Office of Faculty Affairs

Denver Campus Award Criteria

Two New Awards Added for 2023!

Faculty Inclusive Excellence Award

This award honors a faculty member (IRC or Tenured/Tenure-Track) who demonstrates a long-standing commitment to advance diversity, equity and inclusion at CU Denver. 

Faculty Inclusive Excellence Award Criteria 2023

Faculty Inclusive Excellence Award Nomination Form

Nominations are due to the Office of Faculty Affairs on Monday, February 28, 2023.

Lecturer Teaching Excellence Award

The "Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Lecturer" provides recognition for a lecturer who demonstrates outstanding ability, initiative, and/or achievement in teaching. 

Lecturer Teaching Award Criteria 2023

Lecturer Teaching Award Checklist

Nominations are due to the Office of Faculty Affairs on Friday, February 24, 2023.


The Denver Campus selects annual awards for Excellence in Teaching, Leadership and Service, Research/Creative Work, Librarianship, Faculty Mentoring, and the Provost's Award for Excellence in Practices Related to Instructional, Research, and Clinical (IRC) Faculty. The schools and colleges and library select winners, who become the nominees for the campus-level awards.

Committees comprised of the winners (school-, college- and library-level, as well as campus-level) from the past two years select the campus-level winners for Teaching, Leadership and Service, and Research/Creative Work.  The winner of the Librarianship Award is selected by the Auraria Library faculty.  The winner of the Faculty Mentoring Award is selected by a committee of faculty members involved in the Center for Faculty Development and Advancement mentoring program.  The winner of the Practices Related to IRC Faculty is selected by a committee from the University of Colorado Denver Association of Lecturers and Instructors (UCDALI).

Nominations for the 2023 awards are due in the Office of Faculty Affairs on February 20, 2023.

Click on the links below for information on eligibility, criteria, and procedures/documentation:

Nominations for the Excellence in Librarianship Award are due within the Auraria Library on January 20, 2023. 
Find the procedures and criteria here:

Nominations for the Provost's Award for Excellence in Practices Related to IRC Faculty are due on February 24, 2023.
Find the procedures and criteria here: 

Questions? Contact Betsy Metzger at betsy.metzger@ucdenver.edu or 303.315.2107.