Internal Awards for Scholarship & Teaching

This award was created in 2008 to honor research, scholarly or creative work conducted within the previous 18 months. Examples of accomplishments that may be included as evidence:

• Peer-reviewed publications such as journal articles or books authored by faculty;
• Scholarly and creative activities demonstrated or created by faculty;
• Research/creative activity projects recognized in writing by peers in the same discipline.

The call for nominations is typically sent out via email by early October, with a deadline in mid-November. Nominations are typically submitted by a third party on behalf of the nominee.

This award was established in 2008 to honor student mentoring within the previous 18 months. The following are examples of accomplishments that may be included as evidence:

• Peer-reviewed publications/creative activities jointly authored or created with students;
• Supervision of students leading to peer-reviewed publications or creative outcomes by the students;
• Research/creative activity projects with students and/or supervision of student research or theses;
• Achievements of previous students that the former students themselves attribute in writing to the candidate.

The call for nominations is typically sent out via email by early October, with a deadline in mid-November. Nominations are typically submitted by a third party on behalf of the nominee.

Three awards are offered each year: the Outstanding Faculty Research/Scholarship Award, the Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, and the Outstanding Faculty Service Award. These awards reflect sustained work in one of the three areas over the course of a faculty member’s career at CSULB. All full-time CED faculty (tenure track, tenured and lecturers) are eligible for these awards. The call for applications is typically issued in late October with a late January deadline. Awards are administered via the CED InfoReady site. The College Faculty Awards Committee uses the CED Outstanding Faculty Awards rubric to review CED Outstanding Faculty Awards proposals.

Faculty who have taught courses or served on Ed.D. dissertation committees in the current academic year may apply for RSCA funds via a special call through the Educational Leadership department. The call is typically issued mid-Spring semester and due by the end of April.

ORED supports internal grants of two types: 1) discipline-specific (one principal investigator) or 2) multidisciplinary research (multiple principal investigators). The purpose of ORED Internal Grants is to promote proposal submission for major external funding. The Request for Proposals is typically issued early in the spring semester, with proposals due by the end of February. ORED internal grants are only open to tenured or tenure-track faculty and are administered via the University’s InfoReady site.

Professors Around the World (PAW) is a CSULB global faculty incentive grants program sponsored by the Office of the Provost in conjunction with the Office of International Education and Global Engagement. The goal of the program is to strengthen CSULB's mission and comprehensive campus internationalization initiatives. PAW engages and supports faculty travel related to developing study or work abroad opportunities for students, international research projects with clear student impacts, or potential for growing institutional linkages, and building relationships with oversees partner institutions. Strong preference is given to projects that are sustainable. All tenured, tenure-track and full-time lecturers are eligible. The call for proposals typically has two cycles for the following academic year, with April 15 and October 15 deadlines. Announcements are sent via email approximately one month prior to the deadlines.

Two complementary award competitions are typically offered each year. 

• Research, Scholarly and Creative Activity (RSCA) awards of several types are offered:
  • 3 units of Reassigned Time
  • 6 units of Reassigned Time (in one semester or across two semesters)
  • Faculty Small Grant up to $5000
  • 3 units of Reassigned Time + Faculty Small Grant up to $1550 (equivalent to 1 unit of Reassigned Time)
  • 3 units of Reassigned Time + Faculty Small Grant up to $3100 (equivalent to 2 units of Reassigned Time)
  • 3 units of Reassigned Time + Faculty Small Grant up to $4650 (equivalent to 3 units of Reassigned Time)

• Mini-grants and Summer Stipends (MGSS) awards are funded via the Chancellor's Office and are available in two forms:
  • Mini-grants – Up to $5000 as “seed” money leading to an application for an external grant
  • Summer Stipends – Equivalent to the 3-WTU vacant rate to support summer research and scholarly activities

Eligiblity:

• Tenured, probationary, and full-time lecturer faculty not receiving new faculty reassigned time are eligible to compete for RSCA Reassigned Time awards.
• Tenured, probationary, and full-time lecturer faculty, including those receiving new faculty reassigned time, are eligible to compete for RSCA Faculty Small Grant funding.
• All members of Unit 3 (Faculty, Librarians, Coaches, and Counselors) not receiving new faculty reassigned time are eligible to compete for MGSS awards. Faculty members with 12-month full-time appointments are not eligible for summer stipends. Summer stipend applicants may not have additional employment in the CSU or an auxiliary equivalent to 6 WTUs or more during the summer.

The Call for Proposals for RSCA awards is sent via the College, and applications are submitted via the CED InfoReady site. The Call for Proposals for MGSS awards is sent via ORED and applications are submitted via the University’s InfoReady site. Both calls are are typically issued in late September with a deadline in early November for the following academic year. Faculty may apply for both RSCA and MGSS awards; however, they may receive only one award per academic year.  

The College Faculty Awards Committee uses a RSCA rubric to review RSCA proposals. Review of MGSS applications is conducted via InfoReady by the University Mini-Grants and Summer Stipends Committee. 

Sabbatical awards are offered through a competitive process open to all full-time faculty who have completed six consecutive years of service at the university since their appointment or prior sabbatical. Sabbaticals include full pay for one semester or half pay for one academic year. Faculty Affairs provides information on sabbaticals and issues an announcement in October each year, along with individual emails to eligible faculty. Proposals are due via Interfolio by the posted deadline during the third week of November. Faculty may also apply for Difference in Pay Leaves. Review of proposals is guided by the Academic Senate policy on sabbaticals and difference in pay leaves. The College’s Faculty Awards Committee reviews applications for sabbaticals and difference-in-pay leaves and makes their recommendations to the Dean, who makes the final decision on awards.

Faculty Awards Committee Sabbatical Rubric.

Academic Affairs and ORED collaborate to provide Summer Student Research Assistantships to undergraduate and graduate students to conduct full-time research in collaboration with a faculty member during the summer. The faculty member must submit a letter with the application that specifies a mentorship plan and the scope of work to be completed. The Request for Proposals is typically issued early in the spring semester, with a deadline at the beginning of March. Awards are administered via the University’s InfoReady site.

The Ukleja Center for Ethical Leadership is located in the College of Business Administration. The Center offers both research and teaching stipends through its Ethics Across the Curriculum program. Typically, the Ethics Research Stipendprovides support for ethics research and contributions to the body of knowledge and the Ethics Pedagogical Stipend supports the development of a 3-hour ethics teaching module in course(s) faculty teach. A Request for Proposals is typically sent out via email in early fall, with a deadline of early November.

Several university awards are administered via the Academic Senate, including the Early Academic Career Excellence Award, Outstanding Professor Award, Distinguished Faculty Scholarly and Creative Achievement Award, Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, and the Distinguished Faculty Advising Award. Also available are the Nicholas Perkins Hardeman Academic Leadership Award and the Legacy Lecture Award. The call for nominations is typically issued in late September, with a deadline of mid-November. See the Academic Senate timeline.