Rutgers University honors outstanding members of our community selected by their colleagues for exceptional contributions to teaching, research, or public service through a program of eight awards. For each award, the recipient receives a commemorative certificate and an honorarium.
- Warren I. Susman Award for Excellence in Teaching, $1,000 honorarium (tenured faculty only)
- Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research, $1,000 honorarium (tenured faculty only)
- Rutgers Faculty Scholar-Teacher Award, $1,000 honorarium (tenured faculty only)
- Board of Trustees Research Fellowship for Scholarly Excellence, $1,000 honorarium (newly tenured faculty only)
- Presidential Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, $1,000 honorarium (newly tenured faculty only)
- Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, $1,000 honorarium (non-tenure track full-time faculty only)
- Rutgers College Class of 1962 Presidential Public Service Award, $2,500 honorarium (faculty, staff, and students)
- Ernest E. McMahon Class of 1930 Award, $1,000 honorarium (faculty, staff, and students)