Awards

The Regents' Award for Superior Teaching was established on June 6, 1963 with the first awards presented in the spring of 1964.  Originally, the award was given to three individuals each year. In 1965, the policy was amended to provide a maximum of five and a minimum of three awards each year.  In 1978, the awards were expanded to include superior accomplishment in any of the following - Teaching; Research and Creative Activity; and Professional and University Service.

The Regents' Award for Superior Teaching was established on June 6, 1963 with the first awards presented in the spring of 1964.  Originally, the award was given to three individuals each year. In 1965, the policy was amended to provide a maximum of five and a minimum of three awards each year.  In 1978, the awards were expanded to include superior accomplishment in any of the following - Teaching; Research and Creative Activity; and Professional and University Service.

The Regents' Award for Superior Teaching was established on June 6, 1963 with the first awards presented in the spring of 1964.  Originally, the award was given to three individuals each year. In 1965, the policy was amended to provide a maximum of five and a minimum of three awards each year.  In 1978, the awards were expanded to include superior accomplishment in any of the following - Teaching; Research and Creative Activity; and Professional and University Service.

A recipient will be selected on the basis of demonstrated leadership and mentorship in the recipient’s staff role at HSC. Consideration will be given to factors such as how the applicant invests in people at all levels of the University, leads in service to the university, and demonstrates themselves as a problem-solver. 

The Provost’s Research Award was established in the late 1980s to recognize meritorious research.   Two awards within both a basic science and a clinical science/translational research category may be given each year to full-time, regular faculty members: one in each category for senior faculty (associate and full professors).  The awards are given for a significant individual achievement of original research. 

The Provost's Research Award recognizes meritorious research. Two awards within both a basic science and a clinical science/translational category (based upon National Institutes of Health designations) may be given each year to full-time, regular faculty members: one in each category for junior faculty (assistant professors).  The awards are given for significant individual achievement of original research. The awards are $2,000 each.

The Provost's Teaching Award recognizes meritorious excellence in teaching. Two awards are given each year to full-time, regular faculty members; one award will be given to an early career faculty member and one to a seasoned/senior career faculty member. The awards are given for significant personal contributions to the quality, scope, and outcomes of teaching, learner assessment, and learner mentoring in the health professions, public health, or biomedical sciences. 

The Provost's Teaching Award recognizes meritorious excellence in teaching. Two awards are given each year to full-time, regular faculty members; one award will be given to an early career faculty member and one to a seasoned/senior career faculty member. The awards are given for significant personal contributions to the quality, scope, and outcomes of teaching, learner assessment, and learner mentoring in the health professions, public health, or biomedical sciences. 

The University Distinguished Teaching Award, formerly the Good Teaching Awards Program, was introduced by the Standard Oil (Indiana) Foundation in 1966.  The purpose of the program is to recognize excellence in teaching performance at the undergraduate level and to provide an incentive to achieve that goal.  The University of Oklahoma has participated in the program since 1968.  In 1973, the name of the foundation was changed to the AMOCO Foundation, Inc and was changed to BP Amoco in the late 1990s.  In 2003, the award was changed to the Good Teaching Award. In 2019, the award was renamed at the University Distinguished Teaching Award.

The David L. Boren Professorship is one of the University of Oklahoma’s highest honors, recognizing faculty who have made exceptional and truly impactful contributions to the mission of the University of Oklahoma as a public research university.

The David Ross Professorship was approved by the Board of Regents on June 14, 1945 and is named for the first President of the University.  The first appointments were effective June 14, 1946.  When the professorship was first established, the policy provided that only two could be named in one year and the terms were for five years though the individuals could be reappointed.

Presidential Professors are those faculty members who excel in all of their professional activities and who relate those activities to the students they teach and mentor, including undergraduate, graduate, professional students, as well as clinical residents and fellows. These professors inspire their students, mentor them in the process of research and creative/scholarly activity within their discipline, and exemplify to their students (both past and present) and to their colleagues (both at the University and within their disciplines nationwide) the ideals of a scholar through their endeavors in teaching; research and creative/scholarly activity; and professional and University service and public outreach.

Recipients of distinguished professorships are deemed to have achieved unusual distinction in teaching and guidance of students research, or service.  To qualify for a Regents' Professorship, a faculty member must have rendered outstanding service to the University, to the academic community, or to an academic or professional discipline. through extraordinary achievement in academic administration or professional service.  The appointment is continuous until retirement.

On November 12, 1943 the Board of Regents established the Regents' Professorship.  Upon his retirement from the University in 1968 the Regents named this professorship after George Lynn Cross.