In October 2024, the National Forum on Empirical Educational Research successfully awarded the inaugural "Global Awards for Innovation in Educational Research Methods," which garnered an enthusiastic response from the academic community worldwide, with five distinguished scholars emerging as winners. To further strengthen high-level international exchange and collaboration in the field of educational research, and to fully leverage the role of methodological innovation in advancing paradigm shifts, knowledge renewal, and mutual learning among civilizations in educational research, we hereby officially launch the nomination and selection process for the second edition of the award. We warmly welcome active participation from the global educational research community!

I. Award Setting

The Global Awards for Innovation in Educational Research Methods is jointly hosted by East China Normal University and the Tin Ka Ping Foundation. It is awarded annually, with five winners selected each year. The prize amount is RMB 20,000 per winner. Any personal income tax incurred from the prize money shall be the responsibility of the awardee. The organizing committee will cover the travel expenses for awardees to and from Shanghai to attend the award ceremony.

Ⅱ. Scope of the Award

The recipients of the award are not limited by nationality or discipline, but must meet the following conditions:

1.They have made outstanding contributions to the theory and/or application of education research methods and；

2.have corresponding representative works (books or papers);

3.They should be researchers who are still alive at the time of award.

III. Assessment Methods

1.A Jury of the Global Awards for Innovation in Education Research Methods will be established to evaluate the candidates and their achievements. For the sake of fairness, members of the Jury shall not participate in the selection process.

2.The results will be formally announced globally, and the award ceremony will be held during the annual FEER.

IV. Recommendation Process

1. The nomination of candidates for the award is open to domestic and foreign colleagues in the field of education. Each recommending institution or individual can nominate up to 2 candidates, with a maximum of 1 scholar from the nominating institution. Self-nominations are not accepted at this time.

2. The recommending institution or individual shall fill in the “Nomination Form for the Global Awards for Innovation in Education Research Methods” (available at http://feer.ecnu.edu.cn/); at the same time, provide the representative works/papers of the candidates (the original, photocopies, or electronic versions, etc., can be provided in any form); the nomination form, together with the relevant attachments, shall be emailed to the award secretariat with the subject “Nomination for the Global Awards for Innovation in Education Research Methods” at committeeofgaierm@163.com.

3. Acceptance period:Submission deadline: June 30, 2025. Late submissions will not be considered.

For any inquiries, please contact the award secretariat at committeeofgaierm@163.com.

Faculty of Education, East China Normal University
Tin Ka Ping Foundation
Secretariat of the "Global Awards for Innovation in Educational Research Methods"
April 11, 2025

Attachment-Global Awards for Innovation in Education Research Methods Nomination Form (2025).docx