Nominations for 2024 NOW OPEN
[For any questions, please contact Dr. Hyeyoung Lim, at hyeyoung@uab.edu.]
Lifetime Achievement Award
Description
This award recognizes sustained outstanding professional contributions by an individual to the broadly defined areas of cybercrime research or control. The award is not given for any single research project or study but rather for a body of research developed over one’s career. Scholarly contributions may be empirical or theoretical. Professional contributions also include advocating for cybercrime research as an area of scholarship within criminology and related disciplines and mentoring graduate students. Persons who have made substantial practical contributions to the field are also eligible to receive this award.
Eligibility
Recipients must be a late career scholar in the field. Retired scholars can be considered.
Nominations
See general rules at the bottom of the page.
Repeat winners
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Application material
Nominations should include up to three letters of support, and up to two supplemental submissions of lifetime achievement. Please submit all materials via this form.
Regularity
See general rules at the bottom of the page.
Format
This award is presented as a plaque to mark its importance.
Communication
See general rules at the bottom of the page.
Early Career Award
Description
This award recognizes the achievements of scholars who show outstanding merit at the beginnings of their careers. Outstanding merit may be based on a single book or work, including a series of theoretical or research contributions to the field of cybercrime.
Eligibility
Early scholars working by themselves or as part of a team of co-authors who are currently employed in an academic program. The nominee must have earned a Ph.D. within the last eight years and be non-tenured.
Nominations
See general rules at the bottom of the page.
Repeat winners
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Application material
In addition to general application material, it is recommended that other evidence to support the nomination be submitted. Please submit all materials via this form.
Regularity
See general rules at the bottom of the page.
Format
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Communication
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Outstanding Contribution Award
Description
This award recognizes outstanding service contributions to the Division on Cybercrime. Service may include mentoring, serving as an officer of the Division, committee work for the Division, or other related groups in the field of cybercrime. The criteria for evaluations nominations will include but are not limited to:
- Number of mentorships
- Contribution to the Division of Cybercrime
- Contribution to the field of cybercrime in general
Eligibility
See general rules at the bottom of the page.
Nominations
See general rules at the bottom of the page.
Repeat winners
A Cybercrime Division member may win this award for a second or more time, provided three years have lapsed since the member last received this award.
Application material
Nominations should include up to three letters of support, and up to two supplemental submissions of evidence of service to the field/division. These should present in detail the outstanding contributions of the nominee and their impacts on the field. Please submit all materials via this form.
Regularity
See general rules at the bottom of the page.
Format
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Communication
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Outstanding Practitioner Award
Description
The Outstanding Cybercrime Practitioner Award recognizes a cybercrime practitioner who has played an integral role in advancing the field of cybercrime prevention and public safety. This may have been accomplished through a variety of methods including, but not limited to the following:
- Implementing major new cybercrime prevention programs or policies
- Leading effective cybercrime prevention initiatives
- Development of partnerships to enhance public safety related to cybercrime
- Increasing community awareness related to cybercrime prevention
- Collaborative research roles that have led to significant improvements in addressing cybercrime
Eligibility
Non-Division members are eligible for this award.
Nominations
See general rules at the bottom of the page.
Repeat winners
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Application materials
Any supporting evidence of outstanding practitioner work is encouraged. Please submit all materials via this form.
Regularity
See general rules at the bottom of the page.
Format
Awards are presented as plaques. The winner will also earn a membership to the Division for one year.
Communication
See general rules at the bottom of the page.
Best Peer-Reviewed Publication
Description
This award recognizes a significant publication made in the field of research on cybercrime over the past 12 months. This publication must be peer-reviewed and published in either a journal, a book or a conference proceedings.
Eligibility
The first author of the publication must be a member of the Division of cybercrime. Faculty members, students, researchers and practitioners are all eligible to apply for this award. All the co-authors will jointly receive the award. The paper must have been published online either as a post-print or a publication after September 1st of the previous year the award is received.
Nominations
See general rules at the bottom of the page.
Repeat winners
See general rules at the bottom of the page.
Application material
In addition to general application material, the applicant must submit a PDF version of the publication. The letter of nomination should describe the contribution that the publication has made in the field of research on cybercrime. Please submit all materials via this form.
Regularity
See general rules at the bottom of the page.
Format
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Communication
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General Rules
This section presents the general rules for the awards presented below. Rules for specific awards take precedence over the general rules, should they conflict.
Eligibility
Only Cybercrime Division members are eligible. Executive board members and Award committee members are not eligible to nominate, or win an award while serving. Executive Board members and Award committee members cannot be co-authors of publications that receive an award.
Nominations
Cybercrime Division members can self-nominate for an award. They can also nominate other Cybercrime Division members. Nominations can be made through a Google Form on the Cybercrime Division website. All nominated members will be contacted with the decision regarding the award.
Repeat Winners
A person cannot win the same award more than once.
Application Materials
Award applications must include a letter of nomination (max. 1,000 words), as well as a curriculum vitae.
Regularity
Depending on nominations, Award committee members may decide not to give out an award for one or more years.
Format
Awards are presented as trophies/plaques
Communication
Awards are handed out each year at the Cybercrime Division meeting at the ASC conference. Recipients do not have to be present to receive their award.
Calendar
The Award committee starts accepting applications on the first Monday of May of each year. Applicants have until the end of day, first Friday of September of each year to apply. The Award committee must send its award recipient list to the Division executive board in time for its September meeting.
