About the Award

This award, sponsored by the Office of the President, honors an individual who has offered their academic research and expertise in tangible service of a major public sector challenge, at the scale of the community, state, nation or world. The award recipient will have combated such threats in direct response to immediate and pressing issues in cooperation with other stakeholders, both governmental and non-governmental.

Eligibility

The award is open to tenure/tenure-track faculty, research faculty, clinical instructional faculty, librarians, archivists, and curators, across all U-M campuses, schools, colleges and units. Individuals at all career stages are eligible.

Nominees should be individuals who have carried out the public mission of the university by actively addressing significant societal challenges, for example in the public health, educational, judicial or environmental spheres, and bringing their academic capacity and expertise to bear in combating such threats in cooperation with other individuals and groups, both governmental and non-governmental.

Nominations

Nominations for 2024 closed on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024.

Nominations should include:

• A concise case (maximum of 600 words) for the candidate and their particular appropriateness for this award, given the stated criteria.
• An electronic link to an up-to-date curriculum vitae or résumé of the nominee.
• The name(s) of the chief nominator(s), at least one of whom must be a U-M faculty member.
• The names of at least three other U-M faculty, or other individuals with relevant knowledge of the case, who support the nomination and who would be willing to be contacted by the selection committee.

Selection

The awardees will be recommended to the President by a committee appointed by the President and consisting of members of the faculty and of the Offices of Research and of Government Relations. The same committee will make recommendations for the President’s Award for National and State Leadership.

Inquiries about the award can be made to Lynnetta Smith at lyrsmith@umich.edu.

Please note: 
Use of the web form to submit your nomination is mandatory.
Self-nominations will not be accepted for consideration.
Members of the selection committee are not eligible to receive awards.
Content of nominations may be used for future award promotion.