Award Nomination Deadlines

The MSU Alumni Association Emerging Scholar Award, the MSU Alumni Association Distinguished Researcher Award, and the Presidential Research Award are selected by the Research Policy Committee, a faculty advisory committee to the Provost. The University Distinguished Mentor Award is award by the Office of the Provost in collaboration with the Office of Research and Creative Activity (ORCA).

• Selected by the Office of the Provost and ORCA
• Deadline to nominate: January 26, 2024
• $1000 stipend, plaque, and name added to a permanent plaque in the Office of the Provost
• Awarded in recognition of sustained partnership of mutual concern significantly fostering students’ intellectual, ethical and academic development above and beyond expectations of even excellent advising and teaching.
• Faculty, staff, students, and alumni may submit nominations.

• Selected every other year by the Research Policy Committee
• Deadline to apply: February 6, 2024
• $6500 stipend plus an additional $650 in support, supply, and travel funds
• 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.
  

• Selected by the Research Policy Committee
• Deadline to nominate: February 6, 2024
• $1000 cash award, and recipient's name engraved on a plaque in the Alumni Center
  
• Colleagues, collaborators, departments, schools/colleges, or recognized campus organizations may nominate faculty for the award.
• Any person who is employed as a full-time member of the faculty shall be eligible for nomination regardless of faculty rank or title if he/she satisfies the remaining qualification.
• Areas of research considered for this award alternate from year to year.

• Selected by the Research Policy Committee
• Deadline to Nominate: February 6, 2024
• Two prizes are awarded: one in STEM areas and one in SSHA areas. Each award is $500, and each recipient's name will be engraved on a plaque in the Alumni Center.
  
• Colleagues, collaborators, departments, schools/colleges, or recognized campus organizations may nominate faculty for the award.
• Faculty holding a full-time tenure-track appointment and having no more than five years of academic experience in a tenure-track position are eligible. Nominations/applications can include work performed prior to joining Murray State.

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