2011-2012 BFA Excellence Awards

The Boulder Faculty Assembly is pleased to announce that it will grant up to twelve awards for faculty excellence in spring semester, 2012 to members of the Boulder Faculty Senate. Instructors are eligible to be nominated.

Up to four awards each will be granted for excellence in the areas of:

The Chancellor provides funds for these prestigious awards. Recipients will each be granted $3,000 and will be honored by colleagues, family and friends at a reception at the end of spring semester.

Nomination packets may be delivered in electronic form as a single "pdf" file, or in paper format. Only complete packets will be accepted. Packets may be delivered to the BFA Excellence Awards Selection Committees in one of the following ways:

saved on a USB drive or CD and mailed via campus mail to 046 UCB;
saved on a USB drive or CD and sent via U.S. Mail to:
        Boulder Faculty Assembly
        Excellence Awards Selection Committee
        046 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309;
saved on a USB drive or CD and hand-delivered to 914 Broadway room 1B14;
e-mailed (in a single e-mail message) to BFA Coordinator Sierra Swearingen, at sierra.swearingen@colorado.edu;
or
mailed or delivered in hard copy format to the above address.

THE DEADLINE for receipt of ALL nomination materials is Wednesday, FEBRUARY 15, 2012.

For detailed nomination instructions in each category, please click the links below:

Recipients of the 2010-2011 BFA Faculty Excellence Awards:

For Excellence in Research, Scholarly, and Creative Work

Gregory Beylkin, Applied Math

James Green, Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences

Steven Schmidt, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Veronica Vaida, Chemistry and Biochemistry (not pictured)

For Excellence in Teaching

Barbara Demmig-Adams, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Rodger Kram, Integrative Physiology

Roseanna Neupauer, Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

Jeremy Smith, Music

For Excellence in Service

Victor Bright, Mechanical Engineering

John Falconer, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Melinda Piket-May, Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering

Kayann Short, Farrand Residential Academic Program

Each spring the BFA presents up to twelve faculty with awards for faculty excellence to recognize the outstanding work of Boulder Campus faculty members. These awards are especially notable because Boulder Campus colleagues make the nominations as well as the selections of award recipients.

Each award includes a $3,000 cash prize, funded by the Chancellor's office.

Last year’s recipients were honored at an official presentation ceremony and reception on March 30th, 2011.

To review a complete list of past recipients please click here.

The BFA normally announces its Excellence Awards program in late fall each year, via campus E-Memo. The BFA Office will post award details and nomination instructions via this website. Nomination packets are normally due in the BFA Office in January or February. The BFA honors recipients with a reception and presentation ceremony in mid-to-late spring semester.

For more information please contact BFA Coordinator Sierra Swearingen-Todd at sierra.swearingen@colorado.edu or 303-492-6271.

Other CU Awards and Funding Opportunities:

UCB Hazel Barnes Prize - http://www.colorado.edu/chancellor/awards/
CU Alumni Association Awards - http://www.cualum.org/awards/
UCB Vice Chancellor for Research - http://www.colorado.edu/VCResearch/funding/
UCB Innovate SEED grants (IGP) - https://seedgrant.colorado.edu/
UCB Council on Research and Creative Work (CRCW)
CU President's Teaching Scholars - http://www.colorado.edu/ptsp/
UCB Student Affairs Faculty Member of the Year Award - (Contact Barney Ballinger in Student Affairs)
UCB Global Citizen Award (Office of International Education)
Regents' Awards - https://www.cusys.edu/regents/Awards/index.html (Distinguished Service Awards, University Medals, Honorary Degrees)