Board of Regents Policy BOR Teaching, Research and Scholarly Excellence Awards

The Connecticut State University Trustees Research Awards were established by CSU Board Resolution #06-06 to recognize faculty who are doing research/creative activities of exceptional promise subsequently named the Norton Mezvinsky Trustees’ Research Awards by CSU Board Resolution #09-72. The Connecticut State University Trustees Teaching Awards were established to recognize junior faculty who are engaged in teaching practice and collegial interactions resulting in the educational improvement of university programs by CSU Board Resolution #07-09.

An ad hoc committee of senior campus administrators and faculty members identified by the Faculty Advisory Committee reviewed these awards in April 2013 and made recommendations about the future of the awards, with the Board of Regents adopting the recommendations below:

• The Norton Mezvinsky Trustees’ Research Awards are renamed Board of Regents Research Awards, and that five awards continue to be granted annually among the state universities: one award of $1,000 to a faculty member from each of the state universities and a single award of $1,000 to the individual who best exemplifies high-quality research/creative achievement.
• The Board of Regents Scholarly Excellence Awards are established to recognize faculty at the community college who conduct similar work befitting the community college mission, and that thirteen awards be granted annually among the community college campuses: one award of $1,000 to a faculty member from each of the community college campuses and a single award of $1,000 to the individual who best exemplifies high-quality scholarly excellence.
• That the Connecticut State University Trustees Teaching Awards be renamed Board of Regents Teaching Awards, and that the awards be extended to the community college so that eighteen awards be granted annually: one award of $1,000 to a faculty member from each of the state universities and community college campuses and a single award of $1,000 to the individual who best exemplifies high quality teaching among the state universities and a single award of $1,000 to the individual who best exemplifies high quality teaching at the community college.

The Chancellor is authorized to develop guidelines to implement the policy and develop a proposal for a teaching award to recognize adjunct faculty that would be able to be awarded in the spring of 2014.