Overview:
The objective of this award is to recognize faculty members who have enhanced the quality of life in the community by contributing personal time, effort, resources, and expertise and/or by leveraging institutional resources and collaborations for the betterment of the community. The award can recognize either service to the local community and/or to other communities. Each faculty member may nominate one junior and one senior faculty member in this category.

Awardees:

• One Junior Faculty Award: Instructors, Assistant Professors, early Associate Professors (4yrs or less)
• One Senior Faculty Award: Late Associate (more than 4 years) or Full Professors

Eligibility:

• Candidate must be a current member of the employed (non-voluntary) faculty at the University of Chicago and hold their primary appointment in a BSD department.
• The work for which the candidate is being nominated must have occurred while a faculty member at the University of Chicago.
• The candidate’s work must be acknowledged within the community that has benefited from it.
• Current elected members of the Faculty Advisory Committee are ineligible; see list of members here.

Nomination Submission Requirements:

• Nominee’s CV
• Two Nomination Letters (250-500 words) describing the basis for the nomination:
  • One Nomination Letter from a faculty member describing the candidate’s contribution(s) and impact on the community as well as details about the nature, extent, duration, and impact of community service.
  • One Nomination Letter from a member of the community describing the candidate’s contribution(s) with details about the nature, extent (number of people served), duration, and impact on the community. Note: It is the responsibility of the nominator to collect and submit the letter from the community member supporting the nomination.