Submission Instructions for the Board of Regents Awards

Award Description

Awards are granted in four categories:

Teaching
Scholarship, research, or creative activity
Public service to state, nation or humanity in general
Mentoring of students

Four awards will be granted for each category, with a maximum of one to a collaboration. Each recipient receives a plaque and $1,000 (to be divided equally among collaborators, if appropriate).

Qualifications

The nominee must have been a USM faculty member for at least 5 years.
The nomination must be based on work done at USM.
The work should have occurred in the last 3 calendar years.

Nomination Process

USM's Academic Affairs has revised the procedures for nominationing individuals for these awards. The nomination process now requires two stages of review, an early screening and then a later more elaborate submission. Please note revised due dates below! See the detailed instructions below.

Submit the following in electronic format (Microsoft Word or Adobe pdf) by October 13th to:

Ellin K. Scholnick
Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs
escholni@umd.edu

A summary resume of no more than 10 pages.
A one page essay by the nominee describing his/her qualifications for the nomination.
A letter of nomination by the chair/dean.

By October 22th, the faculty member will be informed whether he/she has been selected as a University nominee. If so, you will be asked to submit the following by November 17th in electronic form :

An additional 1-3 “internal” letters of nomination with phone numbers and addresses of each nominator.
A completed certification form documenting then nominee's employment history at the University and fulfillment of our workload requirements in teaching/research/service.
Documentation of achievement.

For teaching: peer evaluation of teaching, testimonials from students, student learning outcomes assessment.
For research, scholarship or creative activities: up to 3 external letters of recommendation.
For mentoring: up to 5 letters from students.

Note that altogether the package in parts 1-2 must not exceed 19 pages! Contact Betty Wineke regarding submission procedures at x56803.