Nominations for top faculty honors are due Oct. 14

Nominations are open for some of the University’s top faculty honors: the Chancellor’s Distinguished Awards and the Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring. The deadline for all of them is Oct. 14, 2022.

Full nomination details for all awards are available here. All awardees will be honored publicly.

Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award

The Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award annually recognizes outstanding scholarly accomplishments of members of the University of Pittsburgh’s faculty, divided by two stages:  

• Senior scholar awardees will have compiled a substantial and continuing record of outstanding research and scholarly activity. Nominees must have achieved preeminence in their field and be of international reputation, as evidenced in letters of support from national and international leaders in the field. Referees cannot be mentors or current colleagues of the nominees.
• Junior scholar awardees will have demonstrated great potential as scholars as evidenced by the exceptional quality of their independent contributions and will have achieved national or international recognition. Candidates for this award are required to have received their highest degree no more than 12 years before the time of nomination.

Nominations will be considered within three broad categories: arts, humanities, social sciences, and related professions; science, technology, engineering and mathematics; and medicine and health sciences.

Each awardee will receive a cash prize of $2,000 and a grant of $3,000 to support their teaching and research.

Chancellor’s Distinguished Public Service Award

The Chancellor’s Distinguished Public Service Award annually recognizes outstanding public service contributions by members of the University of Pittsburgh’s faculty. Up to five awardees may be chosen annually. Each award consists of a cash prize to the faculty member of $2,000 and a grant of $3,000 to support the faculty member’s public service activities.

Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award

The Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award recognizes teaching excellence by members of the University of Pittsburgh’s faculty. Up to five awardees may be chosen annually. Each award consists of a cash prize to the faculty member of $2,000 and a grant of $3,000 to support the faculty member’s teaching activities.

Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring 

The Office of the Provost will confer its eighteenth annual Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring, acknowledging graduate faculty members for excellence in the mentoring of research doctoral students.