2021 Rising Star

Application Instructions

Purpose
Recognizes a diabetes care and education specialist who has less than five years of diabetes care and education experience and has demonstrated leadership and commitment in their practice.

Award
Recipient will be recognized at the ADCES Annual Meeting with a plaque, will receive a complimentary registration to the Annual Meeting and one-year Active Membership.

Eligibility
Nominee/Applicant must be an active member of ADCES, as defined by the Association's Bylaws, including at the time of submission and at the time of receipt of the award with less than five years of diabetes care and education experience and has demonstrated leadership and commitment in his/her practice.

Criteria
Applicants for the Rising Star Award may be nominated by a peer/colleague or by self-nomination. Applicants must be an ADCES member who is in active practice of diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) with no conflict of interest. Applicant should be an early careerist, with less than five years in the field of diabetes care and education.

An appropriate applicant meets the needs of patients by using effective practices which may include:

Innovation and use of new approaches to the delivery of DSMES (description of the role the applicant played and the resulting positive outcomes that have occurred using innovative processes/approaches)
Working creatively in applying established and new scientific knowledge in DSMES
Demonstrates leadership skills and/or committed service to the practice (leadership position in LNG, CB, COI or ADCES national committee). The applicant's portfolio of leadership roles have resulted in increasing levels of responsibility.
Fosters community connections (JDRF, ADA, AHA, YMCA, etc.). Evidence that the contributions the applicant has made to community connections are sustainable and have a positive impact on the community and/or the profession.

Application Process
The nominator/applicant must submit:

Two letters of support, of not more than 1,000 words, from a professional colleague other than the nominator.
CV or Resume

Letters of support must include how the applicant provided the following:

Innovation and use of new approaches to the delivery of DSMS (description of the role the candidate played and the resulting positive outcomes that have occurred using innovative processes/approaches)
Working creatively in applying established and new scientific knowledge in DSMES
Demonstrates leadership skills and/or committed service to the practice (leadership position in LNG, CB, COI or ADCES national committee). The candidate's portfolio of leadership roles have resulted in increasing levels of responsibility.
Fosters community connections (JDRF, ADA, AHA, YMCA, etc.). Evidence that the contributions the candidate has made to community connections are sustainable and have a positive impact on the community and the profession.

Applications must be complete to be considered. Please be sure to provide as much detail as possible in your answers. Applications demonstrating thoughtful, detailed responses tend to yield more favorable results.

Applications must be submitted by March 1, 2021.

If a confirmation has not been received by March 22, it is the applicant's responsibility to contact ADCES at awards@adces.org.

Important
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NOTE: Once you click "Submit" on the final page of this application, you will not be able to access your application form or make any additional edits.

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