Full-time junior faculty members (tenure track and non-tenure track) are eligible for this award. Junior faculty members are full-time probationary faculty members serving in the following capacities: (a) pre-tenure tenure-track Faculty, and (b) Lecturers in their first six years of service. Those whose tenure officially begins September 1 of the current year are not eligible.

The criteria for selection include:

• Highlighting the integration of innovative scholarly and creative activity into classroom teaching, practices, or approaches (e.g., content delivery, student involvement, pedagogical approaches, etc.); and 
• Demonstrated understanding of the impact this integration has on students. That is, provide evidence of the impact of the integration of innovative scholarly and creative activity into teaching on students.

Applicants are required to submit an application form with a description (no more than 1500 words) of the innovative teaching, scholarly, and creative methodologies that:

• Briefly describes the faculty member’s creative and scholarly activity/expertise;
• Discusses context for the innovative teaching practice and its implementation;
• Explains how and why the integration is innovative; and
• Analyzes and clearly articulates  its impact on students. 

Limited supplemental documents (e.g., classroom materials, appropriate student comments that support the innovation, scholarly works you've written about this innovation, etc.) may also be included beyond the 1500-word limit.

For more information or with additional questions, please contact Brent Elder (elderb@rowan.edu) or Joseph Higgins (higgins@rowan.edu).

Former award winners will review applications. The winner will be recognized at the University Spring Awards Ceremony.