Provost’s office seeks nominations for Morrill Award

The Office of the Provost is seeking nominations for the annual Morrill Awards, which recognize West Lafayette campus faculty at the rank of professor for outstanding career achievements. The deadline to submit nominations is March 1.

The Morrill Award was created by the Office of the Provost in honor of the 150th celebration of the Morrill Act. The award is the highest honor that Purdue confers on a faculty member and is intended for faculty at the rank of full professor who most strongly exemplify the land-grant university spirit.

Recipients will exemplify the all-around teacher/scholar model: their research has been recognized by their peers; their teaching stands as best in their fields; and their engagement has been recognized for its unique benefits to the community and/or faculty members' disciplines. In short, with the Morrill Award Purdue recognizes faculty who best exhibit excellence in, and synergies among, all three dimensions of their profession: teaching, research and engagement.

The Morrill Award comes with a $30,000 cash prize. Nominations must include:

• A summary (not to exceed three pages) of the nominee’s career accomplishments in teaching, research and engagement, as well as the synergies among these three aspects of the nominee’s achievements.
• The nominee’s current curriculum vitae.
• Three letters of support. A nomination letter counts as one of the three letters. A letter from outside Purdue is encouraged.

Nominations should be submitted to Susan Grasham at sgrasham@purdue.edu.

The winners will be announced in May. More information about the award and a list of past recipients may be found here.