General Eligibility Criteria

To be considered for any of the faculty award categories, nominees must meet the following general criteria:

  • Hold an active faculty title with the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix.
  • Have held a faculty title with the college for a minimum of one year unless otherwise stated in the criteria for a specific award.
  • Hold a faculty title of instructor, assistant professor, associate professor or full professor on the clinical scholar, clinical series, educator scholar, professor of practice, research series or tenure track.
  • Demonstrate how they have contributed to the College’s mission.
  • Cannot be a current department chair, vice dean, senior associate dean or center director.

Nomination Requirements

Faculty must be nominated through the nomination form. The nomination typically opens in July every year. The link will be posted here when open.

Nominators will be asked to provide details and examples of how the nominee meets the award's criteria. A nomination can be strengthened by providing additional letters of support from other college leaders, such as their department chair, division chief, vice chair, UME or GME dean/director, program leader, other colleagues or external domain expert. Documentation related to the award categories must be limited and follow the guidelines associated with each award.

Self-nominations are not accepted. 

Selection Process

After the deadline, the Honors and Awards Committee will review all nominations to ensure the specific criteria have been met for each award. The committee will discuss and vote on the award submissions. All members of the committee have an equal vote. Members will be recused from any discussion involving an award for which they submitted a nomination or for which they are a nominee. If needed, former committee members or previous award recipients may be invited as ad hoc members for the discussion of a specific award. The list will be presented to the Dean's Office for final review and approval.

Award recipients will be recognized at the Fall General Faculty Meeting. If no qualified applicants are nominated for a specific award, it may not be given.