The Outstanding Postdoctoral Performance Awards are awarded annually to postdocs who have shown leadership and excellence in applied or engineering research and basic research. Nominations are submitted by Argonne staff in the form of an essay communicating the impact and leadership of the nominee's work, as well as demonstration of the lab's core values.
Experienced Argonne research staff and leaders are invited to serve on the review team for the 2026 awards cycle. The deadline for nominations is July 10th, which means the review activities are expected to take place in late July and early August. Reviewers will be provided a packet of nominations that have been scrubbed of identifying information, detailed instructions and scoring rubric. Teams will meet to discuss the rankings and decide on a final ranking. Nominations remain anonymous until awardees are confirmed. We aim to have at least 5 reviewers per nomination.
