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Research Awards and Grants Programs Special professorships at the University of Georgia are intended to recognize outstanding service and professional accomplishments. In addition to the recognition of past achievement, these professorships provide faculty with further resources for the continuation of their professional development and success.
Honors Program Teaching Awards are based on student evaluations and a faculty committee evaluation. The J. Hatten Howard III Award is an annual award given to the new Honors instructor who earns the best evaluation for the previous year. The Lothar Tresp Outstanding Honors Professor (LTOHP) Award is given to Honors instructors with at least three quarters of outstanding teaching evaluations since the last award; this award may be earned up to five times. Each of the recipients of these awards is given a certificate and a small cash award at the annual Honors Convocation in the Spring. The Honoratus Award is given to instructors who have earned the LTOHP award five times, and retires them from the LTOHP competition. A certificate and medallion are given at the annual Honors Convocation in the Spring, and a modest research/instructional account is established for the professor's use. General Sandy Beaver Professorships All faculty members of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences holding tenure approved by the Board of Regents at the time of application are eligible for the General Sandy Beaver Professorship. The term of appointment is for three academic years. Successful candidates receive a yearly salary supplement (currently $7,850), an allotment for professional travel, and are assigned (in departments where available) a graduate assistant for the three-year term. Persons appointed as General Sandy Beaver Professors must agree to instruct in the classroom or laboratory for a minimum number of clock-hours each semester. Research Professorships The appointment of Research Professors at the University of Georgia is intended to recognize outstanding research and other creative, scholarly accomplishments and to provide the impetus for continuing high achievement. The title of Research Professor is awarded for a five-year period to those who are academicians recognized for creative and original contributions to knowledge and whose work promises to continue to foster significant new concepts and understanding. Each Research Professor receives a permanent salary increase of $7,000 and receives annually, during the five-year appointment, a $10,000 fund to support scholarship. Regents' Professorships Regents' Professorships are awarded by the Board of Regents to outstanding faculty to honor truly outstanding scholarship. The Professorship is granted for an initial period of three years, and may be renewed for a second three-year term by the Board upon the recommendation of the President, the Chancellor, and the Committee on Education of the Board of Regents. Awardees will receive a permanent increase in salary of $10,000 added to the merit raise in the year of initial appointment. In addition, they will receive a yearly fund of $5,000 in support of their scholarship. University Professorships University Professorships are awarded to recognize faculty who have had a significant impact on the University. Honored are faculty who have served the University well, in addition to fulfilling their normal academic responsibilities. This might involve an extraordinary role in policy development and change, curricular change, new programs, introduction of instructional technology, or other academic leadership roles. In effect, University Professorships recognize individuals whose actions as change-agents have improved the quality with which the University serves its missions. University Professors receive a permanent increase of $10,000 in salary and will receive annually, as long as she or he holds the position, a yearly academic support fund of $5,000. Appointment to the position of University Professor ordinarily will be continuous until retirement or resignation from the professorial rank.
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