The Office of the Provost and VP Academic has launched the call for the Distinguished University Scholar Program. This program recognizes exceptional members of faculty who have distinguished themselves as scholars in research and/or teaching and learning, or who have the potential to demonstrate such leadership.
DUS awardees receive an annual salary stipend of $20,000 and a one-time research allowance of $20,000. The appointment is a five-year term, renewable once. Up to 10 Distinguished University Scholars are expected to be named in the 2023 competition cycle.
The Faculty of Medicine is seeking its strongest 3 candidates to be nominated for this award.
Eligibility:
- Nominees will be full-time* tenured UBC faculty members in the research or educational leadership streams, including Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Teaching, Professor, or Professor of Teaching.
- Both Vancouver and Okanagan tenured faculty members are eligible for nomination.
- A Canada Research Chair holder cannot be nominated for DUS, except where the CRC term would end prior to, or at the same time as, the start date of the DUS appointment.
- Other special chairs such as President’s Excellence Chairs, CERCs, and Principal’s Research Chairs would not be eligible for nomination.
- A University Killam Professor may not be nominated for Distinguished University Scholar. Note: If a DUS is nominated for University Killam Professor and is successful, the UKP funding takes precedence and any DUS funding would be returned.
*This can include full-time faculty who currently have reduced loads for a variety of reasons such as disability.
FoM Preliminary Nomination Selection Package:
To ensure FoM’s strongest possible candidates are put forward to the Office of the Provost and VP Academic, the FoM Office of Research is seeking candidates that would be competitive for this award. Preliminary nominations must be sent directly to the Evelina Tolstykh (evelina.tolstykh@ubc.ca) by 5pm on Thursday, June 29th, 2023. A complete nomination package should include the following:
- A brief description prepared by the nominee describing current work and in particular scholarly plans for the next five years (max. 2 pages).
- The nominee’s current UBC CV.
- Three letters of support from arms-length referees commenting on the scholarly excellence of the nominee. Please include a brief description of the research and profile of each referee. Definition of arms-length can be found in the SAC guide section 5.5.4.
- A draft letter, on behalf of the Dean, with rationale for the nomination (max. 2 pages). A summary of highlights of the nominee’s publishing record, and a note about publication norms for the field will be helpful to include.
Next Steps:
- An FoM internal review panel will review the preliminary applications and present the top 3 nominees to the Dean for his endorsement.
- On behalf of the Dean, the FoM Office of Research will submit the finalized application packages to the Office of the Provost and VP Academic.
- The Office of the Provost and VP Academic will announce results in December 2023.