The ACL Lifetime Achievement award is, as its name indicates, a recognition
for widely recognized, sustained, and enduring contributions to our field
over a long period. It is not awarded merely for outstanding recent
contributions to a currently hot topic. Candidates for the award will
generally be senior, with a working lifetime of contributions, even though
they will often be active in research.
A nomination package should include the following material:
- Nominee information: name, email address, and current affiliation, if
applicable
- A nomination letter (maximum 1500 words; 500 words is the recommended
length)
- Two additional letters of endorsement (maximum 500 words)
- Optionally, two additional pages of supporting documentation
All letter writers should be members of the ACL community, ideally from
different institutions and relatively independent of the nominee. The
nomination letter should describe the specific contributions of the nominee
that merit the ACL Lifetime Achievement Award, describe their impact, and
provide a proposed award citation of 30 words or fewer. Self-nominations are
not accepted. The letters of endorsement should provide first-hand knowledge
that supports the statements in the nomination but does not merely repeat
them.
The nominator should compile the nomination package and submit the complete
package by **March 1** to secretary [at] aclweb.org. Nomination packages that
arrive after the deadline will not be considered. The nominating committee
will acknowledge receipt of the nominations but will not contact the nominees
(to keep the nominations confidential). The award will be conferred at the
upcoming ACL conference, which the award winner is expected to attend.
Nominators will be informed of the result of the decision for any nominations
they made. A nominator will have the choice of withdrawing an unsuccessful
nomination to wait for a more appropriate time, updating the nomination for
the following year to strengthen the case, or leaving the nomination
unchanged for consideration for next year.
For more information about the Lifetime Achievement Award, please visit:
https://www.aclweb.org/adminwiki/index.php/Lifetime_Achievement_Award
In case of questions, please contact the secretary of the ACL, secretary [at]
aclweb.org.
Shiqi Zhao
ACL Secretary