Indiana University Awards

Indiana University has a history of achievement. Since 1820, the university has been home to world-renowned researchers, scholars, musicians, professors, and students. Each year outstanding faculty members are honored with teaching awards and distinguished professorships at the Celebration of Distinguished Teaching. This year the event will be held on April 20, 2012.

Recognize one of your IUPUI colleagues today by nominating them for one of the following system-wide awards:


Distinguished Professorship Award
Deadline: October 14, 2011
This is the most prestigious academic appointment Indiana University can offer an individual faculty member. The rank of distinguished professor honors outstanding scholarship, artistic or literary distinction, or other achievements that have won significant recognition by peers.


Distinguished Teaching Awards
Deadline: October 14, 2011
The purpose of these awards is to call attention to the importance of teaching as well as to recognize those who have demonstrated excellence. Cash awards for each these distinctions become permanent supplements to the awardee's salary as long as the awardee remains employed at Indiana University. Awards in this category include:

  • Frederic Bachman Lieber Award
  • Herman F. Lieber Award
  • President's Award for Teaching
  • Sylvia E. Bowman Award
  • Lieber Memorial Teaching Associate Award


Thomas Ehrlich for Excellence in Service and Learning
Deadline: October 14, 2011
This faculty distinction recognizes excellence in service learning and includes a cash award. The recipient will become the IU nominee for the national Campus Compact Thomas Ehrlich Award for Service Learning the following year.


W. George Pinnell Award for Outstanding Service
Deadline: October 14, 2011
This award is intended to recognize outstanding service by faculty members or librarians in the same way that other annual awards recognize distinguished teaching. Recipients receive a cash award of $1,000.

For more information on the awards listed above, visit the Indiana University Faculty Awards website or e-mail distprof@indiana.edu.


John W. Ryan Award for Distinguished Contributions to International Programs and Studies
Deadline: November 11, 2011
This award honors Indiana University faculty members for exceptional contributions to the University's international programs and studies. Up to two awards, which both include a cash award of $1,000, are given each year within the IU system.

For more information on this award, visit the Office of the Vice President for International Affairs' website or e-mail iagrant@indiana.edu.


FACET (Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching)
Nominations due: November 7, 2011 Applications due: November 30, 2011
FACET is more than a one-time teaching award. Throughout the year, FACET members are involved in collaborative activities at the campus, state-wide, and national levels, promoting inquiry and engagement in teaching and learning. The Annual ‘brown bag’ for dossier construction will be held on Thursday, November 11 in University Library room  2115E.

For more information on this award, visit the FACET website or e-mail facet@iupui.edu.