Temple President Ann Weaver Hart, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Lisa Staiano-Coico and Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Faculty Affairs Diane Maleson are seeking nominations for a variety of annual faculty awards honoring Temple’s finest teachers, researchers, creative artists and clinicians.


With the application process for 2009 faculty awards in full swing, below is a one-stop-shopping guide to the most prominent awards for faculty achievement for which full-time Temple faculty members are eligible: the Great Teachers Award, the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, the Eberman Faculty Research Award, the Temple University Faculty Research Award and the Faculty Award for Creative Achievement.


Nominations also are being solicited for a new faculty award, the Provost's Award for Innovative Teaching in General Education.


"GenEd faculty have come up with so many imaginative ways of sparking student interest — innovative course design, innovative course concepts, great ideas for getting students into the city to learn," said General Education director Terry Halbert. "This award is a great way for the university to recognize and appreciate some of the best of GenEd."


All of the awards will be presented at a faculty awards convocation in April 2009.

For more information on faculty awards — including guidelines and instructions for submitting nominations, as well as information about awards to support ongoing or future faculty research projects — go to the Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Faculty Affairs' web site at www.temple.edu/vpfaculty/awards.

• Great Teachers Award. Three faculty members will be recognized for their contributions to teaching, each receiving a $15,000 stipend, a commemorative sculpture and the honor of having his or her name engraved on the wall of the Founder's Garden on Main Campus. All full-time faculty members are eligible. Each department may nominate one of its members. Petitions by students and alumni may be made directly to the awards committee. Previous candidates not selected for a GTA may be re-nominated; no faculty member may receive the GTA more than once. Deadline for nomination packets: Dec. 1, 2008.
  
  
• Provost's Award for Innovative Teaching in General Education. Three faculty members will be recognized for excellence in GenEd course development and teaching. Each award winner receives a $4,000 stipend. All full-time faculty members are eligible. Individuals may nominate themselves or others. Candidates not selected for the award may nominate or be nominated in subsequent years. No faculty member may receive this award more than once in a five-year period. Deadline for nomination packets: Dec. 18, 2008.
  
  
• Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. Three faculty members will be recognized for teaching excellence (the number may vary from year to year), each receiving a $4,000 stipend. All full-time faculty members are eligible. Each school or college is eligible to nominate one of its members. Petitions by students and alumni may be made directly to the awards committee. Previous candidates not selected for a Lindback award may be re-nominated; no faculty member may receive a Lindback more than once. Deadline for nomination packets: Dec. 8, 2008.
  
  
• Research and creative achievement awards. An Eberman Faculty Research Award, a Temple University Faculty Research Award and a Faculty Award for Creative Achievement will be awarded to three different faculty members for excellence in research or creative achievement. Each award winner receives a $2,500 stipend. All full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty members are eligible. Each school or college may nominate one of its members; no more than one research or creative achievement award will be made to a given school or college in a given year. A University Research and Creative Achievement Awards Committee (including six faculty members appointed by the Faculty Senate and the Office of the Provost) has final authority on award recipients. Deadline for nomination packets: Dec. 1, 2008.