MEMORANDUM

DATE: December 2008
TO: FSU Faculty
FROM: T.K. Wetherell, President
VIA: Kirby Kemper, Vice President for Research and Robert O. Lawton Professor of Physics
RE: Distinguished Research Professor Award 2008 - 2009

Important Dates:

• Deadline: Monday, February 16, 2009, 11:59 p.m.
• Note: There may be earlier deadlines at the department, college or school levels for signing off on these nominations before they are submitted to the CRC.
• Award notification, directly to the PI, via email w/attachments, is planned on/about March 25, 2009.
• Awards will be presented by the university president at the Faculty Awards Program, generally early April.
• Award Period: Lifetime; $10,000 award is one-time only

Introduction:

Florida State University, with the advice and assistance of the Council on Research and Creativity (CRC), requests nominations for Distinguished Research Professor. This award has been designed to recognize outstanding research and/or creative activity of Florida State University faculty.

Colleges and schools are encouraged to make a sensitive inventory of colleagues and present nomination packets for their very best candidates.

Eligibility:

• This award is open to well-established full professors at FSU. Faculty who currently hold a named professorship may be nominated for this recognition.
• A member of the FSU faculty who receives this award will be entitled to use the title, Distinguished Research Professor, throughout subsequent employment at FSU, or until such time as that title is surpassed through receipt of the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor Award or the Daisy Parker Flory Award.
• Faculty already holding an endowed chair, the Robert O. Lawton Award, the Daisy Parker Flory Award, or the Distinguished Research Professor Award are not eligible.

Example of Current DRPs: Examples of several recent nominations are available electronically. By clicking on the word “example” you will see an available list. Contact Jan Townsend via email at jtownsend@fsu.edu to receive instructions on accessing this information.

Criteria:

Candidates:

1. Must be a full-time full professor faculty who, as of August 2008, has completed at least five years in the rank of professor at Florida State University;
2. Must show evidence of outstanding scholarly productivity and/or creative activity;
3. Must show evidence of national and international visibility in endeavors that emphasize research and/or creative activities;
4. Must show evidence of recognition and honors related to research and/or creative activity; and
5. Must show comments on how the candidate's research informs her/his teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.

Award:

Recipients of this award will receive a one-time payment of $10,000. Recipients will receive a check with taxes deducted. The awardee/s will be recognized at the annual Faculty Awards Ceremony generally scheduled in early April. This award does not carry with it a release from regular teaching or service activities.

Selection Process:

All departments are urged to nominate their most qualified full professors. The CRC will accept all nominations from each school or college (but preferably no more than one per department) and will recommend up to six candidates to the university president from which up to three DRPs will be selected.

Nomination Process:

NEW THIS YEAR: The nomination process will be electronic only ! All materials are to be prepared for each nominee and will include, in this order:

1. A letter of nomination, addressed to the DRP Review Committee, from a Florida State University faculty member or administrator that addresses the selection criteria above; a brief CV (no more than 2 pages) of the letter author is appreciated.
2. No more than three external letters in support of the nomination from scholars outside of Florida State University written within eighteen months prior to the date of this announcement August 2008; it is expected that the external letters will be written from people who have a direct knowledge or relationship to the nominee; a statement on the qualifications of the letter authors and a brief CV of the external letter writer (no more than 2 pages) are appreciated. NOTE: It is required that all external letters be written and addressed to the University President, but mailed back to the person in the department area who requested the letters so that all letters can be included in the materials that come forward to nominate the candidates.
3. Letters, addressed to the DRP Review Committee, in support of the nomination from the nominee's dean, director (if applicable), and department chair carry significant weight and are encouraged; and
4. The nominee's vita
5. A list of graduate student advisees (present and former);
6. A list of contract and grant awards (with dates and amounts); and
7. A list of invited talks.

Submissions:

• the CRC/CS Online System to electronically submit your nomination information.

The CRC and Cornerstone programs utilize a special on-line proposal submission process which provides

• an electronic method for submitting your nomination to the program administrator (Jan Townsend),
• an electronic method for the administrator to assign those nominations to reviewers, and
• an electronic method whereby those reviewers can submit their evaluation score and comments regarding the nomination back to the program administrator.

You do not need special training to use the CRC/CS On-Line system. It is only through this process that your nomination will be accessible to reviewers so that evaluations can be recorded and funding recommendations made, and perhaps awarded.

To begin the process, you will need to completely read the instructions in this announcement. Prepare and save the various required elements in your computer. See Nomination Process above for specific information required for submission.

Once you have done this, then go to https://submissions.research.fsu.edu and follow the simple instructions.

• The name of the person in the PROFILE must be the name of the nominee.  The other information related to the person in the PROFILE must also reflect information regarding the nominee.
• If you have completed a PROFILE for the CRC/CS Online process in the past, DO NOT make a new PROFILE. Go right to #3. If you have never submitted a proposal through our system, first make a PROFILE so our database will know who you are.
• Start the Submit a Nomination process by answering all the questions and uploading all the required elements.
• You will have an opportunity to submit/store/save your material and update/edit it until the posted deadline for the program.
• You will receive an email confirmation of your submission, even in its initial form, providing you with a login name and passcode so that you can revisit your submission in the CRC/CS system until you are satisfied that it is final, or the deadline is reached, whichever comes first!
• In those instances where you are asked to submit multiple letters and/or short CVs from those individuals who are providing letters regarding the nominee, you should scan the materials and, using the Adobe Acrobat professional version software, organize those materials into one document to be uploaded into the CRC/CS system.

You should note that materials received after the deadline will not be processed and incomplete materials will not be accepted, so please revisit your submission to make certain it is complete before the deadline.

Questions?

Call Jan Townsend at 644-8636 or eMail her at jtownsend@fsu.edu.