President’s Emerging Engaged Scholarship Award

Description

The President's Emerging Engaged Scholarship Award recognizes a TTU faculty member or a faculty-staff team for a relatively new project or activity that addresses an important community need or societal and demonstrates high potential for the advancement of engaged scholarship. Communities are broadly defined as groups of people connected by shared characteristics such as geography, interests, or needs.

The award carries a monetary prize of $1,500 and recipients are recognized at a special awards banquet held in April of every year as well a the Provost's annual Faculty Honors Convocation.

Criteria

• Project is at least one year old and addresses a community need or societal issue.
• Based on a reciprocal relationship with community partners.
• Applies discipline-specific and community-based knowledge collaboratively.
• Demonstrates potential for long-term impact and scholarly outcomes.

Eligibility

• Must be led by TTU faculty and include at least one community partner.
• Lead faculty must:
  • Be employed at least 1.5 years
  • Have started the initiative at TTU
  • Be in compliance with university requirements
  • Not have received the award in the past two years

Apply

The 2027 application cycle is now open! The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2027.  Sign in with your eRaider credentials and select “President’s Emerging Engaged Scholarship Award.”

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