Utah State University is committed to supporting faculty development in all areas: teaching, research, and service. Faculty at Utah State University are encouraged to pursue awards at every stage of their careers, as these honors recognize exceptional work and open doors to greater impact and discovery.
We encourage faculty to contact their Proposal Development Specialists as they plan and prepare for external awards and recognition.
Honors & Awards Opportunities
National Research Council List of Highly Prestigious Awards
The National Research Council assembled a list of over 1,300 awards and honors applicable to university faculty and researchers. The awards were ranked as “Highly Prestigious” and “Prestigious” by discipline-specific colleagues.
View the National Research Council’s list of awards.
Top American Research Universities (TARU) Awards
The Center for Measuring University Performance (CMUP) hosts the annual listing of the Top American Research Universities (TARU). One measure used by CMUP to rank research universities is faculty awards. These awards include:
- American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellows
- Beckman Young Investigators
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards
- Cottrell Scholars
- Fulbright American Scholars
- Getty Scholars in Residence
- Guggenheim Fellows
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators
- Lasker Medical Research Awards
- MacArthur Foundation Fellows
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Distinguished Achievement Awards
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellows
- National Humanities Center Fellows
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) MERIT (R37)
- National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology
- NSF CAREER awards (excluding those who are also PECASE winners)
- Newberry Library Long-term Fellows
- Pew Scholars in Biomedicine
- Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
- Robert Wood Johnson Policy Fellows
- Searle Scholars
- Sloan Research Fellows
- US Secretary of Agriculture Honor Awards
- Woodrow Wilson Fellows
Field-Specific Awards & Honors
In addition to the National Research Council and TARU award list, we encourage faculty to explore recognition opportunities offered by leading societies, associations, and organizations within their specific fields.
Have you won an award? Would you like to be featured?
Contact Research Development at rd@usu.edu.
For information regarding award selection, application, or nomination,
contact Research Development at rd@usu.edu or your Proposal Development Specialist.