Request Nominations and Letters
Are you considering applying for or would you like to be nominated for an award? Our office can provide you with nominations and letters of support. Please complete this brief survey to provide the office with details regarding your specific needs.
Nominate Other Faculty
Do you have a colleague at the Heritage College that you’d like to recognize in an area of teaching excellence? Topic areas include inclusion, engagement, subject expertise, pedagogical expertise, outcomes, improvement, and innovation. If so, please complete and submit a nomination form .
Faculty Recognition
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Tenured Faculty
The Distinguished Professor Award | Ohio University is the highest permanent recognition attainable by faculty at Ohio University. Eligibility criteria include attainment of tenure and at least five years of service to the university. Nominations are solicited each fall from all current Ohio University faculty. The deadline for nominations is February 15.
The Presidential Teacher Award | Ohio University is awarded to full-time, tenured faculty based on excellence in teaching and meritorious academic pursuits both inside and outside the classroom. Nominations are solicited each fall from Ohio University faculty, alumni, and students with a deadline for submission of September 30.
Tenure-Track, Instructional and Clinical Faculty
The University Professor Award | Ohio University recognizes outstanding teaching at the university as nominated by students. Nominees must be full-time tenure-track, instructional, or clinical faculty. Nominations for the University Professor Award are due on November 14.
Tenure-Track and Instructional Faculty
The MAC Outstanding Faculty Award | Ohio University for student success recognizes full-time tenure track and instructional faculty who are engaged with students and demonstrate commitment to student success and inclusion. Eligible faculty members must apply by December 9.
Instructional Faculty
The Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching | Ohio University is awarded to full-time, instructional, non-tenure track faculty based on excellence in teaching and meritorious academic pursuits both inside and outside the classroom. Nominations are solicited each fall from Ohio University students, alumni, and faculty with a deadline for submission of September 30.
Tenure-Track Probationary Faculty
The Chairs and Directors Emerging Leadership Award | Ohio University recognizes outstanding full-time, probationary, tenure- track faculty members who have demonstrated exceptional leadership attributes. Eligible faculty members must be in their third, fourth, or fifth year with Ohio University at the time of nomination. Nominations are solicited from current chairs and directors and are due by February 15.
Research Intensive Faculty
The Presidential Research Scholars | Ohio University awards program recognizes faculty members who have garnered national and international prominence in research, scholarship, and creative activity. Applications are solicited annually but in rotating cycles between three clusters of disciplines. For FY 2024-25 applications will be solicited for Arts and Humanities and Life and Biomedical Sciences. Nominations are typically due on or around April 20 followed by an application deadline on or around June 15.
Faculty Recognition
Heritage College
External Award Opportunities
(Awards, Fellowships & Academies)
Additional External Award Opportunities
Awards, Scholarships, and Fellowships | AAFP
Awards Home | National Academy of Sciences
About the Awards - Lasker Foundation
ACEP // National Emergency Medicine Faculty Teaching Award
Awards - Academic Pediatric Association
Apply Now for Weitzman Institute Primary Care Awards - Weitzman Institute
Award Descriptions | College on Problems of Drug Dependence
Additional national awards: Dale Dodson Award, Robert A. Kistner Award, the William D. Miller Award, the Board Chair Special Recognition Award, Innovation in Medical Education Awards, ED to MED Outstanding Advocate of the Year Award, and the Outstanding Advancement in Osteopathic Medical Education Award.
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