Provost’s Awards
Each Spring, the Provost announces the commencement of the Annual Provost’s Awards. Full time faculty can apply. Below is a list of the different categories for Provost’s Awards:
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Provost’s Award for Innovation in Teaching
Examples
- Development and use of an innovative methodology in teaching and learning (e.g., new in-class and out-of-class learning activities; incorporation of new practical, applied or experimental components into course delivery and student learning; etc.)
- Innovative redesign of an existing course
- Development of a new course that is unique in the discipline
- Development and use of new material authored or created by the instructor (cases, problem sets, visuals, slides, etc.)
- Adoption and use of a new technology or an innovative use of existing technology in teaching and learning
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Provost’s Award for Outstanding Research
Examples
- Research papers authored or coauthored by the faculty member, presented at refereed academic or professional conferences, workshops, symposiums, meetings of learned societies, or similar adjudicated events
- Research papers published or accepted for publication in refereed academic or professional journals
- Research published as a contribution to a compendium or reference work in the discipline, or as a chapter in an edited book of readings
- Inventions, discoveries, new research techniques and similar scientific accomplishments by the faculty member
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Provost’s Award for Creativity in Design and the Visual Arts
Examples
- Drawings
- Paintings
- Engravings
- Sculpture
- Photographic works
- Artistic illustrations
- Cartoons
- Typographic works
- Architectural designs
- Scripts
- Films
- News reporting
- Other similar works
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Provost’s Award for Outstanding Literary Achievement
Examples
- Fiction
- Poetry
- Romance
- Spirituality
- Literary criticism
- Interpretation of literary works
- Social criticism
- Philosophy
- Plays
- Biographies
- Anthologies
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Provost’s Award for Professional Engagement and Community Outreach
Examples
- Leadership of and/or active and productive involvement in reputable professional bodies
- Significant contributions to professional practice
- Leadership of or significant participation in initiatives for social, environmental or charitable causes (organization, fund raising, spreading awareness, etc.)
- Relationship-building initiatives with academic, corporate, not-for-profit, government and professional organizations
AUD Research Incentive Grant
The AUD Research Incentive Grant is awarded on a competitive basis to full-time faculty to support research that is required for publishing a peer reviewed paper or completing an ongoing project that will result in a peer reviewed deliverable (i.e. journal article, book, book chapter, exhibit, etc.). For this round of funding, application materials should be submitted (in PDF) via the link: https://aud.libwizard.com/f/rgrant. Deadlines are available in the Faculty Handbook.
The University Research, Scholarly and Creative Work Committee will review all applications and make a recommendation to the Provost. Awards will be announced late Spring.
Application Materials:
- Application letter
- Scope of research
- Timetable/schedule of research to be carried out
- Deliverable(s)
- Identify institutional and/or scholarly collaborations relevant to proposed research (include letters of support where applicable)
- Contribution to teaching and learning and/or research field
- Contribution to AUD
- Itemized budget in dirhams
- Evidence of all quotations/costs
- ORCID ID
- Other supporting evidence
