Excellence in Guiding Undergraduate Research
A well-crafted nomination for this award would clearly address sustained excellence and innovation in guiding undergraduate research.
Quick Jump:
I. Overview
II. Calendar
III. Eligibility
IV. Evaluation Criteria
V. Nominations
VI. Selection
VII. Submission
VIII. Other Awards
IX. Attachments
Overview
This award is designed to foster and to reward excellence in involving and guiding undergraduate students in scholarly research. The award consists of $2,000 in cash for the personal use of the faculty member. Each winner will also receive a personalized commemorative plaque.
Calendar
January 27, 2012: Nominations are due by 5pm.
April 24, 2012: Celebration for Teaching Excellence, 7pm, Alice Campbell Alumni Center.
Eligibility
- Tenured.
- Taught on the Urbana-Champaign campus for at least 5 years.
- Has not won this award in the previous 10 years.
Evaluation Criteria
- Sustained excellence in involving and guiding undergraduate students in research projects.
- Positive impact on student scholarship or intellectual development.
- Innovative approaches to guiding undergraduate research.
- Other contributions to guiding undergraduate research. Examples include, but are not limited to, the following: Developing courses and curricula; leading workshops on mentoring undergraduates in research; advancing the scholarship of teaching and learning; or making other multidimensional contributions to enhancing undergraduate research.
Nominations
- A nomination letter (written in narrative form) may be submitted by students, faculty members, administrators, or alumni to a departmental committee, which should include at least one undergraduate student member.
- Faculty members or professional academic advisors nominated during a particular year should not be serving on the departmental selection committee during that same year.
All nomination packets must contain the following information (please follow this outline when submitting your nomination):
- The standard cover page (Attachment A) with the appropriate signatures. (Not to exceed 1 page.)
- A nomination letter addressing each of the Evaluation Criteria described above. The nomination letter should indicate why the nominee is exceptionalas an excellent mentor of undergraduate research. (12 point Times New Roman or equivalent font; 1 inch margins; Not to exceed 3 pages.)
- A philosophy statement provided by the nominee. This statement should include a discussion of the challenges, methods, and goals of guiding undergraduate research. (Not to exceed 2 pages.)
- Two letters of support* from current or past undergraduate students (preferably one current student and one alumnus). (See Attachment C for a sample solicitation letter.) (Not to exceed 2 pages each.)
*NOTE: Letters from students should be solicited by the departmental selection committee, not the nominee. The nominee may be asked to suggest some names and the department should add some names.
Selection
- Each departmental committee to which nominations are made will select its final candidates to forward to the college. (The college may establish a limit to the number of candidates that is forwarded by each departmental committee.)
- A college committee, which should include at least one undergraduate student member, then will select from among the final candidates which nominations to forward to the campus selection committee.
Submission
Selected nominations from each college committee should be forwarded electronically to the Office of the Provost, tab-awards@illinois.edu. The campus selection process is overseen by the Teaching Advancement Board, and is advisory to the Provost.
Other Awards
Attachments
Programs & Courses / Teaching and Advancement Board / Awards for Excellence in Instruction / Campus Award for Excellence in Guiding Undergraduate Research