Award Requirements & Process

Each year, the College of Human Medicine honors faculty, academic staff, and support staff who exemplify excellence in teaching, research, clinical service, community engagement, mentorship, and leadership. These awards reflect our commitment to fostering a culture of recognition, collaboration, and academic distinction. 

 

• Faculty and Academic Staff Awards

  All faculty and academic staff (FAS) award nominations are submitted each spring via the nomination form.

  The following items are required when submitting a faculty or academic staff nomination:

  1. Statement by the nominator outlining evidence of excellence, aligned to the selection criteria specified in the award description (maximum 500 words).
     
     
  2. Three (3) letters of support (combined into one .pdf document).
     • Teacher-scholar nominations only: One (1) of the letters must be from a student.
       
       
  3. The nominee's current curriculum vitae.

  Please ensure all items are ready when completing the nomination form. Nominations are reviewed by the College Advisory Council (CAC) Awards Subcommittee with final nominations approved by the CAC.

  For questions or more information about FAS awards, please reach out to the Office of Faculty Affairs and Development.

• All-University Awards

  Faculty selected to receive certain college awards may then be eligible for the same award at the university level.

  The college's Outstanding Faculty Awardee may be eligible for the U-level William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award.

  The college's Teacher-Scholar Awardee may be eligible for the U-level Teacher-Scholar Award.

  The all-university awards celebrate the excellent work of our faculty, administrators, academic staff, and graduate students across the university. The nomination process for university-level awards takes significantly more preparation time, and so the college’s process is completed in the spring to allow for completion of nomination packets for university awards to occur over the summer months. If you or your colleagues are candidates for awards, we encourage you to contact your department chair or unit director for assistance in submitting nominations.

  For those who are eligible to be nominated for the same university-level award, the full nomination packets will be due to the university in the fall (i.e., nominators have the summer to assemble the full packet required for university awards). More information for university awards can be found at the all-university awards website.

• Support Staff Award Process

  All support staff award nominations are submitted each spring via the nomination form.

  The following items are required when submitting a support staff nomination:

  • Statement by the nominator outlining evidence of excellence, aligned to the selection criteria specified in the award description (maximum 500 words).
    
    
  • A minimum of one (1) letter of support must be submitted with the nomination. Letter(s) should be written by someone other than the nominator, the writer must be a fellow Spartan, and no more than a total of three (3) letters of support can be submitted.

  Please ensure all items are ready when completing the nomination form. Nominations are reviewed and selected by the Awards Subcommittee of the Dean’s Support Staff Advisory Committee. 

  For questions or more information about support staff awards, please reach out to the Dean’s Support Staff Advisory Committee.

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