Research and Sponsored Programs

Outstanding Faculty Research and Scholarship Award

The nomination process for 2024 is now open.  

The University of Toledo will recognize those faculty members selected as Outstanding Faculty Researchers and Scholars at the Outstanding Faculty and Adviser Awards Ceremony.  The award will recognize the quality and contributions of faculty research, scholarship and creative activity undertaken while a faculty member at The University of Toledo. The Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award recognizes outstanding research, scholarship, and creative activity across the spectrum of disciplines on this multi-campus university. Winners receive a monetary prize as well as formal recognition at the Outstanding Faculty Awards Ceremony.

Faculty may be nominated by their peers or may submit their own file for consideration.  Full-time faculty members at The University of Toledo are eligible to receive the award for contributions made while the nominee was a full-time member of the faculty at The University of Toledo.   An individual may receive the award only once.


nominations are due by Monday, february 26, 2024, by 11:59 P.M.

To the extent possible, we ask nominators to coordinate efforts to avoid redundant nominations of the same candidate. A single well-written nomination package will suffice.

Use the link below to complete the nomination form and upload supporting materials.

(Responses to items #1 through #7 may not exceed 10 single-spaced pages, type size no smaller than 12 points.)

The list of previous recipients is below.

The criteria for selection of the Outstanding Researcher or Scholar include explanation of the following:

  1. Nature of the research, scholarship or creative activity upon which the nomination is based.
  2. Significance of the research, scholarship or creative activity and the impact it has had on the nominee's field of scholarly specialization. Explain metrics of this assessment within the nominee’s field.
  3. How the research, scholarship or creative activity was presented to the nominee's peer audience (e.g., through publications, seminars, reports, presentations, shows, recitals, patents, etc.).
  4. Pertinent awards and honors. Provide some background about the significance of this level of recognition.
  5. Pertinent research, scholarship or creative activity support received (grants, their source, amount and duration), as applicable to the nominee's area of scholarship.
  6. Duration of the research, scholarship or creative activity (at the University of Toledo and elsewhere), and co-workers who have contributed to the nominee’s achievement.

In addition, complete nomination packages should include a CV/resume and two to five EXTERNAL letters of recommendation.  There are no restrictions on who may provide these letters, but authors of these letters are expected to identify their relationship to the nominee. 

The Outstanding Research and Scholarship Selection Committee will review all materials; Interim Vice President Constance Schall will present the committee’s recommendations to the provost.  Committee members are past winners of this award. 

Nomination Form

Submit Questions by email to OFRSA@utoledo.edu. 


Past Award Recipients


2022-2023
Eric Chaffee | Matam Vijay-Kumar

2021-2022
Rupali Chandar | Bryan Lammon | Amit Tiwari

2020-2021
Revathy Kumar | Beata Lecka-Czernik | Kim Nielsen

2019-2020
A. Champa Jayasuriya | Sridhar Viamajala

2018 - 2019
Christopher Cooper | Youssef Sari | Jami K. Taylor

2017 - 2018
Vijay Devabhaktuni | Nicole Buonocore Porter | Yanfa Yan

2016 - 2017
Robert Collins | Mohammad Elahinia | Blair Grubb | Lee Strang

2015 - 2016
Joseph Slater | Geoffrey Rapp | Sarit Bhaduri

2014 - 2015
Paul Hong | Bina Joe | Sasidhar Varanasi

2013 - 2014
Abdollah Afjeh | Timothy Fisher

2012 - 2013
Jane Bradley | Llew Gibbons | Stanislaw Stepkowski

2011 - 2012
Kevin Czajkowski | Rebecca Zietlow

2010 - 2011
Marthe Howard | Shanhe Jiang | Gretchen Tietjen | Elizabeth (Liz) Tietz

2009 - 2010
Robert Blumenthal | Ezdihar Hassoun | Sonia Najjar | T. S. Ragu-Nathan

2008 - 2009
Abdul-Majeed Azad | Neil Reid

2007 - 2008
Andrew Geers, Clint Longenecker, Carol Stepien

2006 - 2007
Rickye Heffner | Douglas Leaman | Ron Viola

2005 - 2006
Jiquan Chen | Paul Erhardt | Vijay Goel | Marcia McInerney

2004 - 2005
Jeanne B. Funk | Susan Martyn | John Murray | Katherine Wall

2003 - 2004
Jacques Amar | Glenn Ames | Mohamed Samir Hefzy | Biao Zhang

2002 - 2003
Lamar Bentley | James Lesage | Russell Reising | Mark Vonderembse

2001 - 2002
Gloria Borhstahl | Zunming Deng | Ali Fatemi | Peter Linebaugh

2000 - 2001
David  Harris | G. "Nagi" Naganathan | Daniel Watermeier | Adolf Witt

1999 - 2000

1998 - 1999
Martin A. Abraham | Howard M. Friedman | Philip B. James

1997 - 1998
Keith R. Johnson | Thomas A. Stuart | Krzysztof J. Cios

1996 - 1997
Alfred Cave | William Messer | Margaret Wheelock

1995 - 1996
Hua Guo | Richard A. Hudson | Carol Bresnahan Menning

1994 - 1995
Ronald L. Fournier | James A. Harrell | Saleh A. Jabarin

1993 - 1994
James Campbell | A. Alan Pinkerton | James H. Price

1992 - 1993
Alvin D. Compaan | David Dollimore | Matthew H. Wikander

1991 - 1992
Thomas E. Barden | James L. Fry | Marshall A. Leaffer

1990 - 1991
Don H. Bialostosky | Max O. Funk | Demetrios D. Raftopoulos

1989 - 1990
E. Richard Gregory | Richard W. Komuniecki | Subhash C. Kwatra

1988 - 1989
Lawrence J. Dessner | Wayne P. Hoss | Alan R. Morgan

1987 - 1989
Henry Bourgignon | William Doll | Theo Keith

1986 - 1987
Julian A. Davies | Michael Manheim | William Richman

1985 - 1986
Kenneth Bachmann | Jimmie G. Edwards | Wallace Martin

1984 - 1985
Henry C. Wente | Larry J. Curtis | Richard W. Edwards, Jr.

Last Updated: 1/26/24