• Nominee must have held rank of Professor/Librarian for five years minimally.
• SUNY DP must have held one year full-time service at UB.
• SUNY DL must have at least three years of full-time service at UB.
• SUNY DSP and DTP must have at least three years of full-time service at UB.
• Faculty who have retired or who will retire before promotion to the rank are ineligible.
• Faculty holding a concurrent administrative appointment above the level of department chair for which they receive extra compensation are ineligible for DSP.
• Faculty holding Distinguished Faculty Rank may not be nominated for another Distinguished Faculty Rank designation.

Dossiers must include all items in the following order:

• Nomination Portfolio Cover Sheet.
• Nomination abstract (Word format) with 200 word maximum.
• Current CV including:
  • Date at top.
  • Nominee’s department.
  • Nominee’s date of appointment to SUNY system.
  • Nominee’s appointment to highest rank attained and corresponding date.
  • Additional guidance on DP CV**.
• For DTP: course evaluation summaries and grade distributions**
• Internal letters
  • Five required (Chair, Dean & Provost* letters count toward total).
  • CVs not required.
• External letters
  • Five required from prominent disinterested evaluators from diverse areas of the nominee’s career.
  • DTP: One letter should be from nominee’s former student.
  • Complete/full CVs preferred; biosketches permitted especially from industry evaluators.

PDF nomination submitted via UBbox with email notifcations to facultyaffairs@buffalo.edu and one hard copy mailed/delivered to the Office of Faculty Affairs.