Conference USA Faculty Achievement Award

Faculty Achievement Award Description

The Conference USA Faculty Achievement Award highights and celebrates distinguished contributions withhonors institutional professors who demonstrate a record of outstanding teaching, research, service and/or scholarly activity within their academic discipline. The annual award recognizes one winner who will receive an “institutional” honorarium ($5,000) and become the university’s nominee for professor of the year.

Award Criteria

Eligibility

Nominee must:

• Be a full time faculty member
• Demonstrate an outstanding record of scholarly contributions in teaching, research/creative activity and/or service
• Have attained regional, national, or international recognition for contributions or achievements within the discipline
• Not be a former recipient of the CUSA Faculty Achievement Award

Application Requirements

• Letter of recommendation from your Dean
• A curriculum vitae that highlights scholarly activities in 5 pages or less
• Impact statement that should address the following (in the order indicated), in 3 pages or less
  • Area(s) of expertise
  • Significance of work in the field
  • Teaching
  • Mentoring students or other faculty
  • Service and engagement
  • Professional recognition, awards, and honors
  • Other (e.g., community engagement, relevant personal accomplishments)

Application closed for the 25-26 Academic Year

Conference USA – Professor of the Year Award Description

The Conference USA Professor of the Year Award is determined by a committee comprised of Provosts from each member institution and individuals will not be eligible to vote for their own nominee. The faculty member chosen will receive an additional “conference” honorarium ($15,000) for the distinction. The CUSA Faculty Achievement Award winner for the institution will be their nominee for the CUSA Professor of the Year Award.

Contact: grants@liberty.edu