Teacher/Scholar Award Application

Eligibility

Applicants for the Teacher/Scholar Awards must first be nominated.   To be eligible for nomination, faculty members must have taught a minimum of six credit hours of Honors courses during the last three academic years. In meeting this requirement, faculty may count each advisee in the University Undergraduate Fellows Program, two advisees pursuing Honors Independent Study, or three students completing Honors Contracts as equivalent to a three-hour honors course. Nominees are expected to have proven records of excellence in teaching and research.
 

•  Application Form (access here).

•  A one-page curriculum vita.

•  A one to two page statement that addresses the following question: “What are the qualities of your honors classes (and/or your honors independent studies courses and/or your honors contracts) as compared with regular classes and directed studies courses?”

•  Syllabi for the honors courses taught during the last three years.

•  Final report to the Honors Programs office for each Research Fellows thesis project overseen. (If that report is not available, a concise synopsis of the honors thesis will suffice.)

•  Honors Independent Study/Honors Contract application form for each student you supervised in that capacity. (If an application form is not available, a concise synopsis of that honors independent study or honors contract will suffice.)

•  One letter of recommendation solicited by the candidate addressing the scope of scholarly achievement. This letter should be submitted to the address listed above.

•  Contribution and commitment to honors education measured in terms of the nominee’s participation in the Honors Programs at Texas A&M University.

•  Embodiment of the Teacher/Scholar ideal, a combination of teaching and scholarship excellence. The letter of recommendation should specifically address this issue.

•  Prospect that the Teacher/Scholar award would enhance the recipient’s teaching/research activities.