Awards & Honors

Five UConn Professors Named to World's Highly Cited Research List

Community Engagement Awards Recognize Faculty, Staff and Students

UConn Faculty Winning NSF CAREER Awards at Record-Breaking Pace

UConn Professor Cato T. Laurencin Delivers the Robert A. Pritzker Distinguished Lecture Award Address at the Biomedical Engineering Society

Recognizing Faculty Excellence

Faculty at the University of Connecticut are known nationally and internationally for their excellence in teaching, research/scholarship, and service. As a highly visible measure of this, our faculty are frequently recognized for their excellence and expertise as recipients of many internal and prestigious national and international awards. Each achievement is richly deserved and further elevates the international reputation of UConn as a top research institution.

We believe that celebrating our faculty through university awards and honors is integral to our success as a flagship university and information on current and emeritus faculty awards and honors are highlighted here.

National & International Prestigious Awards & Honors Database

The UConn Office of the Provost maintains a searchable database of all UConn prestigious and highly prestigious awards and honors, currently or historically held by UConn faculty. Click the button to access this database.

If you are a recipient of a national or international award and would like to be recognized on this list, please submit this form. The database is updated bi-annually. If you have any edits or corrections to the existing list, please email provost@uconn.edu

ADDITIONAL DATABASES OF UCONN FACULTY AWARDS AND HONORS

UConn Award & Honor Opportunities

The University of Connecticut recognizes the outstanding contributions and achievements its faculty, students, and staff through numerous awards and honorifics. Nominations for the 2023 award cycle are now open through January 11, 2023. For more information, please see below.

Alumni Faculty Excellence Awards

The Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Award

CETL University Teaching Awards

Provost's Award for Excellence in Community Engaged Scholarship

Provost's Outstanding Service Award

The Provost’s Outstanding Service Award is designed to honor and recognize those who have demonstrated excellence in service to the University of Connecticut. The award will honor faculty whose service is exemplary and has made an indelible impact in one or more areas to enhance the University’s mission in teaching, research, service, or engagement. Click here for nomination materials and additional information.

This page is maintained by the Office of the Provost and updated bi-annually. If you are a recipient of a national or international award and would like to be recognized on this page, please submit this form.