In August 2018, President Taylor Eighmy launched a Presidential Initiative on Research Excellence. Faculty awards are one of the priorities for this initiative. As such, the Office of the Vice President for Research, Economic Development and Knowledge Enterprise (VPREDKE) offers an incentive for faculty who earn the awards and recognitions listed below.
This memo includes additional information about the incentive program.
Incentive Eligibility and Instructions
- Review the list of awards and other recognitions that are eligible below.
- Complete a Notification Form before applying.
- If selected, please send a copy of the official notification to ors@utsa.edu. to initiate the salary supplement process.
- Watch for your one-time, taxable, $5,000 salary supplement in the April pay period (issued May 1) for awards/recognitions received September – February or in the October pay period (issued Nov.1) for awards/recognitions received March – August.
- You must be employed at UTSA to receive this incentive.
- This program will be reviewed annually. If NRUF or CMUP requirements are revised mid-year, additional opportunities may be considered for inclusion in this program.
Questions related to this opportunity should be directed to: Daniel.Riechers@utsa.edu.
Applicable Programs and Recognitions
A Discipline Map is available that includes most opportunities listed below.
| Academy of Arts & Sciences Member# https://www.amacad.org/content/members/members.aspx Deadline: None (initiated by current member) |
| American Academy of Nursing Fellow# http://www.aannet.org/about/fellows Deadline: None (2 fellows nominate candidates) |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Elected Fellow https://www.aaas.org/fellows Deadline: April 28, 2021 |
| American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellow# https://www.acls.org/programs/acls/ Deadline: September 30, 2020, 9pm Eastern |
| American Law Institute Member# https://www.ali.org/members/ Deadline: None (initiated by current member) |
| Andrew Carnegie Fellow https://www.carnegie.org/news/articles/andrew-carnegie-fellows-program-info/#eligibility Deadline: November 14, 2020 |
| Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Distinguished Achievement Award# https://mellon.org/programs/ Deadline: None currently available |
| Beckman Young Investigators# http://www.beckman-foundation.org/programs/beckman-young-investigators-program-information Deadline: August 3, 2020 (LOI), January 11, 2020 (Full Applications) |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards for Medical Scientists (CAMS) https://www.bwfund.org/grant-programs/biomedical-sciences/career-awards-medical-scientists Deadline: October 1, 2020, 3pm Eastern |
| Cottrell Scholars# http://rescorp.org/cottrell-scholars Deadline: August 15, 2020 |
| Fellows of the Woodrow Wilson Center#% https://www.wilsoncenter.org/fellowship-application Deadline: October 1, 2020 |
| Fulbright U.S. Scholars (Core Program)#% https://www.cies.org/program/core-fulbright-us-scholar-program Deadline: September 15, 2020 |
| Getty Scholars in Residence# http://www.getty.edu/foundation/initiatives/residential/getty_scholars.html Deadline: October 1, 2020, 5pm Pacific| 2020 Research Themes: The Fragment (Getty Research Institute); Phoenicians, Philistines, and Canaanites: The Levant and the Classical World (Getty Villa) |
| Guggenheim Fellows#% https://www.gf.org/applicants/ Deadline: September 17, 2020 |
| Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators#% https://www.hhmi.org/programs/biomedical-research/investigator-program#Overview Deadline: September 2, 2020, 3pm | Applicants may establish eligibility and apply via the HHMI Application and Review Channel website at arc.hhmi.org beginning October 22, 2019. Note: UTSA is not currently listed as an eligible institution, however, HHMI will take our eligibility under consideration next cycle if we have interested, qualified investigator. |
| Lasker Basic Medical Research Award#% http://www.laskerfoundation.org/about/award-nominations-1/ Deadline: March 30, 2021 |
| MacArthur Foundation Fellows#% https://www.macfound.org/programs/fellows/ Deadline: July 2021 (anticipated, by invitation only) |
| National Academy of Education Membership https://naeducation.org/our-members/ Deadline: None (elected by current members) |
| National Academy of Engineering Membership#% https://www.nae.edu/MembersSection.aspx Deadline: None (elected by current members) |
| National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellows https://academyofinventors.org/nomination-info/ Deadline: July 31, 2021 |
| National Academy of Medicine Membership#% https://nam.edu/ Deadline: None (elected by current members) |
| National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Membership#% http://www.nasonline.org/membership/ Deadline: None (elected by current members) |
| National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellows#% https://www.neh.gov/grants/research/fellowships Deadline: April 14, 2021 |
| National Humanities Center Fellows# https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/become-a-fellow/ Deadline: October 7, 2021 |
| National Institutes of Health MERIT Award (R37)#% https://www.nigms.nih.gov/Research/Pages/meritawards.aspx Deadline: None (All competing R01 grants awarded in the current fiscal year will be eligible for consideration if they meet nomination criteria. Nominations are made once annually at the May meeting of the National Advisory General Medical Sciences Council.) |
| National Medal of Science Winner#% https://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/medal.jsp Deadline: No current deadline available (last cycle, April 2018) |
| National Medal of Technology & Innovation (NMTI) Winner#% https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/ip-programs-and-awards/national-medal-technology-and-innovation-nmti Deadline: April 30, 2021 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award#% https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503214 Deadline: July 26, 2021 |
| Newberry Library Long-term Fellows#% https://www.newberry.org/long-term-fellowships Deadline: November 1, 2020, 11:59pmCentral (2021-22 Academic Year) |
| Nobel Prize Recipient# https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/ Deadline: Varies by discipline, although most nominations are submitted by invitation only |
| Pew Biomedical Scholars*#% http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/projects/pew-biomedical-scholars/program-details Deadline: September 10, 2020 |
| Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists & Engineers (PECASE) Winner#% https://www.nsf.gov/awards/pecase.jsp Deadline: None (by nomination of sponsoring agency only) Participating agencies: USDA, DOC, DoD, DOE, ED, HHS/NIH, DOI, VA, NASA, & NSF |
| Pulitzer Prize Winner# http://www.pulitzer.org/page/how-enter Deadline: Anticipated January 25, 2021 (Journalism), Anticipated May 31, 2021 (Music & Drama) |
| Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellows#% http://www.healthpolicyfellows.org/apply/ Deadline: The 2021-22 CFA will open in September 2020 |
| Searle Scholars*#% https://www.searlescholars.net/competition/award-information Deadline: June 1, 2021 (LOI), online nomination instructions sent to participating institutions |
| Sloan Research Fellows#% https://sloan.org/fellowships Deadline: September 15, 2020 |
* – Limited Submission: interested applicants should follow the typical UTSA Limited Submissions process to be considered for these opportunities.
# – National Research University Fund (NRUF) eligible program
% – Center for Measuring University Performance (CMUP) eligible program
