Presidential Research Award

  • The Research Policy Committee (RPC) juries this award. The award is highly competitive. The committee may disqualify any or all proposals it deems not worthy of funding. 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. Awarded in even years.
  • Presidential Research Award Guidelines
  • Presidential Research Award Application Form (deadline is February 3, 2026)

Past Awardees

Note: Biennial awarding began in 2018.

2024: Christopher Lennon

2022: Brian Bourke

2020: Christopher A. Craig

2018: Juyoung Song

2017: William Rusty Jones

2016: Duane Bolin, Bommanna Loganathan

2015: Kevin Miller

2014: Terry Derting

2013: Alexey Arkov

2012: Maeve McCarthy, Paul Walker

2011: None chosen

2010: Scott Locke, Bommanna Loganathan

2009: Haluk Cetin

2008: Squire Babcock

2007: None chosen

2006: Maeve McCarthy

2005: Gina Claywell, Howard Whiteman

2004: Joseph Fuhrmann, Stephanie Rea

2003: Duane Bolin, Peter Murphy

2002: Stephanie Carpenter, Renee Fister

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