copies of the work and one copy of the nominee's curriculum vita or resume) must reach the University of Louisville by May 31, 2012.

Restrictions
Self-nomination is not allowed. Ideas or achievements must have been presented or published in the recent past.

Selection

Initial screening is conducted by a committee of College of Education and Human Development faculty who select three finalists for the Grawemeyer Award in Education.  External reviewers then evaluate the finalists. 

The final selection committee is comprised of the President of the University or designee, the Dean of the College of Education and Human Development, and three members of the community with some involvement in the educational enterprise.  The committee recommends the award winner to the President who forwards the recommendation to the Board of Trustees of the University.   The Board of Trustees approves the final recommendation.