The University of Texas at Arlington
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
University Award for
Outstanding Research Achievement or Creative Accomplishment
(Since January 1, 2013)
Purpose of Award
The University Award for Outstanding Research Achievement or Creative Accomplishment recognizes a faculty
member for achieving a particularly important research or creative accomplishment during the past three years (that
is since January 1, 2013). A list of previous award winners is attached.
Eligibility
Any full-time, regular faculty member of The University of Texas at Arlington is eligible to be nominated for this
award. Evidence of research or scholarly achievement must be in published form, and evidence of artistic or
creative accomplishment must be in a form appropriate to the nominee’s discipline. The achievement or
accomplishment must have occurred since January 1, 2013. This award is not limited to junior faculty and should
not be construed to be secondary to the University Award for Distinguished Record of Research or Creative
Activity.
Nominations (must be submitted electronically)
Nominations may be made by any full-time, regular member of The University of Texas at Arlington faculty. For
faculty members in colleges, the nomination must be first reviewed by and transmitted through the departmental
research committee of the nominee’s department. Nominations and departmental reviews will be forwarded to the
college research committee for further review and evaluation. For faculty members in schools, the nominations
must be directed through and reviewed by the school-level research committee. Nominations should be submitted to
either the departmental or school research committee by December 7, 2015. The college and school research
committees will rank the nominees from the unit and forward the top candidate’s materials in electronic format (pdf
attachments, links to individual websites) to Connie Frazier (cfrazier@uta.edu) in the Provost’s Office by January
25, 2016. Files will be available electronically for review by the Academy of Distinguished Scholars.
Selection Criteria
The emphasis of the Academy of Distinguished Scholars in selecting faculty to be recognized for an Outstanding
Research Achievement or Creative Accomplishment award is on quality, importance, and impact of the research or
creative accomplishment rather than on quantity of publications or pages, number of performances or gallery
showings, or number of creative objects produced. Therefore, all nominations and supporting documentation should
focus on the importance of a nominee’s research or creative activity and the impact the contribution made in his or
her field.
Nomination Procedure and Documentation
Each nomination reviewed by the Academy of Distinguished Scholars must include the six items listed below.
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A completed cover sheet (attached).
A one-page (maximum) letter of nomination from the nominator including a brief description of the
specific research achievement or creative accomplishment for which the nominee should be recognized.
A one-page (maximum) letter from the appropriate (college or school) research committee summarizing the
committee’s basis for support of the nomination.
A three-page abbreviated three-year curriculum vita including the nominee’s citation indix entry
information, if applicable.
Up to two (2) copies (pdf or link) of the nominee’s major publications and other appropriate supporting
documentation of the nominee’s scholarly achievement or creative activity (i.e., reviews of published work
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or creative activity). Only the nominee’s most significant work within the past three years should be
provided in his/her file of work/evidence.
Candidate’s statement of no more than 2 pages. The statement should address the scholarly/creative
contribution and its impact.
Incomplete Nominations
Incomplete nominations and nominations which have not been reviewed by the appropriate research committee will
not be considered by the Academy of Distinguished Scholars.
Time Line for Outstanding Record Awards Nominations
December 7, 2015
December 18, 2015
January 25, 2016
February 5, 2016
February 29, 2016
April 28, 2016
Submit nominations to departmental or school research committees
Colleges: Departments submit nominations to College research
committees
College and school research committees forward one nomination with
supporting materials to the Office of the Provost
Materials available for Academy review
Academy recommendations due to Provost’s Office and Vice
President for Research
Awardees recognized at Spring Faculty Meeting
Recipients of the University Award for
Outstanding Research Achievement or Creative Accomplishment
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2015
AWARDEE
John D. McNutt
Joseph W. Bastien
Charles W. Royster
Anson Shupe
Charles Postlewate
Anthony C. Anderson
Sandra L. Myres
Jerold A. Edmondson
No Awardee Selected
No Awardee Selected
Billy P. Buckles
Thomas H. McInish
John R. Reynolds
Gilbert Dale Story
R. Joseph Guy
Stanley H. Palmer
Paul B. Paulus
Jonathan A. Campbell
No Awardee Selected
Roy N. West
Linton E. Powell
Christopher Scotese
Richard Schoech
C. Jan Swearingen
Robert Magnusson
Christopher C. Morris
No Awardee Selected
James Grover
Beth Wright
David Harrison
Deborah Reed-Danahay
Frank Lewis
Patrick Phillips
Juergen Schieber
Diane Cook
Sharma Chakravarthy
Hanli Liu
Lawrence B. Holder
Zeynep Celik-Butler
Laurin R. Porter
Rasika Dias
Wei-Jen Lee
Carolyn Cason
J. Ping Liu
Kaushik De
Mary Vaccaro
Pranesh B. Aswath
Meng Tao
Liping Tang
Qilian Liang
Ya’Ke Smith
Jung-Chih (J.C.) Chiao
Maria Scannapieco
Wendy Casper
Jaehoon Yu
Weidong Zhou
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THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON
2015-2016
NOMINATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING
RESEARCH OR CREATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENT
Nominee:
Last Name
Rank
First name
Middle Name
Department or program
Summarize the recommendation of the College/School Research Committee in the box below: (PLEASE DO
NOT EXCEED SPACE PROVIDED)
Only the top candidate in the college/school should be forwarded to the Provost’s Office for further
consideration by the Academy of Distinguished Scholars.
This nominee is ranked #1 of
Date
11/15
nominees.
Chair, College/School Research Committee