Presidential Research Award
- The Research Policy Committee (RPC) juries this award. The award is highly competitive. The committee may disqualify any or all proposals it deems not worthy of funding. Applicants must be full-time faculty, professional staff, or administrative faculty and must be engaged in research, scholarship, or creative activity that results in a significant contribution to their professional field. Awarded in even years.
- (deadline is February 3, 2026)
Past Awardees
Note: Biennial awarding began in 2018.
2024: Christopher Lennon
2022: Brian Bourke
2020: Christopher A. Craig
2018: Juyoung Song
2017: William Rusty Jones
2016: Duane Bolin, Bommanna Loganathan
2015: Kevin Miller
2014: Terry Derting
2013: Alexey Arkov
2012: Maeve McCarthy, Paul Walker
2011: None chosen
2010: Scott Locke, Bommanna Loganathan
2009: Haluk Cetin
2008: Squire Babcock
2007: None chosen
2006: Maeve McCarthy
2005: Gina Claywell, Howard Whiteman
2004: Joseph Fuhrmann, Stephanie Rea
2003: Duane Bolin, Peter Murphy
2002: Stephanie Carpenter, Renee Fister