Researcher's Distinctions Page

  Distinctions are honorary and other awards, distinctions, and prizes you have received from an organization in recognition of your academic or other achievements.

Examples of distinctions include:

• Trophies
• Cash prizes
• Non-cash prizes
• Medals
• Honorary degrees
• Honorary member

To add a distinction, follow these steps:

• Select " Distinctions" from under the "employment & Education" in the left side menu:

• From the page that shows, click on the "+" button or on the " Add Invited Position" button:

• From the window that shows, fill at least the required fields:

** The required fields are: the organization name, country, and city

• Organization Name: the name of the organization that you had your education from.
• Department: the department of the org that gave/gives you the education.
• Position Title: The name of the position, e.g. Honorary Visiting Scholar
• URL: A website URL related to your invited position with the organization
• Country: The country or territory of the organization. This is a required field.
• City: City where the organization is located. This is a required field.
• Date: the date you received this distinction.
• Profession: the type of profession this Distinction relates to.
• Profession Sub Type: the sub type of the profession above
• Innovation Subject Areas: add the Innovation Subject Area(s) this Distinction covers
• After you fill the required fields, click on "Save"

If you have previously added a Distinction and you want to make some changes to it, then do the following:

• Go to the Distinction you want to edit, and click on the edit Button:

• The "Edit Distinction" window will open:

• Do the edits & modifications you want and click on "Save".

To delete a distinction from your profile, do the following:

• Go to the distinction you want to delete, and click on the delete button:

• A deletion confirmation message will show:

• Click on "Confirm"