HELLERVIK PRIZE
Fund History
Dr. Lowell Hellervik graduated from St. Cloud State University with a B.S. degree and went on to earn his
Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. In 1967, he co-founded Personnel Decisions International, a
global consulting firm. He received the Distinguished Professional Contributions Award by the Society
for Industrial Organizational/Psychologists in 1999.
Started fall 2005, the Hellervik Prize is St. Cloud State University’s premier award encouraging research
or scholarly activity which advances knowledge on issues of importance to students, college/school,
university and society. Research is broadly defined as creative achievement and/or the scholarly pursuit
of knowledge using recognized procedures in the principal investigator’s discipline or area of study.
Tenured, probationary or fixed term faculty can apply for up to $10,000 and individuals working in
collaboration or on a closely related project should apply as a group.