Faculty Awards
Internal Faculty Awards and Fellowships
University
Visit the Office of Academic Affairs: Awards and Recognition page for the full list of awards sponsored by the Provost’s Office
Maxwell School
Daniel Patrick Moynihan Award for Outstanding Teaching, Research, and Service by an Untenured Faculty Member
Each department may nominate one tenure-track (untenured) faculty member. Please note that faculty members who are being considered for tenure and promotion by the University are eligible for nomination.
Nominations should include electronic copies of the following items (unless an electronic version is not an option, i.e., book publications):
Letter of nomination from the department chair
Statement from the candidate that explains their research focus
Candidate’s Curriculum Vitae
Evidence of successful teaching. Please submit quantitative summaries or selections from qualitative course feedback. (The committee does not want individual course feedback.)
A selection of 2-3 of the candidate’s most important publications.
Annual calls for nominations are sent to department chairs in the spring. One award per year.
The Dr. Ralph E. Montonna Endowed Fund for the Teaching and Education of Undergraduates
The Maxwell Dean’s Office awards the Montonna Endowed Fund on an annual basis to recognize our outstanding undergraduate teachers.
The Montonna Endowed Fund was established in 1997 with a substantial gift from the honoree’s daughter, Mary Lou Williams, a Maxwell School alumna (1950, BA, American studies) and long-time resident of Remsen, N.Y., who died in 2017. The fund is designed to provide support, in the form of a supplemental research fund, to a professor with notable engagement in undergraduate education.
The fund’s honoree was a Syracuse University graduate with a BS in chemistry (1916). Montonna, who also earned a PhD from Yale University, had been a long-time faculty member at the University of Minnesota when, in 1946, he was named director of research at Syracuse University. He later returned to the University of Minnesota and died in 1952. His grandson, Brian T. Williams, is also a Maxwell graduate, with a 2011 BA in anthropology and history.
The dean’s office welcomes nominations and self-nominations. The nomination should address the nominee’s relevant engagement with undergraduate teaching, research, mentoring, and/or advising in a 1-2 page letter or statement.
An annual call for nominations is sent to all faculty in the spring. One award per year.
O’Hanley Faculty Scholar
Established by alumnus Ron O’Hanley (BA ‘80), this award recognizes overall faculty excellence in research and teaching.
The O’Hanley Family Faculty Scholar is a three-year, non-renewable appointment. The O’Hanley Family Faculty Scholar will receive an annual research fund of $7500, which will roll over from year to year. They will be expected to meet the funder and report on their activities annually.
This call for applications is open to tenured associate professors. The nomination should include a brief statement of interest, CV, evidence of research and teaching excellence (in the form of grants, awards, publications, summary course feedback, reports of class visits, etc.), and a letter of support from a department chair, center/institute director, or Maxwell colleague.
This award supports four faculty scholarships. Calls for applications will be sent out when they become available.
Daicoff Faculty Scholar
Established by alumna Cathy Daicoff (MPA ‘79) to recognize, reward, and retain faculty, this award recognizes overall faculty excellence in research and teaching.
The Daicoff Faculty Scholar is a three-year, non-renewable appointment. The Daicoff Faculty Scholar will receive an annual research fund of $7500, which will roll over from year to year. They will be expected to meet the funder and report on their activities annually.
Open to full professors. The nomination should include a brief statement of interest, CV, evidence of research and teaching excellence (in the form of grants, awards, publications, summary course feedback, reports of class visits, etc.), and a letter of support from a department chair, center/institute director, or Maxwell colleague.
McClure Professor of Teaching Excellence
Leads the Maxwell School’s signature undergraduate classes, known as the “MAX Courses,” for a three-year renewable term.
The MAX Courses are team-taught, introductory undergraduate courses for students with a broad interest in public and international affairs and for students contemplating any Maxwell major. These courses include MAX 123, Critical Issues for the United States, MAX 132 Global Community, and MAX 201 Quantitative Methods for the Social Sciences.
The McClure Professor must convene and teach in MAX 123 or 132 each semester. The position requires a deep commitment to undergraduate teaching, an interdisciplinary approach to public and/or international affairs, organizational and leadership abilities, and ongoing collaboration with faculty, staff, department chairs, and graduate students. Experience teaching in the MAX Courses is preferred but not required.
Applicants must have tenure and a vision for the future of the MAX Courses.