The phrase "award size" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English in certain contexts.
It refers to the amount or magnitude of a reward or recognition given to someone. Example: The judges were impressed with the quality of his work and decided to increase the award size from $10,000 to $20,000.
Award size: Awards up to $52,000.
The Edward H. Benenson Awards in the Arts: These awards range from $600 to $4500 with an average award size of $1800 and are granted annually through the generosity of Duke alumnus and trustee Edward H. Benenson.
Together, Founders Fund and NEA will grant each TechFellow $100,000 to invest in a start-up of their choice, more than doubling last year's award size.
Approximately 20 awards are made each year; recent awards have ranged from $600-$600-$with an average award size of $1800.
Award Size: $35k for living expenses, up to $10.5k for tuition support, $5k for research and travel and accommodations to the annual DOE SCGF Research Conference.
Mr. Obama's signature also doubled the total funding for Pell Grants and increased the award size to match the rising cost of higher education.
Award sizes, too, have increased, as NSF has endeavored to keep up with the cost of doing science--a cost that is increasing faster than the rate of inflation.
Congress correctly indicated that constantly whittling down award sizes and steadily decreasing the numbers of grant awards does not provide a recipe for success.
Another problem with performance stock grants, pay consultants say, is that an award's size is typically decided at the start of a year, well before shareholder returns for that or future years can be measured.
Former Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary received an award the size he probably was not expecting.
Or they might have concluded that reviewers did not give R29s sufficient weight in future funding decisions (in part, perhaps, as a result of the awards' small size).
