Purdue Internal Awards

The excellence of Purdue’s outstanding faculty is formally recognized by the following awards:

The Arden L. Bement Jr. Award annually recognize a Purdue faculty member for recent outstanding accomplishments in pure and applied sciences and engineering. Learn More

Honors outstanding teaching faculty and excellence in teaching over time. Learn More

Honors outstanding teaching in all phases of the university’s undergraduate instruction on the West Lafayette Campus. Learn More

Honors faculty for outstanding innovation in helping students learn. Learn More

Honors alumni who earned a Purdue doctorate and have made significant scholarly contributions to their academic communities. Learn More

The purpose of the Excellence in Instruction Award for Lecturers is to honor academic staff with the rank of Lecturer or Senior Lecturer for outstanding undergraduate teaching on the West Lafayette campus. Learn More

The Exceptional Early Career Teaching Award recognizes exceptional undergraduate faculty members with the rank of assistant professor (including assistant clinical professor). Learn More

The Purdue University Faculty Mentor Award was established in 2024 jointly by the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and the Susan Bulkeley Butler Center. Learn More

For projects that use a social science perspective to explore methods for improving the human condition. Learn More

The Lu Ann Aday Award recognizes a member of the Purdue faculty who has made a major impact in the humanities and social sciences. Learn More

The Herbert Newby McCoy Award recognizes a Purdue student or faculty member making the greatest contribution of the year to the natural sciences. Learn More

Honor West Lafayette campus faculty at the rank of professor for outstanding career achievements. Learn More

Recognizing faculty who have made a unique contribution to the University through discovery, learning and/or engagement. Learn More

Recognizing faculty members who attract large sponsored research grants to Purdue University. Learn More

Instructional innovation awards to encourage faculty proposals for integrating technology-based projects, activities and coursework, and to institutionalize service learning into the academic fabric of the campus. Learn More

The Purdue Chapter of Sigma Xi seeks to recognize a faculty member for outstanding research with an award that includes a plaque and $1000. Learn More

Up to $75K for Purdue researchers for interdisciplinary proposals whose focus is establishing new research relationships and trusts. Learn More

The Teaching Academy accepts nominations each year for individuals who should be considered for membership in the Academy. Learn More

Annually, it recognizes up to 15 awardees for their demonstrated talent for teaching and three senior faculty members for their long-term contributions to teaching at the University. Learn More

Annual announcement is distributed to the West Lafayette campus academic deans and faculty in November of each year. Nominations are due to the Provost's Office by the following January 31st. The selection committee composed of representatives from the Faculty Awards and Recognition Committee will meet in February to determine the winner.

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Recognizes outstanding faculty who are on an accelerated path for academic distinction. Learn More

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