Professional Development

Outstanding Faculty Awards 2020

Congratulations to our 2020 awardees. Please click here to read about the Outstanding Faculty Awardees.

Distinguished University Professor

The Distinguished University Professor Award is bestowed upon members of the USF faculty who have had - and continue to have - outstanding records of achievement in their disciplines.

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow

Election as an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. The Association of American Universities (AAU) recognizes AAAS Fellows as one of the indicators of distinction within an institution’s faculty.

Core Fulbright U.S. Scholars

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The Fulbright Program provides awardees with the opportunity to study, teach, conduct research, and find solutions to shared international concerns.

Fulbright International Education Administrator

This program offers fully-funded grants for U.S. higher education administrators to participate in an intensive two-week seminar abroad to learn about other countries’ higher education systems.

Fulbright Specialist

This program recognizes highly qualified U.S. academics and professionals who are then paired with host institutions abroad where they can share their expertise as well as invest themselves in other cultures.

Highly Cited Researchers

The Highly Cited Researchers list recognizes the world’s most influential researchers of the past decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in Web of Science.

National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Award

The Faculty Early Career Development Program offers the most prestigious awards to support early-career faculty who have the potential to stand as role models in both research and education, and lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.

NEH Summer Stipends Award

The National Endowment for the Humanities’ Summer Stipends Program aims to stimulate new research in the humanities and its publication, by recognizing scholars pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both.