Junior Faculty Development Awards
The Provost’s Office accepts applications each fall for Junior Faculty Development awards funded by IBM and R.J. Reynolds Industries Inc.
At this time, the application to apply for Junior Faculty Development Awards for the 2025-2026 Academic Year is now closed. Faculty members interested in applying for the awards should check back in during the Fall 2025 semester. Information about applying for awards for Calendar Year 2025 can be found on the Faculty Awards webpage.
- Please contact facultyaffairs@unc.edu with questions or problems regarding the application process.
Senior Faculty Research and Scholarly Leaves
The Provost’s Office accepts applications each fall for competitive Senior Faculty Research and Scholarly Leaves funded by Kenan, Pogue, William R. Kenan, Jr., William N. Reynolds, and R.J. Reynolds Industries, Inc.
- The deadline to apply for Senior Faculty Research and Scholarly Leaves to be taken during Academic Year 2024-2025 has passed. Information about applying for leaves to be taken during Academic Year 2025-2026 will be posted here in Fall 2024.
- Please contact facultyaffairs@unc.edu with questions or problems regarding the application process.
University Distinguished Professorships
These various professorships recognize exceptional faculty members with records of scholarly and educational distinction.
The application cycle for the University Distinguished Professorships is now closed, and faculty members interested in applying for the professorships should check back in during the Fall 2025 semester.
Learn more about University Distinguished Professorship awards.
The Nannerl O. Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professorship
The Keohane Professorship brings prominent faculty to serve as visiting professors at UNC and Duke for a one-year period, during which, they deliver a lecture series and engage students and faculty around areas of shared interest to both institutions. Ultimately, the program is designed to energize new scholarly connections between Duke and UNC.
In 2023-2024, We are pleased to welcome Brett Ashley Kaplan, Ph.D., University of Illinois.
Professor Kaplan will visit Carolina and Duke campuses three times this academic year to give community lectures, academic seminars, visit classrooms, and meet with undergraduates, grad students, and faculty at both campuses. This program is sponsored by the provost offices at both campuses, and in collaboration with the Duke Center for Jewish Studies and the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies.
Learn more about the Nannerl O. Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professorships.
SAVE THE DATE
October 23, 2024 at Duke Campus: Nasher Museum Auditorium at 5:30 p.m.
January 29, 2025 at Chapel Hill Campus: Moeser Auditorium at 6 p.m. (Lecture Title – “Air and Spirit”)
April 2, 2025 at Duke Campus: Hayti Heritage Center at 7:30 p.m. – Performance Lecture: “Agnosticostal”
April 3, 2025 at Chapel Hill Campus: Love House at the Center for the Study of the American South at 4:30 p.m. – Keohane Professor Closing Conversation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs
C. Felix Harvey Award
This award honors faculty whose proposals best embody the humanities and/or social sciences methods or approaches that directly and positively impact constituencies outside the University.
University Teaching Awards
The University Committee on Teaching Awards strongly encourages you to nominate deserving faculty members and graduate teaching assistants for distinguished teaching awards.