University faculty teaching awards

UT Austin offers four University-level teaching awards, described on this page. The Executive Vice President and Provost (EVPP) limits the number of nominations that may be submitted by each College for each award. Nominations of College of Education faculty must follow established COE nomination deadlines. The four University-level faculty teaching awards are as follows:

• Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Awards

• William David Blunk Memorial Professorship

• Dads' Association Centennial Teaching Fellowships

• Joe and Bettie Branson Ward Endowed Excellence Award (awarded every 3 years; will be awarded in AY 2024-25)

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COE deadlines in AY 2024-25

Faculty who wish to nominate themselves or a colleague for one of the four awards listed above must notify their department chair and administrative manager no later than January 20, 2025. Nominees selected by the department/college must submit all required nomination materials by March 3, 2025.

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Faculty Teaching Award Nomination Material Requirements AY 2024-25

Nomination packets are limited to ten pages total (not including the cover page) for each award and should include the following sections:

Section A: Cover page and evidence of minimal eligibility requirements met (1 page)

• Nominee’s name, job title, and EID

• Department and College/School

• Contact Information

• Evidence of minimal eligibility requirements met (for the President’s Associates Teaching Excellence Award, this means specifically stating which signature or core course the nominee is being nominated for and a link to the webpage/resource that lists this course as a signature or core curriculum course).

• Permission for the award packet to be published on UT Austin award website.

Section B: Candidate response to award-specific questions (2 pages)

• In response to the questions below, candidates must include insights and examples of how they have had broader impacts on the campus and their communities (For example, in their discipline, course content, administrative and/or committee work).

• Award-specific questions include:

  • How have you evolved your pedagogical approach to increase student engagement in core curriculum courses (including signature courses)? How have you defined success in this endeavor? Please include supporting evidence or examples.

  • What evidence or examples do you have of your contribution to innovation in core curriculum (including signature courses) across campus?

Section C: Supporting Materials (up to 8 pages)

Materials included must demonstrate with data and supporting evidence the faculty’s effectiveness in terms of student learning/development. In this section applicants are welcome to include:

• Course Instructor Surveys (up to 3 pages)

  • Candidates will include in the template chart relevant information from the three most recent years.

  • Candidates may include up to two pages of representative student comments from courses in the two most recent years.

• Brief/condensed CV that includes the following sections (up to 2 pages):

  • Teaching-related service and research

  •  Advising

  • Teaching awards/honors

• Two letters of support (up to 3 pages)

  • Letters may be written by any of the following faculty colleagues (no more than one colleague external to UT), department chair, dean, university administrator or student (no more than one student letter).

• Optional: Candidates may include up to 10 minutes of multimedia, digital, and other forms of content.

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Please send suggested additions to this page and notifications about broken links to COE-FacultyAffairs@austin.utexas.edu.