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Teaching Awards

Teaching Awards

The University of Texas at Austin and the College of Liberal Arts recognize excellence in teaching through a number of University-wide and College-wide awards.

Nomination Process

Departments determine their own internal process for identifying candidate nominees. Nominations are submitted by the faculty candidate’s home department, unless the award allows for self-nominations or is a student-nominated award.* Nominations will also be accepted from non- departmental degree-granting units with approval of the faculty candidate’s home department chair. Faculty with equally split (50/50) appointments may be nominated by either department.

*Please note, the School for Undergraduate Studies (UGS) may nominate faculty candidates for the President’s Associates Teaching Excellence Awards. Faculty candidates may be nominated by UGS without the endorsement of the home department.

Core Eligibility

A faculty member must have a continuing appointment at The University of Texas at Austin in the year subsequent to their selection.

University-Wide Teaching Awards

*COLA deadlines for AY 2026-2027 are listed

  • Dads' Association Centennial Teaching Fellowships - Spring TBD

  • Cale McDowell Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Studies - Sept. 18, 2026

  • Friar Centennial Teaching Fellowship - Fall deadline TBD (student-nominated)

  • Jean Holloway Award for Excellence in Teaching - Oct. 12, 2026 (student-nominated)

  • Joe and Bettie Branson Ward Excellence Award - (awarded every 3 years, not open at this time)

  • Minnie Stevens Piper Professorship - Sept. 18, 2026

  • Provost's Distinguished Service Academy - Oct. 23, 2026 (self-nomination submitted directly by the candidate)

  • President's Associates Graduate Teaching Excellence Award - Oct. 7, 2026

  • President's Associates Teaching Excellence Awards - Oct. 7, 2026

  • Regents' Outstanding Teaching Awards - Spring TBD

  • UT Austin Academy of Distinguished Teachers Award - Oct. 7, 2026

  • UT System Academy of Distinguished Teachers - Nov. 6, 2026

  • William David Blunk Memorial Professorship - Spring TBD

Liberal Arts Teaching Awards

*all COLA awards have a shared deadline in Spring 2027. Exact date TBD.

  • Harry Ransom Award for Teaching Excellence

  • Josefina Paredes Endowed Teaching Award

  • Leslie Waggener Centennial Teaching Fellowship

  • Liberal Arts Student Council Endowed Teaching Award

  • Raymond Dickson Centennial Endowed Teaching Fellowship

  • Silver Spurs Centennial Teaching Fellowships

See previous winners of COLA teaching awards here.

Questions: Kacie Vanecek

More information about 2025-26 Teaching Awards