Every titled professor nomination at IUPUI is reviewed by a Titled Professors Committee, as well as the executive vice chancellor and chief academic officer (Kathy Johnson) and chancellor (Nasser Paydar).

A complete packet includes:

• Nomination letter: this may be written by a chair but the dean must also concur.  
• Donor intent form: if you do not already have it, email Dee Metaj at IU Foundation/Indianapolis:  dmetaj@iupui.edu 
• Candidate CV
• Six external evaluation letters

Please include the following information in the packet.  

• These points should be summarized in the chair’s letter, or in a letter from the dean or from a school committee.
• Supporting letters must address at least the degree of eminence of the candidate. Some can be written for other purposes (e.g. as reference letters for a position; see last point).  

Purpose of the titled professorship

• Include information on the intent of the titled professorship; if a donor intent document is available, include that.
• If a donor intent document is not available, provide a description of the professorship and some details as to its history and purposes.

Degree of eminence of the applicant

• The basic assumption is that the candidate is already a full professor. Almost all titled professors in the IU system are full professors.  (280 out of 288; the rest are at associate level).  
• If someone is at the associate level but will be promoted to full (e.g. is employed at another university at associate level but will be hired at IUPUI as full), include a statement from the promotion and tenure committee of the school attesting to their satisfying the school criteria for the rank of full.
• If someone is at the associate level and will not be promoted, provide an explanation of how this person is nationally-qualified for that particular titled professorship; reference the donor intent.
• People below the rank of associate can be named to “endowed fellowships.”

Search process (particularly applicable for external candidates)

• Please indicate if the endowed position was searched as such. For example, your unit may have an Endowed Professorship in This Specialty; you conduct a full national search for the most eminent available person in This Specialty.  
• Check the purpose of the reference letters. Six letters are required.  At least some (2-3) should specifically address the qualifications for the endowed position; that is, not all of them should be routine employment-letters-of-reference.  At least 3 should be at arms-length.  

Special notes:

• There are funding distinctions between titled professorships and titled ‘chairs’. Please consult with IU Foundation or the school’s development officer.