Grants & Awards

Honoring exemplary community engagement activities from students, faculty, staff and our partners

Introduction

The Outstanding Community Engagement Award was created in 2009 by the Provost as a way to recognize faculty, staff, students, and community partners who are involved in outstanding community engagement service activities. Honorees engaged in exemplary community engagement activities such as volunteerism, outreach, partnerships, curricular engagement, or community-based research will receive $1,000, a crystal award, and their name will be added to the permanent recognition display located in Ekstrom Library.

Recipients will be selected based on their work to improve the community, particularly in the areas of, but not necessarily, Education, Health, Economic Development, Social Services, Arts and Culture, or Sustainability.  The award is intended to recognize outstanding local, regional, rural, or international engagement.

Honorees will be invited to attend the Engaged Scholarship Symposium on March 21, 2025.

  • Self-nominations are not accepted.
  • Staff in the Office of Community Engagement are not eligible to receive the award.
  • Community Partners must be nominated by a university student, faculty, staff or alumnus. 
     
  • In the event there is no community partner nominated, the Office of Community Engagement in consultation with the award review committee, reserves the right to identify a deserving community partner to recognize.
  • There is no requirement for the award to be given in every category each year. 
     

Eligibility

Faculty

  • Faculty member must have a minimum of one year of employment at UofL
  • Award may be given to individual or group of faculty (e.g. department or academic unit)
  • Full-time and part-time faculty are eligible

Staff

  • Staff member must have a minimum of one year of employment at UofL
  • Award may be given to individual or group of staff (e.g. office or administrative unit)
  • Full-time and part-time staff members are eligible

Student

  • Community engagement activity or service must have taken place while student(s) at UofL
  • Award may be given to individual or group of students (e.g. RSO, class)
  • Full-time and part-time students are eligible

Community Partner Award

  • Award will be given to community service agency for outstanding community work in partnership with UofL
  • Organization must be a 501c(3) agency in good standing

Nomination Forms

PLEASE NOTE: The nomination forms are now electronic. Please submit your nomination on the form provided.

Faculty(Word document)

Staff(Word document)

Student(Word document)

Community Partner(Word document)

For questions regarding criteria or the nomination process, please email Susan Jenkins.