Penn State Faculty Awards

Graduate Faculty Teaching Award
The Graduate Faculty Teaching Award is meant to recognize faculty members for their outstanding teaching performance. The program is open to all University faculty members who have been tenured members of the graduate faculty for a minimum of seven years, who have demonstrated excellence in the supervision of graduate students with their theses work, and who have not yet received the University's highest accolade for teaching and scholarship (i.e., an Evan Pugh Professorship, a Distinguished Professorship, or the Eisenhower or Lindback Awards). Graduate students, faculty, or staff may submit nominations to the nominee's graduate program professor-in-charge. Each graduate program is limited to one nomination. Nomination for this award must be submitted from their academic program to the Office of the Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research no later than the third week of October.

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Guidelines and Nomination Form

Graduate Program Chair Leadership Award
The Graduate Program Chair Leadership Award is meant to recognize faculty members for exemplary leadership benefiting graduate students and faculty in an existing graduate degree program at Penn State. Such leadership includes, but is not limited to: enhancement of student recruitment; professional development and placement; mentoring and promotion of faculty and students in the program; enhancement of program diversity, educational quality, resources, and national visibility; promotion of professional ethics and its integration into all elements of graduate programming (academic, research, professional conduct, etc.); and other efforts that enhance the stature of the graduate program both internally and externally. Nomination for this award must be submitted from their academic program to the Office of the Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research no later than the third week of October.

Guidelines and Nomination Form

The Howard B. Palmer Faculty Mentoring Award
The Howard B. Palmer Mentoring Award was established in 1991 in honor of Dr. Howard Palmer who served as senior associate dean of the Graduate School from 1985 to 1991. The award of $2,500 and a certificate is presented to a full-time faculty member who demonstrates "effective mentoring through guiding and nurturing the collegial and professional development of junior faculty." Nominations for this award must be submitted from their academic program to the Office of Graduate Fellowships and Awards Administration, 313 Kern Building, and a copy to the Office of the Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research no later than the third week of October.

Guidelines and Nomination Form

 The Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award
The Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award honors interdisciplinary materials research at Penn State which yields valuable, unexpected results and recognizes genuine innovation not previously achieved. The award was created by a generous gift from Professors Rustum and Della Roy, both graduate alumni of Penn State. Competition for the award is open to full-time graduate students and postdoctoral researchers or junior faculty members conducting interdisciplinary materials research at Penn State. Nominations for this award must be submitted to the Office of Graduate Fellowships and Awards Administration, 313 Kern Building, and a copy to the Office of the Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research no later than November 1.

Past EMS Recipients:

Guidelines and Nomination Form