Purpose of the Award
The Excellence in Scholarship – Early Career award acknowledges the scholarly accomplishment of a faculty member before tenure is awarded, with all forms of scholarship and creative work considered.
Eligibility
Any pre-tenure, full-time or reduced-load member of the teaching faculty may be nominated for this award.
Selection Criteria
Award recipients will be selected based the following criteria:
- Noteworthy production of scholarship during period prior to tenure.
- Scholarship that is beneficial to the Church, the guild, culture, society, or creation
- Scholarship that is significant/impactful (beyond the department’s expectations for tenure and in accordance with the normative metrics of a discipline or practice)
Selection Process
The provost will solicit nominations from faculty and department chairs. The academic deans and the dean for research and scholarship will also review faculty activities reports and state of the department reports and, based on their review, may make their own nominations. The dean for research and scholarship will take the lead in considering the nominations and, in consultation with the provost, will decide on up to three nominees to present to the Professional Status Committee. There is no restriction regarding how many nominees may come from a single department or division. The Professional Status Committee will select the award recipient.