Faculty Awards and Recognition

Faculty Enhancement Opportunity (FEO) Awards

Purpose: Advance the academic/professional/scholarly abilities of faculty members in the HSC, IFAS and College of Law. The awards are intended to be more flexible in nature and duration than traditional sabbaticals.

Sponsor: President’s Office

Awards Amount: Award amount can vary widely, depending on the expenses required by the project; however, the recipient’s unit is required to provide some resources in support of FEOs granted to individuals in that unit.

Deadline: Applications will be accepted in the fall and spring semesters. Deadlines and awards will be announced by the Provost’s Office.

UF Research Foundation Term Professorships

Purpose: Recognize recent contributions and provide incentives for continued excellence in research.

Sponsor: The University of Florida Research Foundation

Award Amount:: Three-year term professorship which includes:

• A $5,000 annual salary supplement
• A $3,000 grant to support research, to be awarded in year one of the three-year tenure of this professorship

Deadline: Call for applications is usually in early spring. Awards made in May of each year, annually.

Previous Recipients

• 2019: Mark Hudak, MD - Pediatrics
• 2018: Phyllis Hendry, MD - Emergency Medicine
• 2017: Dominick Angiolillo, MD, PhD - Cardiology
• 2016: Arshag Mooradian, MD - Medicine
• 2015: K.V. Chalam - Ophthalmology
• 2014: Andrew Kaunitz, MD - Obstetrics and Gynecology
• 2013: Robert Wears, MD, PhD, MS - Emergency Medicine

University of Florida College of Medicine — Jacksonville Robert C. Nuss Researcher/Scholar Award

Purpose: This award is presented annually to a faculty member at the Assistant Professor or Associate Professor level based at UF College of Medicine — Jacksonville who has a distinguished current record of research.

Sponsor: Dean’s Office/Office of Research Affairs

Award Amount: $3,000

Deadline: Criteria for the award can be found here. The award is open to all UFCOMJ faculty.

• The award is presented annually as part of the Celebration of Education and Research Day ceremony.

See attached list from the Office of Research Affairs . 2025 Awardee: Sophia Shiekh, MD - Department of Emergency Medicine