University Awards for the Rutgers Community 

The awards honor outstanding members of the Rutgers community selected by their colleagues for exceptional contributions to teaching, research, or public service through a program of six awards. For each award, the recipient receives a commemorative certificate and an honorarium. The deadline for submissions is March 14, 2025.

• Warren I. Susman Award for Excellence in Teaching, 3 or more awards, $1,000 honorarium (tenured faculty only)
  • Nomination Form [PDF]
• Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research, up to 5 awards maximum, $1,000 honorarium (tenured faculty only)
  • Nomination Form [PDF]
• Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1 or more awards, $1,000 honorarium (non-tenure track, full-time faculty only)
  • Nomination Form [PDF]
• Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Lecturer, 1 or more awards, $1,000 honorarium (lecturers only)
  • Nomination Form [PDF]
• Rutgers College Class of 1962 Presidential Public Service Award, up to 2 awards maximum, $2,500 honorarium (faculty, staff, students)
  • Nomination Form [PDF]
• Ernest E. McMahon Class of 1930 Award, 1 award, $1,000 honorarium (faculty, staff, students)
  • Nomination Form [PDF]

All faculty members, staff members, and student leaders should be made aware of the appropriate awards programs and encouraged to submit nominations in the relevant categories.

Details

Please Note: The nomination process has been streamlined; if you wish to re-nominate a previously nominated candidate, you may update the cover letter and submit materials from the previous year’s packet. Self-nominations will not be accepted. Additionally, given similarities between awards, the Faculty Scholar-Teacher award has been integrated into the Warren I. Susman award which will now have three or more recipients named.

• Nominations for the 2024–2025 Faculty Year-End Excellence Awards will be accepted until March 14, 2025.
• Students and staff members, as well as faculty members, are eligible for the Rutgers College Class of 1962 Presidential Public Service Award and the Ernest E. McMahon Class of 1930 Award. The nomination of students and staff for these two public service awards is particularly encouraged.
• Individuals may receive one award in each of the relevant award categories during their service at Rutgers, and should not be nominated in a category in which they already have received an award.   
• For the teaching and research awards, nomination packets must be reviewed and approved by the candidate's department head/chair and dean/director, and submitted by the dean/director to the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs. These nominations will be reviewed by universitywide faculty committees, who will submit their recommendations to Prabhas V. Moghe, the executive vice president for academic affairs, and the president.
• Students, staff, faculty members, and recognized student or staff organizations can be nominated for the Rutgers College Class of 1962 Presidential Public Service Award. Nominations may be submitted by staff, faculty, and administrators. Nomination packets must be reviewed and approved by the candidate's department head/chair and dean/director prior to submission.
• The Ernest E. McMahon Class of 1930 Award also has a separate and distinct nominating process that does not require departmental or decanal approval of nominations.

Contact

Angela Mullis
Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs
Email

Previous Award Recipients

• 2023-2024 Faculty Year-End Excellence Award Recipients
• 2022-2023 Faculty Year-End Excellence Award Recipients
• 2021-2022 Faculty Year-End Excellence Award Recipients
• 2020–2021 Faculty Year-End Excellence Award Recipients
• 2019-2020 Faculty Year-End Excellence Award Recipients
• 2018-2019 Faculty Year-End Excellence Award Recipients
• 2017-2018 Faculty Year-End Excellence Award Recipients

The Daniel Gorenstein Memorial Award was established in 1993 by the family, friends, and colleagues of Daniel Gorenstein to commemorate Professor Gorenstein’s innovative mathematical research, his skillful and enthusiastic exposition of his field, and his wise and devoted service to Rutgers University. The award was first presented in 1994 and is given each year to a Rutgers University faculty member noted for both outstanding scholarly achievement and exceptional service to the university. 

All Rutgers University full-time faculty members (excluding previous winners) are eligible. The recipient of the Daniel Gorenstein Award receives a commemorative certificate and an honorarium of $5,000 and delivers a lecture to the university community and the general public at the award ceremony in the fall semester.

Details

• The nomination process will be similar to that used for other end-of-year faculty awards. Nominations are reviewed and approved by the individual's department head and dean, and submitted by the dean to my office. A committee of distinguished faculty members will select the recipient of the Daniel Gorenstein Memorial Award.
• Deadline for submission was September 9, 2024

Contact

Angela Mullis
Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs
Email

Previous Recipients

• Previous Daniel Gorenstein Award Recipients 

The Cheryl Wall Faculty Fellowships recognize full-time faculty committed to addressing issues faced by the university’s diverse student population. The fellowships pay tribute to Dr. Cheryl Wall, who was a champion of these efforts, pioneered cluster hiring at Rutgers and helped guide various diversity projects. These fellowships are available through a negotiated agreement between the university and the Rutgers AAUP-AFT.

The Cheryl Wall Faculty Fellowships will be awarded to full-time faculty for mentoring, advising, and outreach, to support the University’s efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. This support includes, but is not limited to, the development and implementation of high-impact educational practices; curricular redesign intended to improve student access and success; service to the department, school, University, or community that exceeds the normal expectations for faculty; assignment to courses where increases to enrollment have demonstrably increased workload; and other extraordinary forms of service to students.

All Rutgers University full-time faculty members are eligible for consideration for Cheryl Wall Faculty Fellowships, which provide for up to one course release per academic year. Fellowships for full-time AAUP-AFT RBHS faculty who have no teaching load will be in the form of up to 10% release time from the faculty member’s current eFTE allocation.  

Details

• Deadline for submission was November 11, 2024

Faculty submissions may be sent to the following contacts:

• Camden – Naomi Marmorstein, marmorst@camden.rutgers.edu
• Newark – Bonita M. Veysey, veysey@scj.rutgers.edu
• New Brunswick – Victoria Banyard, nbfacultyaffairs@echo.rutgers.edu
• RBHS – Meredith Mullane, mmullane@rbhs.rutgers.edu

Contact
 
Angela Mullis
Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs
Email

Previous Recipients

• 2024–25 Cheryl Wall Faculty Fellows