The ARL Employee Recognition Program is designed to recognize outstanding ARL employees whose consistently high standards and dedication help make ARL a leader in interdisciplinary science. The program includes two types of individual awards and a celebration event held annually in the spring to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of all ARL employees in the past year.

ARL Employee Recognition Awards

Which ARL personnel are eligible for nomination?

• Classified Staff
• Appointed Professionals
• Graduate Assistants/Associates and Fellowship Recipients
• Student Employees
• Previous recipients of recognition awards are eligible
• Please note:  Members of the selection committee are NOT eligible.

 Who can nominate an ARL eligible employee?

Any ARL faculty, appointed professional, classified staff, graduate assistant/associate, student employee, or volunteer can submit a nomination.

Types of Awards:

• Edmund A. Arbas Awards.  Established in 1995, these awards honor employees who “perform extra duties over and above their regularly assigned duties” such as volunteering for extra projects, working extra hours to accomplish a task, or assisting others with their work. These awards also include a cash component in accordance with UA policies. To learn more about Edmund A. Arbas, please click here to read a summary of his research interests, contributions and relationship with Arizona Research Laboratories.

• ARL Excellence Awards:  These awards honor individuals who “perform their regularly assigned duties in an exemplary manner”.  While many individuals may exceed expectations in performing their responsibilities, a few employees achieve results and/or provide services that are particularly noteworthy.

Previous award recipients are eligible for nomination. Nominees do not have to be in the same division as the nominators.

Student Employees and Graduate Assistants/Associates may be nominated for both categories listed above, but will be evaluated as a group separately from other non-student nominees.
 
Nominations may address cumulative achievements as an ARL employee, but the ARL Recognition Committee will give the greatest weight to achievements occurring since the last awards selection.