Smithsonian Education Awards: Recognizing Achievement and Encouraging Innovation

The Smithsonian Education Awards honor outstanding achievements in education by Smithsonian employees. The awards recognize creativity, excellence, and commitment to serving the nation through educational programming, exhibits, publications, and digital media. All active Smithsonian staff members are eligible for consideration. Emeritus staff members, fellows, research associates, interns, volunteers, and contractors are not eligible.

2019 Guidelines and Cover Sheet are available here.

Two awards of $5,000 each:

  • The Smithsonian Education ACHIEVEMENT Award honors consistent and outstanding performance in education. Nominees must be individuals with at least three years of employment at the Smithsonian.
  • The Smithsonian Education INNOVATION Award recognizes an outstanding program, resource, or other initiative in education produced within the last two years by an individual or team.

The Smithsonian Education Awards achieve a major goal of the Institution's Strategic Plan: Be One Smithsonian.

  • In everything we do, we will affirm that we are One Smithsonian.
  • We will work together as One Smithsonian to amplify the power of the stories we tell, increasing our reach and impact.

GUIDELINES
2019 Guidelines and Cover Sheet are available here.

 

ENTRY DEADLINE
Email completed application, not exceeding five pages, as a single PDF document no later than 5:00pm EST, Friday, September 27, 2019 to: portert@si.edu.
 

PAST RECIPIENTS
Achievement and Innovation Award Winners



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The Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access administers the Smithsonian Education Awards Program. The Smithsonian Women's Committee funded the pilot program in 2004 and subsequent cycles for 2005—2006. In honor of their fortieth anniversary, the Smithsonian Women's Committee permanently endowed the Smithsonian Education Awards in 2007. The Smithsonian education community is deeply grateful for the support and advocacy shown by the Smithsonian Women's Committee for over 40 years. An endowed Smithsonian Education Awards Program stands as a permanent tribute to their commitment of, and generosity towards fulfilling the Institution's educational mission.