Internal Awards, Fellowships and Grants

Internal Awards

• Benedum Distinguished Scholar Awards – awarded to a faculty member holding a continuing appointment at any rank for distinction in research, scholarship, or creative activity
  • Benedum Distinguished Scholar Recipients
    
• Mary Catherine Buswell Award – honors a WVU faculty/staff/student or a West Virginia citizen who has provided outstanding service to women at WVU
  • Mary Catherine Buswell Award Recipients
• Neil S. Bucklew Award -  Awarded to a faculty or staff member who has best demonstrated outstanding leadership, courage, and support on a continuous basis in the area of social justice in the West Virginia University system. 
• Neil S. Bucklew Award Recipients
  
• Caperton Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Writing – recognizes a tenured faculty member for excellence in the teaching of writing
  • Caperton Award Recipients
    
• James & Karen Caveney Faculty Excellence Award – awarded annually to a highly productive faculty member holding a continuing appointment at or above the rank of assistant professor or the equivalent. Recipients shall demonstrate excellence in research and acquisition of grants; exceptional teaching and innovation in instruction; and commitment to the people of West Virginia, on and off the campus.
  • Caveney Award Recipients
    
• NEW! Digital Learning Awards - awarded annually to WVU employees who exhibit excellence in teaching through innovative digital activities or programs
• History of National Digital Learning Day
• Distinction in Mentoring Undergraduates in Research – recognizes a full-time faculty member for excellent mentoring of undergraduate students in research and/or creative endeavors
  • Distinction in Mentoring Undergraduates in Research Award Recipients
• Nicholas Evans Awards for Advising Excellence – recognizes outstanding advising and mentoring provided by faculty and professional advisers
  • Nicholas Evans Awards for Advising Excellence Recipients
• Ethel & Gerry Heebink Award for Distinguished State Service – recognizes a faculty or staff member who has provided distinguished service to West Virginia over an extended period of time more than eight years (awarded annually); or a faculty or staff member who has provided significant service to West Virginia over a shorter time period, but still characterized as having had a significant impact (awarded biennially).
  • Award for Extended Service
    
  • Award for Beginning Service (Information TBA)
  • Heebink Award Recipients
    
• WVU Foundation Outstanding Teacher Awards – recognizes exceptional teaching and/or innovation in teaching methods, course and curriculum design, and instructional tools
  • WVU Foundation Outstanding Teacher Award Recipients
• Faculty Merit Foundation West Virginia Professor of the Year
• West Virginia University Recipients
• NEW! WVU Outstanding Graduate Research Mentoring Award – to honor and encourage the considerable efforts and accomplishments of faculty who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to the mentorship of graduate students.
  

Fellowships

• Academic Leadership Fellows Program – professional development opportunity for WVU faculty sponsored by the Office of the Provost
  • Academic Leadership Fellows (recipient list by year)
• Big 12 Faculty Fellowship Program – a grant program among the institutions in the Big XII Athletic Conference offering faculty an opportunity to travel to member universities to exchange ideas and research.
  • Big 12 Faculty Fellowship Application
  • Big 12 Faculty Fellows (recipient list by year)
• Current Honors Faculty Fellows – selected fellows will develop and teach an Honors course in their home department, participate in faculty development opportunities, and deliver a public lecture on their course material.
  • All Honors Faculty Fellows (recipient list by year)
• HSC Fellows – Teaching Scholars Program promotes educational skills, critical thinking, and innovative classroom approaches; while targeted to HSC faculty, program is open to all faculty
  • Member List
• Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurship Academy Faculty Fellows (IDEA) – champion entrepreneurship and innovation across campus. Applications resume in 2019-2020.
  • IDEA Faculty Fellows(recipient list by year)

Grants

• WVU Research Internal Grants – funding opportunities through the University Research Office
  • NASA WV Space Grant Consortium
  • Office of Global Affairs – offers a variety of grant programs to encourage international collaborations in teaching and research
  • Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (PSCoR)
  • Research & Scholarship Enhancement Grants
  • Technology Integration Grants
  • WV Clinical and Translational Sciences (WVCTSI) pilot grants
  • WVU Academic Conference Grants
  • WVU Community Engagement Grants
  • WVU Travel/Development Grants