Faculty Honorifics Office
External honorific awards are a critical component of faculty recognition and career development, and tie in closely to future research success. The Faculty Honorifics Office seeks to bolster recognition for U-M researchers by increasing the number, diversity, and quality of our nominations through better coordination, sharing best practices across the institution, and ensuring equitable nomination processes.
The Faculty Honorifics Office works to promote recognition of U-M faculty who are leaders in their fields and celebrate the value and impact of Michigan research.
The Faculty Honorifics Office serves faculty in all U-M schools and colleges by:
- Creating an equitable process for public, university-wide calls for nomination to high-prestige, transdisciplinary, invited or limited submission honorifics administered by OVPR.
- Supporting unit- and department-level nomination processes with better analytics and logistical support, reducing the burden on nominators and nominees while increasing the number, diversity, and quality of faculty nominations.
- Convening a community of practice to increase communication, share resources, and promote best practices among faculty and staff working on nominations in units and departments across campus.
- Creating an internal database to coordinate nominations across units, track successes and plan for future submissions.
If you would like to recommend a faculty member—including yourself—for consideration for an external honorific award, please complete the candidate suggestion form. If you would like to talk about your unit’s nomination practices, examine top awards in your field or develop strategies for individual faculty member nominations, please submit the departmental consultation request form. For all other inquiries, please email [email protected].
Contact the Faculty Honorifics team
Henry Dyson – Director of Faculty Honorifics
Email: [email protected]
Carly Bower, Program Manager of Faculty Honorifics
Email: [email protected]