About the award: The University Research Award is presented annually at the President's Convocation to recognize faculty for outstanding research and creative work. Nominations are accepted beginning Nov. 1 and due Dec. 17. Nominees must have a demonstrated record of nationally and internationally recognized research or creative work; must have engaged in scholarship that provides significant contributions to their profession or discipline; and must have a record of research and publication/creative accomplishment while at Creighton University. Nominations can come from any faculty member or department chair/school director in the University. The University Research Council recommends awarding a faculty member in Academic Affairs and a faculty member in Health Sciences. Complete application materials are available from the various deans' offices. The nomination package must include a nominee’s statement, full career vita, an endorsement letter by a faculty member or department chair/school director, and at least one (but no more than three) external letter(s) of support.
Past recipients:
2012
Juliane Strauss-Soukup, Ph.D., BSChm’93, College of Arts and Sciences - Academic Affairs
Robert R. Recker, M.D., MD’63, Professor of Medicine - Health Sciences
2011
Devendra K. Agrawal, Ph.D., MBA’04, MS’05, School of Medicine
2010
Michael G. Cherney, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
2009
Joan M. Lappe, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, Professor of Nursing and Professor of Medicine