The Board of Regents has created a number of distinguished professorships to honor faculty who have attained national or international recognition for continuous scholarly achievement, teaching excellence, and recognized breadth of interest. One of these professorships was designated for the University of Michigan - Flint and has been named the David M. French Professorship, honoring the founding dean of the Flint College of the University of Michigan. The appointment as David M. French Professor may run from one to three years and carries a stipend of $3,000 per year.

Eligibility

Eligible for nomination are full-time faculty members at the rank of tenured full professor who have been with the University for a minimum of three years and who possess the following qualifications:
 

• Distinguished scholarship or authorship.
• Conspicuous ability as a teacher.

An individual would normally be excluded from consideration for this award for any of the following reasons:
 

• He/she holds a continuing administrative or non-teaching appointment of one third or more.
• He/she holds an administrative appointment above the level of department chair.
• He/she is a current member of the SASE.
• He/she has received this award before.

Nominations

The current David M. French Professor is Dr. Peeth Kartha.  Nominations for this professorship will be solicited in Fall 2006 for the 2007 awards.

Required Supporting Documentation (in addition the letter from the nominator)

• Nominee's vita.
• Letter of support from appropriate department chair (dean in the case of SOM, director in the case of SHPS).
• Evidence of distinguished scholarship or authorship.
• Evidence of conspicuous ability as a teacher.
• Evidence of outstanding achievements or service.
• Up to five representative articles or other works published or completed.
• Up to three letters from peer reviewers (internal or external) that address the scholarly activity of the nominee.
   

The Scholarships, Awards and Special Events Committee may request additional documentation from the nominator, the nominee, and other members of the University community.