Faculty Awards

Dr. Donald L. Akers, Jr. Faculty Enrichment Fellowship

Dr. Donald L. Akers Jr. Faculty Award this award is to be given to outstanding faculty for research efforts. The fund will be used this year to support faculty research. This award is available to any of the tenure-line faculty in the BCMB Department. High priority will be given to requests to fund pilot projects for generating preliminary data used to compete for extramural research funding.

The application should include:

1. A short (3 page) description of the research project, including a time line for accomplishing the research goals
2. A proposed budget and description of personnel for the project (0.5 page)
3. A statement of plans for submitting applications for external funds related to the proposal (0.5 page)
4. An abbreviated CV that is limited to:
   1. External Funding (Active and Pending)
   2. Internal UT Funding (Active and Pending)
   3. publications (last 5 years)
   4. presentations at conferences, universities, research institutes, etc. (last 5 years)
   5. honors and awards (last 5 years)

Recipients

2016	Brad Binder
2015	Mariano Labrador
2014	Elias Fernandez
2013	Engin Serpersu
2012	Rebecca Prosser

Hunsicker Research Incentive Award

The funds donated to BCMB by Pat Hunsicker, a long time researcher in the mammalian genetics group at ORNL, have been used to establish the Hunsicker Research Incentive Awards. These are available to any of the tenure-line faculty in the department or to a posthoctoral fellow in the BCMB Department. High priority will be given to requests to fund pilot projects for generating preliminary data used to compete for extramural research funding.

The application should include:

1. A short (3 page) description of the research project, including a time line for accomplishing the research goals
2. A proposed budget and description of personnel for the project (0.5 page)
3. A statement of plans for submitting applications for external funds related to the proposal (0.5 page)
4. An abbreviated CV that is limited to: a. External Funding (Active and Pending); b. Internal UT Funding (Active and Pending); c. publications (last 5 years); d. presentations at conferences, universities, research institutes, etc. (last 5 years); e. honors and awards (last 5 years)

These materials should be submitted to Lori Daniels (lori.daniels@utk.edu) and CC: Dan Roberts (drobert2@utk.edu). A committee of faculty from outside the department will review the applications and decide the award recipient.

Recipients

2016	Elias Fernandez and Jae Park
2015	Elena Shpak and Gladys Alexandre
2014	Jae Park and Engin Serpersu
2013	Dan Roberts
2012	Andreas Nebenfuehr and Elias Fernandez

Junior and Senior Faculty Distinguished Research Award

The Distinguished Scholarship Award recognizes a BCMB faculty member who has made notable achievements in scholarship and research within the past academic year. Faculty members in the BCMB department are invited to nominate their colleagues for this award.

The applications should include:

1. A letter of nomination that gives details regarding the research and publication record of the nominee.
2. A current CV from the nominee.

Recipients

	Junior Faculty	Senior Faculty
2016	Francisco Barrera	Gladys Alexandre
2015	Joshua Bembenek	Dan Roberts
2013	Elena Shpak	Barry Bruce
2012	Jerome Baudry	Engin Serpersu
2011	Brad Binder	Albrecht von Arnim
2010	Mariano Labrador	Bruce McKee
2009	Elena Shpak	Elizabeth Howell

Junior and Senior Faculty Distinguished Teaching Award

The Outstanding Teaching Award recognizes a BCMB faculty member who demonstrates a commitment and excellence in teaching at the undergraduate level. Faculty members in the BCMB department are invited to nominate their colleagues for this award.

The application should include:

1. A letter of nomination that gives details of teaching approaches and effectiveness.
2. Student evaluation surveys for each course from the past three (junior) or five (senior) years also should be submitted.
3. Written comments from undergraduate students regarding the teaching effectiveness of the faculty member are desirable, but not required.

Recipients

	Junior Faculty	Senior Faculty
2016	Francisco Barrera	Barry Bruce
2015	Tessa Burch-Smith	Ranjan Ganguly
2014		Nitin Jain
2012		Jim Hall
2011	Jerome Baudry	Andreas Nebenfuhr
2010	Rose Goodchild	Gladys Alexandre
2009	Ana Kitazono	John Koontz

Charles P. Postelle Distinguished Professorship

Charles P. Postelle Distinguished Professorship will be awarded to a Tenured Full Professor in the BCMB Department who has demonstrated an exceptional level of scholarly achievement, this professorship is “to encourage research and teaching in biotechnology”. This professorship is awarded for a three-year period and can be renewed. This professorship carries the title “Charles P. Postelle Distinguished Professor.”

To qualify you must be a full Professor must have been a member of the BCMB faculty for least five years to eligible. Eligible professors can apply or be nominated by others. This award will be given again in 2018. This application should include:

1. A letter of nomination explaining how the candidate has fulfilled the eligibility requirements.
2. An updated CV and a plan from the candidate regarding the research that will be pursued during the term.

Recipients

2015	Liz Howell
2012	Bruce Mckee