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Criteria
REANNZ has developed have a set of criteria against which nominations for the KAREN awards will be assessed. The criteria cover KAREN applications and use, promotion, championing, service, and leadership.
The KAREN awards will recognise people who have:
- demonstrated service to the KAREN community
- advocated for and promoted KAREN
- built KAREN capability
- encouraged participation in KAREN related events and activities
- utilized KAREN to achieve new research and education outcomes that were not previously possible
- lived the KAREN values of collaboration and innovation
- or otherwise, made a significant contribution to the goals of REANNZ
The awards are progressive, so that each level of award recognises an increasing contribution in the key areas outlined above. They relate to the amount and duration of contribution.
Additional value is placed upon contributions that extend the reach of the community and demonstrate achievements only possible using KAREN.
Levels of award
KAREN Enabler
This is the first level of award. A KAREN Enabler is someone who has made a valuable, positive, and recognisable contribution to the KAREN community. They will have demonstrated at least one of the criteria described above.
KAREN Champion
This is the intermediate level of award. A KAREN Champion is someone who has made a consistently strong, positive and well-regarded contribution to the KAREN community. They are an active advocate for KAREN and influencer within their organisation and/or the wider KAREN community. They will have demonstrated achievement in three or more of the criteria described above.
KAREN Fellow
A KAREN Fellow is someone who has made a contribution that is outstanding, exceptional, and significantly above the call of duty across most or all of the criteria.
As the top award, an individual nominated for a KAREN Fellow award needs to have demonstrated a few additional qualities. These may include the following:
- Long-term commitment to KAREN
- Outstanding service to the KAREN community
- Displayed strategic leadership within their organisation and the wider KAREN community by promoting KAREN as essential infrastructure for an innovative New Zealand.