Civitatis Award

The Civitatis Award was established in 1997 to recognize outstanding faculty citizenship. It is conferred upon a member of the faculty in recognition of dedicated and meritorious service to the University above and beyond the regular expectations of teaching, research, mentoring and service. The award is made by the President.

Criteria for Selection

The Civitatis Award recognizes outstanding faculty citizenship. To be considered for the Civitatis Award, a faculty member must:

• Be a current member of the faculty who meets the eligibility criteria listed below,
• Have provided dedicated and meritorious service to The University of Texas at Austin above and beyond the regular expectations of teaching, research, mentoring and service, and
• Be a person of such integrity, stature, demonstrated ability and renown that the University community, including alumni, faculty, staff and students, will take pride in and be inspired by his or her recognition.

Nomination Materials

Any member of the University community may nominate a faculty member who satisfies the eligibility requirements detailed below. Self-nominations are allowed. Nomination materials must include:

• A letter of nomination of not more than three pages that summarizes the qualifications of the nominee and the reasons why this individual should be so recognized, and
• Upon nomination, the nominee will be prompted to submit their curriculum vitae (in PDF form) through an application link.

Submit Nomination Materials Here

https://airtable.com/applW16a8iEEL1Zp7/pagGZ34YLI3I6myir/form

Deadlines

Nominations: Noon, CST, Monday, February 16, 2026

Nominee CV: Noon, CST, Monday, March 2, 2026

Eligibility

The following eligibility rules apply:

• Tenure-track assistant professors are not eligible
• Eligible tenured faculty must have already worked full-time at UT as a tenured faculty member for at least six full academic years. This means that a faculty member is eligible to apply who was appointed at UT as a tenured associate and/or full professor effective no later than the fall semester of the 2019-20 academic year.
  • If the faculty member held an external appointment or had an academic or professional leave without pay during an academic year, then that year does not count towards the tally of full-time years.  
• Eligible professional-track faculty must meet the following requirements at the time of application.
  • They must be benefits-eligible at the time of nomination
  • They must be appointed in one of the following title series
    • Lecturer series, or
    • Professor of Instruction series, or
    • Professor of Practice series, or
    • Clinical Professor series, or
    • Research Professor series
  • At time of nomination, they must hold any one of the two highest ranks including
    • Associate professor in an eligible title series or senior lecturer, or
    • Full professor in an eligible title series or distinguished senior lecturer
    • They must have served as a UT Austin employee with a 50% (or higher) FTE role in a professional-track faculty title series (at the eligible rank) in both the fall and spring terms of each of a minimum of six years working as a benefits-eligible faculty member at UT Austin.
• For employees who hold a staff and faculty appointment, the faculty appointment must have been at least 20 hours a week (50% FTE) in both the fall and spring terms of an academic year for the year to count.
• The following personnel are NOT eligible for the Civitatis Award:
  • Postdocs
  • Classified personnel and staff
  • Faculty who are retired at time of nomination (including emeritus faculty) and
  • Faculty who do not meet the listed eligibility criteria

Selection Process and Recognition

• The Civitatis Faculty Award Committee will review the nominations and recommend the final candidate or candidates to the President.
• The President will choose a Civitatis Award recipient (or recipients) but has the discretion either to make an award or not in any academic year.