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 demonstrates high potential for the advancement of engaged scholarship.

The award carries a monetary prize of $1,500 and recipients are recognized at university events.

Communities are broadly defined as groups affiliated by shared characteristics such as geography, interests, or needs.

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

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Deadline: February 13, 2026

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The Outreach & Engagement Awards Ceremony will take place on April 13, 2026, at the National Ranching Heritage Center from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.