The SEAS Office of Faculty Affairs and Diversity collaborates with UB’s Office for Faculty Affairs to support the application and nomination of faculty for a variety of awards recognizing excellence in teaching, research, and service. Information about the types of awards available, application procedures and criteria, and past recipients in SEAS is provided below.

National and International Awards

https://www.buffalo.edu/provost/admin-units/faculty-affairs/awards/awardopps.html

The Association of American Universities (AAU) collects the number of faculty members by institution receiving awards, fellowships, and memberships in the National Research Council (NRC) list of highly prestigious and prestigious awards. The UB Office of Faculty Affairs maintains a list of these awards, as well as detailed information on criteria and application procedures, which can be found here.

Past recipients of NRC highly prestigious and prestigious awards are listed on the SEAS website here, SEAS faculty who have been named Fellows of professional societies are listed here, and SEAS early career award winners are listed here.

Award recipients are recognized at the annual UB Celebration of Academic Excellence, typically held in during the Fall semester.

SUNY Awards

The UB Office of Faculty Affairs overseas the submissions for SUNY's four Distinguished Rank nominations and SUNY Chancellor's Award nominations. The nomination process, calendar, policies and guidelines are on the Faculty Affairs website here.

Past recipients of SUNY awards are listed on the SEAS website here.

Award recipients are recognized at the annual UB Celebration of Academic Excellence, typically held in during the Fall semester.

UB Honors and Awards

The UB Office of Faculty Affairs oversees submissions for UB Distinguished Professor, Exceptional Scholar Award, and UB's Award for Teaching Innovation. Criteria and a calendar are on the Faculty Affairs website here.

Past recipients of UB awards are listed on the SEAS website here.

Award recipients are recognized at the annual UB Celebration of Academic Excellence, typically held in during the Fall semester.

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Honors and Awards

The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences recognizes faculty and staff excellence through an awards program. Recipients are nominated by fellow faculty/staff and vetted by the SEAS Faculty Awards Committee or the SEAS Staff Awards Committee. Nomination materials for SEAS awards is here.

Past recipients of SEAS award are listed on the SEAS website here.

Award recipients are recognized at the annual SEAS awards celebration.

Current SEAS faculty members who receive U.S. issued patents will be recognized with a cash award. Details are available here.

Patents received by SEAS faculty are listed on the SEAS website here.