Faculty Award for Enduring Scholarship in Community Engagement

Eligibility

All University of Kansas Medical Center faculty members with a full-time or part-time appointment at the Kansas City, Wichita or Salina campuses who have a demonstrated commitment to community engagement (i.e. multiple projects and/or multiple years) and who have not previously received this award are eligible. Volunteer faculty are not eligible.

Nomination Process

Nominations by deans and department heads, faculty colleagues or self-nominations will be accepted. 

Nominations require the electronic submission of (1) an abbreviated CV (no more than 5 pages) emphasizing engaged scholarship activities and (2) a nomination letter. Letters should include specific examples of how the nominee's engaged scholarship work has improved the health of Kansans and/or Midwesterners and beyond. Letters should also include the following:

• Geographical location for project(s)/event(s). Remember, preference is given to rural and/or underserved Kansas communities, so be sure to highlight those.
• Number of community members impacted.
• How the work impacted student learning/academics.
• How the work impacted research.
• How the work impacted the health of communities.
• Unique/exemplary attributes of this work.
• For those nominating others: Enduring nature of the nominee's work, i.e. multiple projects and/or multiple years and the scholarly nature of that enduring work. 

• For those finalists who self-nominated: You must also submit one (1) letter from a faculty member/supervisor addressing the enduring nature of your work i.e. multiple projects and/or multiple years and the scholarly nature of that enduring work.

The completed nomination must be submitted by email no later than 11:59 p.m. on March 1.

Finalists

Nominees who are considered finalists for the award will be notified and asked to submit:

• Two (2) letters of support from the community summarizing
  • how the nominee worked with the community to identify a need,
  • how the nominee's work addressed that need, and
  • the enduring benefits of the nominee's work within the community.