The Office of Research Development (ORD) supports the development of applications and nominations by UMass Lowell (UML) scholars and teachers to prestigious honorific awards. We primarily focus on awards tracked by The Center for Measuring University Performance, listed below, collectively called Faculty Awards in the Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, and Health. We are also available to support prestigious award nominations not listed here. For example, please find the National Research Council list of highly prestigious awards shared by the American Association of Universities.
If the award includes a budget with funding routed through UML, please alert the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) as you would for a proposal submission. OSP may, in some cases, be required to submit the nomination. In other cases, such as for the Guggenheim, the individual is required to submit.
If the award requires or includes a release from teaching or other responsibilities, please discuss with your department head and college dean. Please refer to the course buyout process.
ORD support for honorific awards can include creating templates for nomination letters, providing feedback on award application documents and working with the research community to match UML nominees with open award opportunities. Please contact ORD for support via email at: RD@uml.edu.
| Award | Usual deadline | Is this a limited submission opportunity? | Disciplines |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowships | September | No | Humanities and humanistic social sciences |
| Beckman Young Investigators | August (Letter of Intent) | No | Chemical and life sciences |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards | October | No | Medical sciences |
| Cottrell Scholars | July | No | Chemistry, physics, astronomy |
| Fulbright American Scholars | September | No | All |
| Getty Scholars in Residence | October | No | Art History |
| Guggenheim Fellows | September | No | Social sciences, natural sciences, humanities, and creative arts |
| Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators | March | No | Medical sciences and engineering, physician scientists |
| Lasker Medical Research Awards | February | No | Medical research: basic, clinical, special achievement, and public service |
| MacArthur Foundation Fellows | N/A | No | Creative pursuits |
| National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellows | April | No | Humanities |
| National Humanities Center Fellows | October | No | Humanities |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) MERIT (R37) | N/A | No | Medical fields |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER awards | July | No | STEM fields |
| Newberry Library Long-term Fellows | November | No | Humanities |
| Robert Wood Johnson Policy Fellows | November | No | Health policy |
| Searle Scholars | September | Yes | Biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience, pharmacology, and related areas in chemistry, medicine, and the biological sciences |
| Sloan Research Fellows | September | Yes (up to 3 per department) | Chemistry, computer science, Earth system science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, physics, or a related field |
| Woodrow Wilson Fellows | October | No | Policy |