Faculty and staff awards

Research Award Program

  1. Guidelines
    1. The awards program is managed by the Associate Dean for Faculty in consultation with the Faculty Research Committee.
    2. All award payments under this program are subject to the availability of college funding and subject to change without notice. All awards are paid from non-state funds.
    3. A call for award applications will be made by the Associate Dean for Faculty each Spring.
    4. Award Date and Amount: All awards will be paid in Summer as a one-time Lump-sum payment in June. The date and award amount will be specified with the award notification.
      1. Tenured/ Tenure track faculty: Amount is the maximum of 2/9ths of the faculty member’s nine-month salary or $35,000, not to exceed $80,000. In the case of competitive research awards, partial awards may be made based on the Faculty Research Committee’s recommendation. A research award, when combined with any on-book summer teaching or summer compensation paid through UF contracts and grants may not exceed 1/3 of a faculty member’s nine-month salary.
      2. Clinical faculty: Amount is $25,000. In the case of competitive research awards, partial awards may be made based on the Faculty Research Committee’s recommendation. A research award, when combined with any on-book summer teaching or summer compensation paid through UF contracts and grants may not exceed 1/3 of a faculty member’s nine-month salary.
    5. Holders of awards should not accept outside employment, teaching, or consulting activities during the Summer of the award receipt if such employment will hinder research productivity.
    6. Faculty members on a terminal contract are not eligible for a summer research award either the summer before or after the terminal contract year.
    7. In addition to any other requirements, research awards are not available to faculty members who will not be faculty members in the college for the academic year following the summer of the research award. If a research award payment is made and the faculty member subsequently ceases employment with the college before completing the academic year following the year of award receipt, such research award must be paid back to the college within three months of ceasing employment. If the employment cessation is caused by a short-term leave of absence, a visiting position at another university, governmental, or business entity, or something of a similar nature, the faculty member may receive a summer award. However, if the faculty member does not return to the college faculty for the academic year following the return from the leave of absence or visiting position, any research award must be paid back to the college within three months of the end of the leave of absence or visit. The requirement to be on the faculty for the year following the award is not applicable to faculty members retiring from the university or faculty members receiving commitment awards related to administrative roles performing those roles during the Summer of the award. The college may waive this research award repayment requirement with the approval of the Dean.
  2. Award Criteria and Application
    1. Commitment Research Awards application
      Nine-month appointed tenured, tenure track, and clinical faculty are eligible for commitment research awards. These awards are available for Academic Unit Heads, Assistant/Associate Deans, Center Directors, Program Heads, Hiring Award Commitments, Post Promotion (3 years for tenure-track, one year for clinical), Matching Offer Agreements, Faculty Fellows in a leading discipline society (5 years), and certain similar situations, all as provided for in appointment letters or other written agreements. The Associate Dean for Faculty will maintain a list of eligible faculty and basis for eligibility. The Associate Dean for Faculty will notify such faculty each Spring regarding their upcoming Commitment Research Award, along with a request for any information regarding (a) on-book Summer teaching, (b) external grants providing Summer compensation, or (3) any reason the faculty member may be otherwise ineligible to receive an award (e.g., departing UF the following year). Based on faculty responses, commitment award amounts may be reduced.
      • Competitive Research Awards application
        Nine-month appointed tenured, tenure track, and clinical faculty without Commitment Research Awards are eligible to apply by submitting a Competitive Research Award application and current CV. The number of awards made each year will be decided by the Associate Dean for Faculty based on available College funding. Applications are evaluated by the Faculty Research Committee, which will recommend recipients and amounts (full or partial) to the Associate Dean for Faculty. The Committee will rank or group applications by strength of the committee recommendation (e.g., definitely award, award partial amount, do not award). The Faculty Research Committee will use the following competitive award criteria:
        1. A tenure track applicant should have published (or have accepted for publication) at least one paper in a high quality, peer-reviewed, academic journal in the four-year window prior to the summer of the award request. For example, the summer 2027 grant award process would consider publications from January 2023 through spring 2027 plus forthcoming papers. A single paper in a high quality, peer-reviewed, academic journal is the minimum expectation but does not guarantee a positive recommendation by the committee.
        2. The metrics for evaluating whether a journal is “high quality” are:
          1. The Warrington College of Business ‘A’ journal list for the academic units
          2. The 24 journals used in the UT Dallas Research ranking
          3. The 50 Journals used in the Financial Times Research ranking
          4. The top 100 law journal ranking (using Washington and Lee University, Law Journal Rankings and University of Oregon, Law Journal Meta-Ranking or equivalent sources
        3. A clinical applicant should have at least two papers in peer-reviewed, academic journals, or one paper in a high quality, peer-reviewed, academic journal (see above) in the four-year window prior to the summer of the award request. For example, the summer 2027 grant award process would consider publications from January 2023 through spring 2027 plus forthcoming papers. These requirements are a minimum expectation but do not guarantee a positive recommendation by the committee.

    Accounting Teacher of the Year Award

    J. Michael Cook Excellence in Teaching Award

    J. Michael Cook is the former CEO of Deloitte and a longtime supporter of the Fisher School. He earned his bachelor’s in accounting from the University of Florida in 1964. Named after Cook, the Deloitte/J. Michael Cook Commons in Gerson Hall is the heart of the building. He has been a longtime supporter of excellence in teaching, including the Fisher School teaching award, and he sponsors the American Accounting Association/J. Michael and Mary Anne Cook/Deloitte Foundation Prize as the foremost recognition of an individual who consistently demonstrates the attributes of a superior teacher in the discipline of accounting.

    YearWinner
    2025-2026Gabriel Pundrich
    2024-2025Dan Rimkus
    2023-2024Cindy Dosch
    2022-2023Scott Rane
    2021-2022Michael Ricci
    2020-2021Michael Schadewald
    2019-2020Robert Ronald Carnes
    2018-2019Michael Mayberry
    2017-2018Sonia Singh
    2016-2017Jennifer Wu Tucker
    2015-2016Christopher Falk
    2014-2015Justin Leiby
    2013-2014Kathy Rupar
    2012-2013Paul Madsen
    2011-2012Marcus Kirk
    2010-2011Jesse Boyles
    2009-2010Charles L. McDonald
    2008-2009Deborah Garvin
    2007-2008Victoria Dickinson
    2006-2007Stephen Asare
    2005-2006Doug Snowball
    2004-2005Deborah Garvin
    2003-2004Gary McGill
    2002-2003Stephen Asare
    2001-2002Jesse Boyles
    2000-2001Hadley Schaefer
    1999-2000Doug Snowball
    1998-1999W. Robert Knechel
    1997-1998Gary McGill
    1996-1997Stephen Asare
    1995-1996Deborah Garvin
    1994-1995Anwer Ahmed