Provost's Distinguished Scholar Nomination
To further the building of a community of scholars at California Lutheran University, each year the Provost will grant an award to a CLU faculty member who has demonstrated significant achievement in research or creative work. Ideally, the recipient also will have made an effort to integrate research and/or creative work into teaching, service, and/or community involvement. The award includes a $5000 cash prize.
Eligibility and Criteria
All full-time faculty members who have taught at CLU for at least 6 years are eligible to be nominated for this award.
Required
- Demonstrates scholarly/creative excellence through discipline-specific evidence (e.g. peer-reviewed publications, presentations, performances, or exhibits) during the previous three years.
Recommended
- Integrates research/creative work with teaching and/or community engagement
- Involves students in the research process
- Disseminates research or creative work to a wider public
- Attains grants pertaining to external research and/or creative work
Nomination and Selection Process
Nominations (including self-nominations) can be made by emailing the name of the faculty member to AcAffairs@callutheran.edu. Once a nomination has been made, the nominee will be contacted and asked to provide the following materials:
- brief and clear responses to the prompts on the form on the "For Nominees" tab.
- a current, detailed CV.
The Faculty Affairs Awards and Grants Subcommittee will review the nominee materials and select three finalists considering accomplishments primarily from the previous three calendar years. Additionally, any contracted work forthcoming during the remainder of the current academic year will also be considered. The Provost will make the final selection.
Recipients of the Provost's Distinguished Scholar Award must wait for three years from the date of their award to be considered again.
Recipient Recognition
The award recipient will be formally recognized at the Faculty Retreat (August) and will be featured in the "At the Leading Edge: The Work of our Faculty" publication. The recipient may be asked to provide a research/creative work presentation at the retreat.
Questions about this nomination process can be directed to the Office of the Provost
(AcAffairs@CalLutheran.edu) or the Chair of the Faculty Affairs Awards and Grants Subcommittee.
Nominee Form Directions
- Referencing the Provost's Distinguished Scholar Award Criteria for this nomination, please submit this form.