Distinguished Research Award
The College of Charleston Distinguished Research Award is made to one member of the faculty during the spring semester. The Distinguished Research Award honors roster faculty colleagues who have distinguished themselves by a career of significant research. The Faculty Research and Development Committee recommends the faculty recipient to the Provost. The award is a framed certificate and a cash award.
No faculty member may receive this award more than once. Faculty members who receive this award are not eligible for consideration for the William V. Moore Distinguished Teacher-Scholar Award for the first three (3) academic years after receipt of this award.
- Established: 1977
- Number of recipients annually: one
- Committee Co-Chairs: Morgan Hughey (hugheysm@cofc.edu) and Ghazi Abuhakema (abuhakemag@cofc.edu), Co-Chairs, Faculty Research and Development Committee
- Award: $1500 and a framed certificate
Nominations
The Distinguished Research Award recognizes those roster faculty members who have a significant career of research. The evaluation will be based on the body of the nominee’s scholarly and/or creative works within the past few years, i.e., recent books, articles, papers, presentations, paintings and/or other artistic productions. Such scholarly/creative works will be judged for their quality and significance as well as for their quantity. Nominators must be a faculty member(s) and letters of nomination should briefly describe the nominee’s scholarly work and its significance, providing specific examples whenever possible. Nominations should be seconded by at least one additional faculty member, who may co-author the primary nomination letter or write a separate letter of support. Letters of support should be collected and submitted with the original nomination; up to three letters of support may be submitted. Nominators should discuss the significance of the nominee’s research but do not need to provide documentation because such additional materials, including a narrative (up to 1500 words), current CV, and up to three representative pieces of work, will be requested directly from the nominee.
All letters of nomination must also include:
- the name, title and department of the person being proposed for the award;
- the name, address and phone number of the nominator; and
- the name of the award.
Deadline: Sunday, January 29, 2023
Nomination Link: Distinguished Research Award Nomination Form
Questions about the award or criteria? Contact our Faculty Affairs Coordinator, Estee Gabay (gabayel@cofc.edu) or the committee co-chairs. Technical difficulties with the nomination form? Email faculty-awards-group@cofc.edu.