The nomination and selection process for the University-wide awards listed below varies. Please review the following links carefully for detailed information related to eligibility, application process, and submission requirements. You will notice that some of the awards are handled directly by offices outside the College of Education. Others are processed through the Associate Dean for Research’s Office for the Dean of the College of Education.
UGA Recognition (Teaching/Research/Service)
Nominations that must be submitted to the College of Education Office of the Associate Dean for Research should be submitted as a PDF file electronically via email attachment to gmason@uga.edu or PDF file on CD sent through campus mail to the Associate Dean for Research Office, c/o Faculty Awards Committee Secretary, Gabrielle Mason, G10 Aderhold Hall. Do not submit hard copies of nomination packages.
Important: In all cases related to dossiers that must pass through the COE Faculty Senate Awards Committee: the Awards Committee will not accept late or incomplete dossiers. It is the responsibility of the nominator to ensure the dossier is complete and submitted by the College of Education’s deadline.
Please use the protocol listed below to name these nomination files. For example, the nomination for John Smith for the Distinguished Research Professor Award would be named as “Smith_John_DRP.” Please label all separate attachments clearly.
Nomination File Naming Protocol by Award
| Distinguished Research Professor | [Last Name]_[First Name]_DRP |
| Walter B. Hill Distinguished Public Service Fellow | [Last Name]_[First Name]_HPSF |
| Walter B. Hill Distinguished Achievement in PSO | [Last Name]_[First Name]_HPAPSO |
| Service Learning Teaching Excellence Award | [Last Name]_[First Name]_SLTE |
| Service Learning Research Excellence Award | [Last Name]_[First Name]_SLRE |
| Scholarship of Engagement | [Last Name]_[First Name]_SE |
| Regents’ Professorships | [Last Name]_[First Name]_RP |
| University Professorships | [Last Name]_[First Name]_UP |
| Richard B. Russell Undergraduate Teaching Award | [Last Name]_[First Name]_RRUTA |
| Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professorship | [Last Name]_[First Name]_JMDTP |
| Award | No. of Copies | Eligible Recipients | FINAL Due Date / College | FINAL Due Date / University | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert C. Anderson Memorial Award | 10 | Recent Ph.D. graduates | First Tuesday of December | OVPR | |
| Lilly Teaching Fellows Program | Faculty in their 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year of a tenure-track position without significant teaching experience | Contact CTL | CTL | ||
| Sarah H. Moss Fellowship | 10 | Tenure-track faculty, age 35 or younger | Contact CTL | CTL | |
| Fulbright Programs | |||||
| Senior Teaching Fellows Program | Associate and full professors with five years at UGA | Contact CTL | CTL | ||
| Service Learning Teaching Excellence Award | All full-time permanent UGA faculty members in any career track are eligible to apply | November 1, 2012 | OSL | ||
| Service Learning Research Excellence Award | All full-time permanent UGA faculty members in any career track are eligible to apply | November 1, 2012 | OSL | ||
| Study in a Second Discipline Program | 10 | Tenured faculty | Contact VPAA | VPAA | |
| Learning Technologies Grants Program | 1 hard copy and 1 electronic attachment | Full-time faculty | September 14, 2009 | CAIT, c/o OISD | |
| Distinguished Research Professorship |
Submit initial nomination for COE Awards Committee electronically to Gabrielle Mason at gmason@uga.edu The COE Faculty Senate Awards Committee will not accept late or incomplete dossiers. It is the responsibility of the nominator to ensure the dossier is complete and submitted by the College of Education’s deadline. |
Nominees must be at least 10 years beyond the date of the terminal academic degree and must have the endorsement of the appropriate dept head & dean. | October 4, 2013 | Noon – November 14, 2013 | OVPR |
| Walter B. Hill Service Awards |
Submit initial nomination for COE Awards Committee electronically to Gabrielle Mason at gmason@uga.edu The COE Faculty Senate Awards Committee will not accept late or incomplete dossiers. It is the responsibility of the nominator to ensure the dossier is complete and submitted by the College of Education’s deadline. |
August 30, 2012 | September 28, 2012 | VPPSO | |
| Scholarship of Engagement | Permanent, full-time tenured associate professors or full professors, who have significant experience and evidence of advancing civic engagement at the University of Georgia through contributing to the scholarship of engagement, and providing service-learning opportunities for students, are eligible for this annual award. | November 1, 2011 | VPPSO | ||
| Regents Professorship |
Submit initial nomination for COE Awards Committee electronically to Gabrielle Mason at gmason@uga.edu The COE Faculty Senate Awards Committee will not accept late or incomplete dossiers. It is the responsibility of the nominator to ensure the dossier is complete and submitted by the College of Education’s deadline. |
Candidate must hold the rank of professor. At time of appointment must not hold or must relinquish any other university-wide professorship. | October 4, 2013
Nominated by Dean |
November 1, 2013 | VPAA |
| Regents Teaching Excellence Awards | 7 | Current full-time members of the teaching faculty and teaching academic staff at USG institutions | Contact OVPI | OVPI | |
| University Professorship |
Submit initial nomination for COE Awards Committee electronically to Gabrielle Mason at gmason@uga.edu The COE Faculty Senate Awards Committee will not accept late or incomplete dossiers. It is the responsibility of the nominator to ensure the dossier is complete and submitted by the College of Education’s deadline. |
Candidate must hold the rank of professor and have been on the faculty of UGA for 10 years. Upon appointment the faculty member must not hold or must relinquish any other University-wide professorship. | October 4, 2013
Nominated by Dean |
November 1, 2013 | VPAA |
| Creative Research Award | 10 | Candidate must have completed at least 5 years of service at the University. | First Tuesday of November | OVPR | |
| Creative Research Medal | 10 | Faculty at the University of Georgia | First Tuesday of November | OVPR | |
| Richard B. Russell Undergraduate Teaching Award |
Submit initial nomination for COE Awards Committee electronically to Gabrielle Mason at gmason@uga.edu The COE Faculty Senate Awards Committee will not accept late or incomplete dossiers. It is the responsibility of the nominator to ensure the dossier is complete and submitted by the College of Education’s deadline. |
Tenure-track faculty engaged in undergraduate instruction who have been at the University a minimum of three years at the time of the actual award and who have been in a tenure-track position for a total of no more than 10 years. | October 5, 2012 | November 30, 2012 | VPAA |
| Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professorships |
Submit initial nomination for COE Awards Committee electronically to Gabrielle Mason at gmason@uga.edu The COE Faculty Senate Awards Committee will not accept late or incomplete dossiers. It is the responsibility of the nominator to ensure the dossier is complete and submitted by the College of Education’s deadline. |
October 5, 2012 | November 16, 2012 | VPAA |