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. Once the nomination process has concluded, the respective department chair for each faculty nominee or manager for each staff nominee will be contacted to complete a Recommendation Form before all materials are sent to the appropriate Awards Committee for evaluation.

The nomination packet should consist of ONE pdf file submitted through the Faculty Nomination Form (multiple submissions for the same nomination 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;
• updated CVs of the nominees.

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

Past Recipients