Faculty Awards

Certificate of recognition and $2,000 award

• The applicant must be a current full-time, tenured or tenure-track West Chester University faculty at the time of the nomination and the award presentation.
• Any person who wins this award must wait at least three years to be nominated again.

Formal nomination should be made by a member of the academic community (no student or self-nominations).

The application consists of the following:

1. Cover Sheet
2. A nomination letter from another faculty member or administrator, addressing the evaluation criteria listed below.
3. A letter of support from the nominee’s college dean(s).
4. A summary of the research or creative activity, written by the nominee (not to exceed 4 double-spaced pages). This summary should specifically address the evaluation criteria listed below.
5. Curriculum vitae of the nominee (not to exceed 5 single-spaced pages).
6. The nominee can also provide supporting material to the nominator for inclusion in the application.

Nomination deadline is February 14, 2025.

Submit the application as a PDF attachment to Ms. Megan Fahey at mfahey@wcupa.edu.

Nominations are to be evaluated and recommended by the Academic Recognition Committee and approved by the Associate Vice President for Research. Applications will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

1. Quality: Has the work resulted in a significant advancement in the applicant’s field of interest?
2. Institutional impact: How has this research or creative work had an institutional impact?
3. Recognition: Have publications in peer-reviewed journals, presentations at professional societies, meetings, and/or honors and awards resulted from the research or creative work?

Award presented at December commencement.

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