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External Awards

External awards refer to prizes, fellowships, memberships and distinctions awarded by professional associations, honor societies and other external organizations. The Office of Faculty Affairs provides numerous resources for those pursuing external awards from tips and best practices to award databases that help you navigate opportunities.

  • Additional Travel Fellowships
    7/22/26
    List of international fellowships that are available to all faculty, as well as a travel awards spotlight.
  • Award Recipients Database
    7/22/26
    Searchable database of external awardees.
  • Early Career Award Opportunities
    7/31/26
    Sample of awards that are available to early career scholars.
  • Fulbright
    7/31/26
    The Fulbright U.S. Scholar program offers teaching and research awards to U.S. citizens in more than 130 countries.
  • Prestigious and Highly Prestigious Awards
    8/4/26
    The Association of American Universities (AAU) collects the number of faculty members by institution receiving awards, fellowships, and memberships in the National Research Council (NRC) list of highly prestigious awards.
  • Prestigious Award Honorees
    7/22/26
    Faculty among a select group to receive awards and honors designated as Highly Prestigious by the National Research Council (NRC).