Faculty Awards & Research Support

Campus & LAS Faculty Awards Heading link
Award Name | Nominator | Eligibility | College Deadline | Campus Deadline | Announcement |
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Teaching Recognition Program: (TRP) | Self nomination only | Tenured, tenure-track, and clinical faculty as well as others with a demonstrated long-term commitment to teaching at UIC (such as lecturers, instructors, and adjuncts). See Guidelines for full details. | N/A | September 14, 2022- Intent to Apply due October 14, 2022- Application due | March (tentative) |
UIC Distinguished Professor | Department, college or individual faculty members | Faculty who have made a significant impact upon their field through scholarship, creativity and leadership | January 20, 2023 | March 3, 2023 | Mid-Summer |
UIC Award for Excellence in Teaching | Nominations begin at department level; vote by department advisory committee | Tenured and tenure-track faculty with full-time appointments. Must have taught at UIC for ten years. | January 20, 2023 (expected) | March 3, 2023 | Mid-Summer |
University Scholar Award | Most often departmental executive officer (confidential) | Outstanding faculty members who have demonstrated superior performance in scholarly activities in both research and teaching and who show great promise for future achievements. | January 20, 2023 | March 3, 2023 | Mid-Summer |
Faculty Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award | Faculty, staff, or students. Self-nominations are accepted. | Full-time faculty (Professor through Instructor), who are in a clinical, pre-clinical, research, or administrative area and who are based at UIC/UIH or a UIC-affiliated hospital or institution and have been employed at UIC a minimum of two years. | January 30, 2023 to request a Dean's Office letter of Support | TBD | TBD |
Community Engagement Award | Faculty, staff, community partners or students. Self-nominations are accepted. | Full-time faculty (Instructor through Professor), who are in a clinical, pre-clinical, research, or administrative area, and who are based at UIC/UIH or a UIC-affiliated hospital or institution and have been employed at UIC a minimum of two years. | January 30, 2023 to request a Dean's Office letter of Support | TBD | TBD |
Global Engagement Faculty Award | Tenured, non-tenured, non-tenure track faculty members who have not received the GEFA previously. | Self-nominations or nominations by current or former UIC colleagues. | January 30, 2023 to request a Dean's Office letter of Support | TBD | TBD |
LAS Diversity Initiative Award Program | Members of LAS | Faculty, students, or staff within the college. | April 3, 2023 | N/A | N/A |
LAS Distinguished Professor Award | Any faculty member with at least 50% in LAS, needs EO endorsement | Tenured faculty with 50% in LAS | March 16, 2023 | N/A | April |
LAS Faculty Service Award | Faculty or staff in LAS | Tenure-track and non-tenure track faculty with 50% in LAS | March 16, 2023 | N/A | April |
UIC Scholarship Support Program | Self nomination | Tenure system faculty | N/A | Rolling | Ongoing |
U of I System: Expanding the Impact of the Arts and the Humanities | Faculty | Faculty from across the U of I's three universities. | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Research and Scholarship Award Competition | Anyone from the UIC community who is knowledgeable about a successful UIC researcher / scholar. | All faculty (i.e. tenured, tenure-track, research-track, clinical-track, including research assistant professors) with a full-time appointment at UIC | January 9, 2023 to request a Dean's Office letter of Support | Nominations: January 9, 2023 --Letters of Support: January 23, 2023 | March |
LAS Master Teacher Award | Executive Officer | Associate or full professors in LAS | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Other Awards Heading link

Faculty Research Support Heading link
In LAS:
Institute for the Humanities Fellowships
Office of Social Science Research
LAS Undergraduate Research Initiative (LASURI)
Travel Awards:
Junior Faculty Research and Travel Award
At UIC:
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR)