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Faculty excellence is the cornerstone of any university of high quality. There is no more important task at the University of Illinois than attracting and retaining the very best teachers and scholars. The Faculty Scholar Program aims to recognize outstanding members of the faculty and to provide each with a funding allocation to enhance their scholarly activities.
Scholar awards are not made for a specific project or proposal; rather, they represent recognition of the recipient’s excellence and the University’s commitment to foster outstanding people and their work. Therefore, the awards are made through nominations, not by application.
Each award consists of an allocation of $10,000 per year for a period of three years. Recipients may use the funds at their discretion to enhance their scholarly work through travel, equipment, research assistants, scholarly materials or other uses that support their university-related teaching or research. University Scholars funds cannot be used toward the recipients’ base salary but can be used to support a summer salary of up to two-ninths of base salary.
Eligibility to the University Scholar Program is limited to members of the University of Illinois faculty, as defined in the University Statutes, i.e. members of the academic staff who are tenured or receiving credit toward tenure.
Each campus will determine its selection criteria and process. Prior to the end of the academic year, they will submit the selection results to the President. Formal announcements of new University Scholars will generally be timed to coincide with the beginning of the academic year following selection.
University Scholars from 1985 to current year
Elizabeth Anna Ainsworth
Associate Professor
Department of Plant Biology (Urbana)
Conrad Bakker
Associate Professor
School of Art & Design (Urbana)
Tami C. Bond
Associate Professor
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (Urbana)
Michael Cho
Professor
Department of Bioengineering (Chicago)
Lan Dong
Associate Professor
Department of English (Springfield)
Kara D. Federmeier
Professor
Department of Psychology (Urbana)
Vladimir Gevorgyan
Professor
Department of Chemistry (Chicago)
Steven M. LaValle
Professor
Department of Computer Science (Urbana)
E. Douglas Lewandowski
Professor
Department of Physiology & Biophysics (Chicago)
Constantine M. Megaridis
Professor
Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering (Chicago)
Phillip Allan Newmark
Professor
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology (Urbana)
Leslie J. Reagan
Professor
Department of History (Urbana)
Janet Elizabeth Richmond
Professor
Department of Biological Sciences (Chicago)
David S. Ucker
Professor
Department of Microbiology & Immunology (Chicago)
Diana J. Wilkie
Professor
Department of Biobehavioral Health Science (Chicago)
updated Sept 2012
