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National and International Awards and Honors

Click on the month to view the deadlines of the Honors and Awards available to faculty at UNL.

January

Honor/Award Eligibility Deadline
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • HHMI Investigator Competition
Tenure or tenure-track position as an Assistant Professor
Early January
The Newberry Library
  • Long Term Fellowships
Early January
Committee on Institutional Cooperation Faculty Fellowship CIC Faculty
January 6
American Antiquarian Society
Long-Term Visiting Academic Research Fellowship:
  • AAS-National Endowment for the Humanities Long-Term Fellowships
Faculty
January 15
American School of Classical Studies in Athens Fellowships
  • The Oscar Broneer Travelling Fellowship
Pre-tenure Faculty
January 31
Jefferson Science Fellows Faculty
January 15



February

Honor/Award Eligibility Deadline
Lasker Foundation Medical Research Awards
  • Albert Lasker Basic Research Award
  • Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
  • Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
  • Mary Woodward Lasker Public Service Award
Faculty
Early February



March

Honor/Award Eligibility Deadline
The Newberry Library
Long-Term Fellowships:
  • ACM/GLCA Faculty Fellowships
Faculty
March 2
Short-Term Fellowships:
  • Institute for the International Education of Students Faculty Fellowships
IES Faculty
March 1
Special Awards and Fellowships:
  • Frances C. Allen Fellowships
Native American Women Faculty
March 2
Folger Shakespeare Library
  • Short-Term Fellowships
Faculty
March 1



April

Honor/Award Eligibility Deadline
CASE - Professors of the Year
  • Outstanding Doctoral and Research Universities Professor
Must be a professor for at least one semester
April 24



May

Honor/Award Eligibility Deadline
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships Faculty, Staff, Independent Scholars or Writers
May 1



June

Honor/Award Eligibility Deadline
National Medal of Science Must have emphasis in science or engineering
Late June



July

Honor/Award Eligibility Deadline
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. Faculty
July
National Medal of Technology and Innovation Must have helped with technological innovation
Late July



August

Honor/Award Eligibility Deadline
Fulbright Awards Faculty
August 1



September

Honor/Award Eligibility Deadline
Cottrell Scholars 3 full years in a tenure-track position
September 1
Sloan Fellowships Pre-tenure Faculty
September 15
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship Senior Faculty
September 15
National Gallery of Art Mid-Career Faculty
September 21
Searle Scholars Tenure-track position, Assistant Professor
September 25
Beckman Foundation Young Investigator Awards Tenure-track
September 28
The Newberry Library
Long-Term Fellowships:
  • Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars
Recently tenured humanists
September 28
American Antiquarian Society Fellowships
Long-Term Visiting Academic Research Fellowships
Recently tenured humanist
September 30
American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships Full, Associate, or Assistant Professors
Mid and Late September



October

Honor/Award Eligibility Deadline
Theodore M. Hesburgh Faculty Development Award Open
October 1
National Gallery of Art Mid-Career Faculty
October 15
American Antiquarian Society Fellowships
Long-Term Visiting Academic Research Fellowships:
  • Hench Post-Dissertation Fellowship
Mid-Career Faculty
October 15
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Post-doc, Junior faculty
October 15
National Humanities Center Fellowships Established Faculty
October 15
American Philosophical Society Mid-Career Faculty
October 15
Russell Sage Foundation Faculty
October 15



November

Honor/Award Eligibility Deadline
Pew Scholars in Biomedicine Pre-tenure Faculty
November 2
Folger Shakespeare Library
  • Long-Term Fellowships
Faculty
November 1
Institute for Advanced Study Assistant Professor
November 15
Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowships Mid-career Faculty
Mid November
   



December

Honor/Award Eligibility Deadline
American School of Classical Studies in Athens
  • NEH Fellowships
Faculty
December 1


Open

Honor/Award Eligibility Deadline
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
  • Sofja Kovalevskaja Awards
  • Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers
Assistant Professor
Open
MacArthur Foundation Fellowships Open
Open
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Faculty
Open