Nomination Procedure
All nominations are to be submitted via the nomination form.
Make your nominations for the 2026 Faculty/Staff Awards. Deadline is Friday, March 13, 2026.
The awards ceremony will be held on Thursday, April 30, 2026, from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm, in the Glazer Family Club at Yulman Stadium.
Nomination requirements include:
- Nomination letter with description of the awardee’s key contributions (~500 words)
- Nominee’s CV
Nominations that fail to comply with all relevant submission requirements are subject to rejection without review by the SSE Honors & Awards Committee. Nominations may be initiated by any individual or group of students, staff, or faculty members. However, it is recommended that department/program chairs or appropriate unit committees coordinate the preparation of nominations and supporting materials. It is further recommended that each department/program nominate at most one individual for each award. Members of the SSE Honors & Awards Committee may nominate but will be recused from the discussions and evaluations where there is a conflict of interest.
Eligibility
The Dean, Associate Deans, and Department/Program Chairs of SSE, and members of the SSE Honors & Awards Committee are ineligible for the individual awards. Service in any one of these capacities for part of the academic year during which nominations are made is sufficient to preclude eligibility.
The Dean of SSE and members of the Honors & Awards Committee are ineligible for the Collaborative Team Award. A team will not be excluded from consideration for the Collaborative Team Award if administrators are a part of that team but have not played a leadership role on it. As such, Associate Deans of SSE and Department/Program Chairs are eligible for the Collaborative Team Award if: (a) there are at least two additional members of the team who are not part of the administration; and (b) the administrators who are on the team have not played a leadership role.
Eligibility for any award requires at least a 50% appointment in SSE.
Previous award winners are eligible for the same award. However, nominations of faculty/staff members for an award they have won previously must show evidence of substantial new activity that merits a repeat award.
Faculty Awards
Early Achievement in Research Award
Criteria: This award seeks to recognize an untenured, tenure-track faculty member who has both significant research accomplishments at Tulane and demonstrated excellence in at least one other area of faculty responsibility.
Mid-Career Achievement in Research Award
Criteria: This award seeks to recognize an Associate Professor who has both significant research accomplishments and demonstrated excellence in at least one other area of faculty responsibility.
Outstanding Achievement in Research Award
Criteria: This award seeks to recognize a tenured professor who has both significant research accomplishments and demonstrated excellence in at least one other area of faculty responsibility.
Collaborative Team Award
Criteria: This award seeks to recognize a significant achievement by a team of SSE faculty. This achievement can be in research, teaching, or service.
Early Achievement in Teaching Award
Criteria: This award seeks to recognize exemplary teaching contributions and innovation, and excellence in at least one other area of faculty responsibility. Successful nominees will also have demonstrable records of student mentoring. Limited to Assistant Professors and Professors of the Practice (Senior Professors of the Practice are not eligible).
Mid-Career Achievement in Teaching Award
Criteria: This award seeks to recognize sustained, exemplary teaching contributions and innovation, and excellence in at least one other area of faculty responsibility. Successful nominees will also have demonstrable records of student mentoring. Limited to Associate Professors and first-term Senior Professors of the Practice.
Outstanding Achievement in Teaching Award
Criteria: This award seeks to recognize sustained, exemplary teaching contributions and innovation and excellence in at least one other area of faculty responsibility. Successful nominees will also have demonstrable records of student mentoring.
Mentoring Award
Criteria: This award seeks to recognize faculty who have contributed exceptionally to the mentoring of students, postdocs, or other faculty, outside of didactic teaching. This award is open to both tenure-track and non-tenure-track faculty.
Outreach and Opportunity Award
Criteria: This award seeks to recognize faculty who display a deep and sustained commitment to outreach and opportunity as an important part of Tulane’s educational mission as demonstrated by academic and outreach programs that show intellectual excellence and inclusion in service, teaching, and scholarship. Open to all faculty.
Staff Awards
Early Career Staff Achievement Award
Criteria: This award seeks to recognize an early-career staff member who has made exemplary contributions to the mission of SSE. The contribution can be directed towards administration, research, student engagement/teaching, or service/outreach. Limited to staff members with one to five years of service at Tulane and a minimum of one year in their current SSE role.
Mid-Career Staff Achievement Award
Criteria: This award seeks to recognize a mid-career staff member who has made exemplary contributions to the mission of SSE. The contribution can be directed towards administration, research, student engagement/teaching, or service/outreach. Limited to staff members with five to ten years of service at Tulane and a minimum of one year in their current SSE role.
Outstanding Staff Achievement Award
Criteria: This award seeks to recognize a staff member who has made outstanding contributions to the mission of SSE over the course of a career. The contribution can be directed towards administration, research, student engagement/teaching, or service/outreach. Limited to staff members with more than ten years of service at Tulane and a minimum of one year in their current SSE role.
Previous Years' Winners
