Honors and Awards

Excellence in Research Award

Any member of the University of South Florida community may submit documented nominations of persons holding an appointment in "professorial rank" at USF for the Excellence in Research Award. "Professorial rank" refers to faculty in the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor.

There are two awards given for Excellence in Research, one goes to pre-tenure faculty and one tenured faculty. The awards carry a cash award of $1,000 and faculty holding an appointment in "professorial rank" at any of the USF campuses are eligible to receive the award. 

View the award criteria and checklist;  prior to compiling all the nomination materials please send a 'Notice of Nomination' form to fsenate@usf.edu. 

For the 2024-2025 AY :

Completed notification of nomination forms should be submitted to the Faculty Senate Office (fsenate@usf.edu) by 5:00 p.m. on December 6, 2024.

Nomination packets for all awards must be submitted in a single PDF to the Faculty Senate Office (fsenate@usf.edu) by 5:00 p.m. on  January 17, 2025.