Annual ILA Awards Team

ILA Research Awards details below
To be awarded during annual convention

Kathy O'Brien, Chair
(watch this page for updates)

Instructions
Please submit your nomination and specific supporting documentation outlining the nominee’s explicit qualifications. When submitting nominations, please review the list of previous winners linked with each award description. 
ILA Award nomination deadlines are published in advance of each annual convention. As the 2024 convention will be held in March 2024, a deadline will be announced in early 2024. Please watch this page for updates.

Listening Hall of Fame Award
Qualifying Criteria
The Hall of Fame Award is presented to individuals who are recognized for notable achievements involving Listening in academic, business, or other settings who is a current member of the ILA.  Winners have contributed to the advancement of effective Listening over a number of years. You can review the list of current Listening Hall of Fame Members

Instructions
Please submit nomination and specific supporting documentation outlining the specific service and unique contribution of the nominee. Cite dates of unique contribution with particular evidence reflecting the impact, outcomes, or effects of such contributions.

ILA Special Recognition Award
Qualifying Criteria
Nominations should be individuals and/or organizations who have performed outstanding service to the ILA for an extended period of time, or have provided unusual service to the promotion of listening over a period of at least one full year. Membership in ILA is not a prerequisite for this award. You can review the list of previous Special Recognition Award Winners.
Instructions
Please submit nomination and specific supporting documentation outlining the specific service and unique contribution of the nominee. Cite dates of unique contribution with particular evidence reflecting the impact, outcomes, or effects of such contributions.

ILA Listener of the Year
Qualifying Criteria
Nominations should be nationally or internationally prominent listeners. Nominees should epitomize the highest standards and principles of effective listening. Membership in ILA is not a prerequisite for this award. You can review the list of previous Listener of the Year Award Winners.

Instructions

Please submit your nomination and specific supporting documentation outlining the nominee’s explicit qualifications.

ILA Award Business Sector
Qualifying Criteria
The ILA Award for listening in the Business Sector is presented to an individual or organization who is recognized for notable achievements involving listening in business settings. Nominees should have contributed to the advancement of effective listening in the current year  Membership in ILA is not a prerequisite for this award. You can review the list of previous Business Sector Award Winners.

Instructions

Please submit your nomination and specific supporting documentation outlining the nominee’s explicit qualifications.

ILA Outstanding Educator Award

Qualifying Criteria

The recipient of the ILA Outstanding Educator Award is presented to an individual who is a current member of ILA; is a teacher (open to all levels, including elementary, secondary, college, and university); is knowledgeable about listening and how to teach listening; teaches listening (could be part of a course, such as language arts, communication, speech, business, leadership, etc.); and shares his or her knowledge and techniques for teaching listening with others through convention presentations, publishing, teacher in-service, etc.).  You can review the list of previous Outstanding Listening Educator Award Winners.

Instructions
Please submit your nomination and specific supporting documentation outlining the nominee’s explicit qualifications.

Carolyn Coakley-Hickerson Award
Qualifying Criteria
The Carolyn Coakley-Hickerson award is awarded to a elementary-secondary teacher. (In addition to the award, the winner receives a one-year complimentary ILA membership if a non-member.) Multiple recipients may be identified and awarded if the Award team has more than one nominee who meets the criteria and the team believes each is worthy of this award. You can review the list of previous Carolyn Coakley Hickerson Award Winners. 

The following are the criteria for this award

1. Excellence in teaching, elementary-secondary
2. Teaching elementary-secondary in a public school (preferred)
3. A desire to contribute to the field of listening
4. Preference will be given to a nominee who teaches in the local area of the conference

Instructions
Please submit your nomination and specific supporting documentation outlining the nominee’s explicit qualifications

ILA Lifetime Achievement Award
Qualifying Criteria

The ILA Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to an individual who is recognized for lifetime achievements involving the ILA and its growth and development. You can review the list of previous Lifetime Achievement Award Winners.

Instructions

Please submit your nomination and specific supporting documentation outlining the nominee’s explicit qualifications. Each recipient should be a long-time member (30+ years--# of years will be refined periodically) of the International Listening Association. Recipients are members who have made a significant lifelong contribution to enriching the development of listening and the long-term advancement and extended growth, development, and health of the International Listening Association. Recipients will embody the spirit and focus of listening and serve as a positive role model to guide the pathway for all future recipients.  (Click for selection process.)

ILA President's Award

Qualifying Criteria

This award is presented to individuals or organizations, at the discretion of the President of the ILA. You can review the list of previous President's Award Winners.  If you have suggestions for the President's Award, contact the current president of the ILA.

