• Focus: Recognizing leading educators in the field of cultural evolution and their existing efforts to advance its teaching.
• Eligibility: Established academics actively teaching at least one semester-long course related to cultural evolution (e.g., evolution of religion, music, warfare, technology).
• Award: Five (5) awards of $4,000 each will be granted in recognition of the contribution of their already-developed comprehensive course materials.
• Outcome: Awardees will contribute their developed course materials to a central repository, creating a valuable resource for the broader academic community. Awardees will be assisted to appropriately modify the course material for distribution. This award recognizes their existing expertise and provides a platform for wider distribution of their work.

• Rough Timeline:

• Applications and nominations now open. Learn more and apply here: https://vuw.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_00s7OMSQhCM8JTM

• Winners announced by Summer 2025
• Online repository launched by Fall 2025