Internal Resources for the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
University at Buffalo (UB)
SEAS Faculty & Staff Award Descriptions and Criteria
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.
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Early Career Researcher of the Year Award
Description
This award is presented to early career faculty member(s) whose recent research at UB demonstrates relevance and importance to the overall mission of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Eligible awardees must be full-time members of one of the School's departments/units and untenured at the Assistant Professor level. Additionally, they must have been at UB for a 3-year period. A faculty member may receive the Early Career Researcher Award only once. A maximum of two awards will be made each year. Individuals who have received the UB Exceptional Scholar Award for Young Investigator are not eligible for this award.
Nomination
Each Chair may nominate up to three persons from his/her department for this award. A cover letter from the Chair (maximum 1 page) and recent CV (maximum 5 paqes) must accompany the nomination, together with a citation paragraph which states succinctly why the individual being nominated is worthy of the award. Applications shall be considered by the SEAS Awards Committee. The nominee's name (with nomination materials) will be forwarded to the Dean for final approval.
Criteria
This award recognizes outstanding untenured early career researcher(s) in the school whose recent work at UB has made significant contributions to his or her field. This may be indicated by a significant publication(s), a sustained record of tier-one publications, or a sustained record.
Deadline: February 1
Nominations
Nominees may be individuals or teams. With supportive examples, describe why and how the nominee(s) demonstrate(s) excellence in relation to the award criteria. Please submit a document that addresses the following:
- Nominee(s) Name(s), Department(s), Job Title(s), Supervisor Name(s)
- Nominator (can be staff or faculty) Name(s), Department(s), Title(s)
- Duration of time you have worked with nominee(s)
- Describe how the nominee(s) demonstrates excellence in relation to the award criteria. (maximum 2 pages)
- Nominee(s) may be full or part time (minimum .5 FTE), from any classification, and any paid entity.
- No re-nomination for a minimum of 3 years for any award category for all prior awardees.
- Email Shannon Phillips (smp2@buffalo.edu) to alert her that you plan to nominate a colleague(s), and cc the nominee’s supervisor.
- Nominations are uploaded to a secure Box folder.
Deadline for all
Staff Awards:
February 16th
SEAS for JEDI Staff Award
Description
This award recognizes faculty and staff members who are outstanding advocates for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) in SEAS. (A maximum of two awards will be made each year.)
Criteria
Efforts may include the following:
- Collaboration with colleagues in SEAS, across campus or beyond
- Leadership in identifying and dismantling barriers to JEDI for students, faculty, or staff in SEAS
- Innovations that advance JEDI in SEAS
- Modeling a culture of inclusion and belonging through one’s own professional interactions and relationships
- The creation of a project, initiative or program that supports and uplifts marginalized SEAS students, faculty, or staff
Note: Colleagues who do diversity work as part of their professional responsibility are eligible to be nominated. However, nominators must detail how nominees have exceeded expectations in relation to the award criteria as well as how they have gone over and above their professional responsibility to advance JEDI in SEAS.