Faculty Research Team Award

Eligibility

• All faculty in the College of Engineering are eligible.
• The award is presented to a group of faculty members who collaborated on a project.
• Past recipients are not eligible for a period of five years after receiving the award.

Qualifications

All candidate groups must have:

• demonstrated success in either a new research collaboration or sustained, existing collaboration that has resulted in a significant funded research project or program;
• demonstrated that the research project or program is impactful to both the College’s reputation and its overall record of research funding;
• demonstrated that the resulting initiative or ongoing project could only have been made possible through collaborative efforts, particularly across disciplines.

Selection

A committee will be appointed by the Dean of Engineering to select award recipients.

Nomination Process

Nominations may be initiated by College of Engineering faculty and/or department chairs.

The nomination packet should consist of ONE pdf file emailed to fac-staff-awards@coe.neu.edu (separate emails will not be accepted) containing the following:

• one letter of nomination including the names of the nominator(s) and the nominee which should include the rationale for the nomination and pertinent accomplishments; the letter will be preferably one page and a maximum of two pages in length;
• a letter of support from the COE department chair(s), if not included among the nominators above;
• updated CVs of the nominees.

If you have any questions, please email fac-staff-awards@coe.neu.edu.

Past Recipients