SUNY Awards

• Nominee must have held rank of Professor/Librarian for 5 years minimally.
• SUNY DP must have held 1 year full-time service at UB.
• SUNY DL must have at least 3 years of full-time service at UB.
• SUNY DSP and DTP must have at least 3 years of full-time service at UB.
• Faculty who have retired or who will retire before appointment to the rank are ineligible.
  
• Faculty holding a concurrent administrative appointment above the level of department chair for which they receive extra compensation are ineligible for DSP.

• Nomination Portfolio Cover Sheet
• Internal Table of Contents
• Nomination abstract (Word format) 200 word maximum
• Current CV including
  • date at top
  • nominee’s department
  • nominee’s date of appointment to SUNY system
  • nominee’s appointment to highest rank attained and corresponding date
  • additional guidance on DP CV (see SUNY Distinguished Nominations memo)
• For DTP: teaching evaluations (see SUNY Distinguished Nominations memo)
• Internal letters
  • 5 minimum & 8 maximum (Chair, Dean & Provost* letters count toward this total)
  • CVs not required
• External letters
  • 5 minimum & 8 maximum from prominent disinterested evaluators
  • DTP: at least 2 letters should be from nominee’s former students
  • CVs (complete, not abbreviated) or NSF/NIH biosketches required

• Nominees must be full-time faculty
• Nominees for EISCA, EIFS, and EIT may be tenured/tenure-track or non-tenure track faculty, including Lecturer
• Nominees must have completed 3 years of full-time appointment within the previous 5 years (years do not need to be consecutive) at the nominating campus prior to the nomination year
• Faculty holding Distinguished Ranks may not be nominated for an Excellence Award
• Recipients of an Excellence Award may not be nominated for an Excellence Award in another category within a 5-year interval
• Individuals holding academic appointments preceded by a ‘visiting’ desgination are ineligible
• Individuals should not be nominated for promotion to Distinguished Rank and Excellence Award in the same academic year
• Posthumous nominations are ineligible

• Nominees must be Adjunct faculty as generally defined by the specific SUNY institution
• Nominee must have taught, over the preceding 5 years a total of courses equivalent to half of a 3-year full-time teaching load in the department
• Nominee may also serve as adjunct faculty at other education institutions
• Nominee must be employed by the nominating campus at the time of nomination
• Retirees or individuals serving in full-time professional/academic positions are ineligible

Dossier must include all items in the following order:

• Transmittal Letter*
• Nomination Procedures*
• Summary Presentation Cover Sheet
• Summary Presentation – the rationale for the nomination and the primary document available for members at the System-level review. It must address how the nominee excels in each criterion
• Nominee’s Current CV 

* prepared by the President’s Office; no action needed by unit