To honor a University of Missouri faculty member for a sustained nationally and internationally recognized record of research and/or creativity.
The award carries a stipend of $15,000, less applicable taxes.
Nominees must be full-time, regular faculty members who have been employed by the University of Missouri for at least five years prior to September 1, 2008. Each campus may submit one nomination.
There is no standard format for nominations. Nominations should include a cover letter summarizing the nominee's research and/or creative accomplishments, an up-to-date curriculum vita, and other supporting evidence of nationally and internationally recognized research and/or creativity. Campuses are asked to limit the number of reference letters to no more than 15. Please include a list of the references submitting supporting letters which indicates each reference's relationship to the nominee and include any information about each reference's qualifications, which may be helpful to the Committee. A one-page personal statement from the nominee stating his/her research and/or creative objectives is also required. Nomination packages will not be returned to the campuses. Do not place the nomination package in a hard binder.
Ten (10) copies of the nomination package should be submitted by the appropriate designee on the campus to the Office of the Sr. Vice President for Academic Affairs, Attn: Ms. Sam Kanatzar, 518 Clark Hall, Columbia, Missouri 65211 by the appropriate designee on the campus.
February 27 , 2009: Check with your campus designated office for their scheduled deadline.
Ken Sher, Curators´ Professor of Psychological Science, UM-Columbia
| Year | Honoree | Department | Campus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Jay A. Switzer | Professor of Chemistry | UM-Rolla |
| 2006 | Randall Prather | Professor of Animal Sciences | UM-Columbia |
| 2005 | Antonio Nanni | Professor of Civil Engineering | UM-Rolla |
| 2004 | S. Dale Cutkosky | Curator's Professor of Mathematics | UM-Columbia |
| 2003 | Joseph Carroll | Professor of English | UM-St. Louis |
| 2002 | Joyce Corey | Professor of Chemistry | UM-St. Louis |
| 2001 | Robert E. Ricklefs | Department of Biology | UM-St. Louis |
| 2000 | Jerry L. Atwood | Curators' Professor of Chemistry | UM-Columbia |
| 1999 | Sherod Santos | Professor of English | UM-Columbia |
| 1998 | Patricia Resick | Professor of Psychology | UM-St.Louis |
| 1997 | R. Michael Roberts | Curators' Professor of Veterinary Pathobiology, Animal Science and Biochemistry | UM-Columbia |
| 1996 | Delbert E. Day | Curators' Professor of Ceramic Engineering | UM-Rolla |
| 1995 | Peter Wolfe | Professor of English | UM-St. Louis |
| 1994 | Frank E. Moss | Professor of Physics and Astronomy | UM-St Louis |
| 1993 | Daniel W. Armstrong | Curators' Professor of Chemistry | UM-Rolla |
| 1992 | H. Carl Gerhardt | Professor of Biological Sciences | UM-Columbia |
| 1991 | Ronald E. Olson | Curators' Professor of Physic | UM-Rolla |
| 1990 | Robert W. Murray | Curators' Professor of Chemistry | UM-St. Louis |
| 1989 | Sudarshan K. Loyalka | Professor of Nuclear Engineering | UM-Columbia |
| 1988 | Daniel U. Levine | Professor of Education | UM-Kansas City |
| 1987 | Nigel J. Kalton | Professor of Mathematics | UM-Columbia |
| 1986 | Eugene J. Meehan | Professor of Political Science | UM-St. Louis |
| 1985 | Margaret Sayers-Peden | Professor of Spanish | UM-Columbia |
| 1984 | Manfred R. G. Wuttig | Professor of Metallurgical Engineering | UM-Rolla |
| 1983 | Samuel A. Werner | Professor of Physics | UM-Columbia |
| 1982 | Jacob J. Leventhal | Professor of Physics | UM-St. Louis |
| 1981 | Laird D. Schearer | Professor of Physics | UM-Rolla |
| 1980 | Karl Nolph | Professor of Medicine | UM-Columbia |