External Awards
Why Apply for External Awards?
External awards are a fantastic way for faculty to both develop and showcase their research. Sometimes an external award is given for a project in development, while other times it is a recognition for a career’s worth of work. Either way, it often provides funding, community, prestige, and career advancement. The Provost’s Office is dedicated to helping faculty find, apply for, and receive external awards. See below for all of our resources. Don’t hesitate to reach out if you need any assistance.
Pictured on left: Carolyn Anderson recognized for the Prestigious Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry from President Choi at the 2023 Faculty Awards Reception.
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2024 Highly Prestigious Award Winners
2023 Highly Prestigious Award Winners
Devin Fergus, Arvarh E. Strickland Distinguished Professor of History and Black Studies, was recently named as a National Humanities Center 2023-24 Fellow for his project, “The Making and Unmaking of One America: President Clinton’s Initiative on Race.”
Carol Ward, Curators’ Distinguished Professor, Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences and Adjunct Professor, Department of Anthropology, was elected to the 2023 American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
2022 Highly Prestigious Award Winners
Stephen Karian
Martha Kelly
Blake Meyers
Recent Nationally Recognized Faculty
- David Crespy: Member, College of Fellows of the American Theater 2024
- Marie Concannon; James Bennett Childs Award 2024
- Kimberly Powell: Fellow, American Medical Informatics Association 2024
- Ahmed Balboula: SSR New Investigator Award 2023
- Andy Frey: Fellow, American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare 2023
- Vellore Gopalaratnam: ASCE Fellow 2023
- Guoliang Huang: Fellow of SPIE 2023
- Gary Johnson: ASA Mays, DVM Excellence in Canine Health 2023
- Jill Kanaley: Citation Award, American College of Sports Medicine 2023
- Kattesh Katti: AIMBE College of Fellows 2023
- Luis Martinez-Ramirez: Benjamin W. Zweifach Award 2023
- Elizabeth Parks: ADA Edwin Bierman Award 2023
- Reginald Rogers: AICHE award for Excellence in Chemical Engineering Teaching Practice 2023
- Haval Shirwan: National Academy of Inventors Fellow 2023
- James Van Dyke: CASVA Fellowship 2023
Need Help with External Awards?
We have a team of people ready to help you as you need it. Please reach out to any of us with any questions:
- Candace Kuby, Associate Provost for Faculty Success
- Jackie Beary, External Awards Project Coordinator
- Bill Horner, Faculty Fellow for External Awards
- Bill Stich, Faculty Fellow for External Awards
- David Crespy, MU Fulbright Liaison
Webinars & Deadlines
Upcoming Webinars
Previous Webinar Recordings
- Fulbright Opportunities for Faculty: STEM Fields (March 12, 2024) View session recording
- AAAS Fellowship (Feb. 28, 2024). This webinar discusses the benefits of being a Fellow, preparation for nomination, and resources available to support your nomination. Moderator Bill Horner is joined by current AAAS Fellows Walter Gassmann and Melvin Oliver who discuss their experiences and share advice for pursuing this prestigious award. View session recording
- The Guggenheim Fellowship: Steps in Applying ( Feb 7, 2024). Andre Bernard, VP and Secretary of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation joins Bill Horner and members of MU faculty to discuss best practices for submitting for the Guggenheim Fellowship View session recording
- Fulbright Opportunities for Faculty: Focus on Humanities (November 13, 2023). David Crespy, MU Fulbright Liaison, and Julie Taylor, Fulbright Director of Academic Relations, provide an overview of the application process. Pilar Mendoza shares her experience as a Fulbright Scholar to Colombia in 2019 recording of this session
- Fulbright Opportunities for Faculty: STEM Fields (March 13, 2023). In this webinar you will learn about support available for MU applicants. Mizzou faculty members share their experiences as Fulbright recipients View session recording
- Building a Department Awards Culture (Feb 22, 2023): Moderated by Bill Horner with best practices from Jamie Arndt, Brian Houston, and Vanya Krieckhaus View webinar recording
- Apply for an NEH Fellowship: An Informal Session with Professor Steve Karian. View webinar recording
- Nuts and Bolts of the Fulbright (Sept 28, 2022). View session recording
- Fulbright Opportunities for Faculty: Arts and Humanities (March 23, 2022). View session recording
Deadlines for prestigious and highly prestigious awards that are a good match for MU faculty (all deadlines may be found in the database at the bottom of the page):
January
- American Dairy Science Awards
- American Society of Animal Science Awards
- Beckman Young Investigator
- Gold Medal Award for Impact in Psychology
- Humboldt Research Fellowship. Rolling deadline March, July, November
- Mead Johnson Award
- Osborne and Mendel Award
February
March
April
- AAAS Fellow
- Botanical Society of America Merit Award
- ESA Founder’s Memorial Award
- Leroy P Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition
- NEH Fellowships
June
July
August
September
- ACLS Fellows
- Fulbright Scholar
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- HHMI Investigator Award
- Sloan Research Fellowships
- Radcliffe Institute Fellowship
October
November
December
Search for External Awards
To search for the almost-18K external awards in the database, go to “Faculty Insights,” which is located here: https://insight.discovery.academicanalytics.com/missouri/browseawards. You can use the various drop-down menus to expand of limit your search. If you want to see what awards you match best for, click “My Profile” and “Suggested Awards.”