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March 26, 2026 | 11:00 am to 1:30 pm | UC Grand Room

Faculty Scholarship Celebration

Please join us as we celebrate faculty and staff research and scholarship activities!

- Faculty Three Minute Research Talk 3MR: three minutes…one slide…three cash awards!
- Curtis W. Wood Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award: Named after the late Dr. Curtis Wood, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, College of Arts & Sciences.
- Provost’s Scholarship Development Awards: Chancellor Brown and Provost Starnes support projects up to $15,000 from indirect cost receipts.
- Million Dollar Circle Award: recognizes faculty and staff who have received a cumulative total of one million dollars or more in external grants and contracts while at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½.
- Graddy Award: recognizes staff or units for outstanding support
- Hunter Scholar Award: Promotes and supports faculty research integrating Hunter Library’s resources and services.

Million Dollar Circle Awards

Established in 2016, the Million Dollar Circle Award recognizes faculty and staff who have received a cumulative total of one million dollars or more in external grants and contracts while at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½. To date we have twenty-two faculty and staff who have earned this prestigious honor. In 2025, four more faculty members join the circle.

Faculty Scholarship Activities

Faculty Scholarship Activities from calendar year 2025 will be published in the RASC program, .

We utilize the to collate your scholarship materials. Please insure that your FAD entries are up to date by February 1, 2026. For faculty and staff members who do not have a FAD account or need assistance, contact Lindsey Brown. 

To view archived FSC information from 2014 - 2025, visit the .