Annual ILA Research Awards
To be awarded during annual convention

Michael Purdy, Chair

ILA Research Awards and Convention Awards awarded by the ILA Research Award Team  
For the ILA Listening Research Award, Thesis/Dissertation Award, Undergraduate Research, the Research/Convention Awards, and the Synergist Award, please contact the chair of the Research Award Team.  One copy of the research submission should be submitted to the Research Award Team Chairperson.  Nominations (and self-nominations) for research awards, Top Convention Paper awards, and the synergist award must be submitted before May 31. 

The Listening Research Award is presented for outstanding achievement in research by an ILA member or group. To be considered, the research should have been published or, if unpublished, the data should have been collected during the last calendar year. Nominations may be made by self-nomination, or by another ILA member, or with recommendation of the ILA Research Award Team. 
Nominations (and self-nominations) can be submitted before May 31. 

The Graduate Thesis or Dissertation Award nomination is open to any full-time graduate student (current or previous graduate student, member or non-member) who has completed outstanding research in the form of a thesis or dissertation. To be considered, the research should have been published or, if unpublished, the data should have been collected during the last calendar year. Nominations may be by self-nomination, by another International Listening Association (ILA) member, or with the recommendation of the ILA Research Award Team.  (The award recipient, if a non-member, will receive a one-year complimentary ILA membership.) Nominations (and self-nominations) can be submitted before May 31. 

The Undergraduate Research Award is open to any full-time undergraduate student (current or previous student) who has completed an outstanding research project who is a current member of ILA. To be considered, the research should have been published or, if unpublished, the data should have been collected during the last calendar year. Nominations may be made by self-nomination, by another ILA member, or with the written recommendation of the ILA Research Award Team. Please submit nominations (and self-nominations) can be submitted before May 31

You can review the list of previous Listening Research Award, Thesis/Dissertation Award, Undergraduate Award Winners.

ILA Top Convention Student Paper

The research award Team presents an award to the top student paper at the annual convention. The research award team honors the best student paper which was presented at the ILA convention. To qualify you need to submit a proposal to the Convention Planner as directed on the convention proposal page, and a full paper to the chair of the research award team. The paper must be presented at the ILA convention of the current year. The lead author must be a student and an ILA member.  The criteria for identifying the top papers are in line with the reviewer guidelines of the International Journal of Listening. Please submit nominations (& self-nominations) by May 31

ILA Top Convention Paper

The research award team presents an award to the top convention paper. The research award team honors the best paper which was presented at the ILA convention. To qualify you need to submit a proposal to the Convention Planner as directed on the convention proposal page, and a full paper to the chair of the research award team. The paper must be presented at the ILA convention of this year. At last one author needs to be an ILA member. The criteria for identifying the top papers are in line with the reviewer guidelines of the International Journal of Listening. Please submit nominations (& self-nominations) by May 31. 

The Synergist Award--Deadline for receipt of application--May 31

The ILA Research Team sponsors the listening research Synergist Award. Outlined in a 2008 White Paper, the Synergist Award promotes the advancement of listening knowledge and research through a targeted focus. Using a deductive process, listening scholars and educators have developed a set of priorities for listening research. The priorities include four initiatives and seven research questions, as well as contextualized questions in the areas of Business, Education, Healthcare, Religion/Spirituality, and Theory/Research. Achieving these priorities will assist researchers in providing a solid foundation for future listening research in terms of future theory development. A Synergist is one who cooperates with another. Thus, the researchers granted the ILA Synergist Award will be those cooperating with international listening scholars to build listening theory. We encourage multi‑author proposals as well as cross‑cultural research but will accept single authored work assuming it meets relevant objectives.

The ILA Synergist Award was developed to encourage researchers to address one or more of the stated priorities (White_Paper_PrioritiesResearch.pdf). The researcher(s) are awarded a small cash prize (up to $500 for the team--not each individual of a team) and are expected to present the findings at the next ILA conference as well as permit the International Journal of Listening the first right of publication for the first manuscript stemming from this work. 

To be eligible for the ILA Synergist Award a researcher or a team of researchers must submit a proposal for a research project including the goals, the projected theory and method, and specify how the project addresses one of the research questions specified in the white paper, and timeline with milestones (max. 5 standard pages). To be eligible for the ILA Synergist Award the lead author must be an ILA member.  Please submit proposals before May 31.

You can review the list of previous Top Convention Paper, Top Convention Student Paper, and Synergist Award Winners.