Faculty Awards & Research Support

Dean Lisa A. Freeman shakes the hand of Distinguished Professor Donald J. Wink

Campus & LAS Faculty Awards

Please submit nominations that need LAS consideration to Beth Allen, Assistant Dean, at betha@uic.edu.
Award Name	Nominator	Eligibility	College Deadline	Campus Deadline	Announcement
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	Intent to Apply: September 10, 2025 Application: October 10, 2025	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 16, 2026	February 20, 2026	Mid-Summer
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 16, 2026	February 20, 2026	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 16, 2026	February 20, 2026	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.	Three (3) weeks prior to campus due date 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.	Three (3) weeks prior to campus due date to request a Dean's Office letter of Support	March 30, 2026	TBD
Graduate Mentoring Award	Academic Unit	Full time members of the graduate faculty, at least for 4 academic years.	Three weeks prior to campus due date to request a Dean's Office letter of support	March 4, 2026	TBD
Interprofessional Teaching In Action Matters (I-TEAM)	Faculty or staff.	UIC faculty and instructional staff from all campuses are eligible.	Three weeks prior to campus due date to request a Dean's Office letter of support	May 15, 2026	June 2026
Piergiorgio L.D. Uslenghi Global Engagement Faculty & Emerging Leader Faculty Awards	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.	Three (3) weeks prior to campus due date to request a Dean's Office letter of Support	March 20, 2026	TBD
LAS Faculty Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award Program	Members of LAS	Faculty, students, or staff within the college. Note: Please check back in January 2024 for updated Guidelines.	March 30, 2026	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 13, 2026	N/A	April
LAS Faculty Service Award	Faculty or staff in LAS	Tenure-track and non-tenure track faculty with 50% in LAS	March 13, 2026	N/A	April
UIC Scholarship Support Program	Self nomination	Tenure system faculty	N/A	Not currently accepting nominations	N/A
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	Three (3) weeks prior to campus due date to request a Dean's Office letter of Support	December 19, 2025	March