Career Achievement Awards

Each year, the Academy of Management recognizes four outstanding individuals, who have made significant contributions to the field of management through their service, research, innovative teaching methods, breakthrough developments, and more over the course of their career.

Call for Nominations

• Distinguished Educator Award
• Distinguished Scholar-Practitioner Award
  
• Distinguished Service Award
  
• Distinguished Scholarly Contributions to Management Award
  

Nomination Guidelines

2025 Nominations are now closed. Nominations guidance and submission details follow below. Additional inquiries can be made to the Career Achievement Awards Committee Chair, at [email protected].

Preparing a nomination package:

• Review the award criteria (listed below).
• Notify the nominee. The recipient will be recognized at the General Session at the Annual Meeting. As such, please verify that the nominee is aware of your nomination, and, should he or she be selected, has agreed to attend the meeting to accept the award in person.

Submitting a nomination package:

• All completed nomination packages must be received by the deadline to be considered for the 2025 Career Achievement Awards.
• The nomination package should include the following:
  • A letter of recommendation [no more than two pages] to the committee chair that specifically describes the person’s accomplishments in relation to the award criteria. The letter should clearly identify the award the person is being nominated for, and justify why the person deserves the award.
  • We encourage up to three [no more than three] letters of support for inclusion in the nomination package.
  • A resume, CV or brief bio for the nominee (can be pulled from faculty webpage or other online source).
    

Additional notes:

• Renewable nominations. Candidate pools for these lifetime achievement awards can be quite competitive, and nominators may wish to renew their nomination to the following year's candidate pool in the event that their submitted candidate did not receive an award. In order to renew your nomination of a candidate, the nominator must update the cover letter to the relevant year and may update other relevant material or request that previous materials be used as-is.
• Award Eligibility. Recent recipients of the Career Achievement Awards (any of the four distinguished awards, within the last 5 years) are not eligible for consideration for the awards. Nominations received for a recent award recipient will be automatically rolled over to the nearest year of eligibility.
• Additional Information. The committee may follow up to request additional information from the nominator and/or nominee during the selection process.
• Notification. Selected award recipients will be notified by mid-July 2025. Award recipients may be asked to provide 1-4 image files (head shots, etc.) for promotional use and recognition.

(2025 Nominations now closed) All nominations must be submitted to the 2025 Career Achievement Awards Committee by 15 May 2025. Due to the volume of submissions for each award, only those selected for the award may be contacted with the results prior to the presentation of the award at the Annual Meeting. Results of the 2025 Career Achievement Awards will be determined by early July 2025.