University Awards

The Graduate School's Creative and Performing Arts Awards (CAPAA) are offered to assistant, associate, or full professors.

Honors annually 4-6 tenured faculty members who combine outstanding scholarship with teaching excellence.

This formal title denotes an academic honor of highest distinction and is awarded to a limited number of our most accomplished professors.

The President's Commission on Disability Issues sponsors awards to members of the university who have made significant contributions to improving the quality of life for disabled persons at the Uni

In order to deepen UMD’s existing international connections, the Office of International Affairs (OIA) sponsors the Global Partnerships-Faculty Travel Grant Competition.

Every year, the Office of Technology Commercialization honors one invention in each of the technology areas (information, life and physical sciences) as the "Invention of the Year" award winner.

The President’s Commission on Ethnic Minority Issues has established an achievement award to annually recognize two ethnic minority faculty members who have made outstanding contributions to the Un

This award is the highest honor the campus community bestows.

The PTK Excellence Awards were established by the Provost to recognize professional track faculty members for consistently excellent contributions in core academic areas: teaching, research, and se

The Graduate School's Research and Scholarship Awards (RASA) are available to assistant, associate, or full professors.

Each year the Office of Undergraduate Studies sponsors a faculty learning community that addresses an issue of importance to undergraduate education.

The President's Commission on Women's Issues (PCWI) established the Outstanding Woman of the Year Award in 1977. In 2017, the awards were renamed Women of Influence.