The Michael J. Brody Award

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2024 Michael J. Brody Award: Ken Brown, Nicole Grosland, and Ana Rodriguez-Rodriguez!

Read the Iowa Now story about the 2024 recipients of the Michael J. Brody Award (scroll down).

To read about previous recipients of the Michael J. Brody Award, please visit the Office of the Provost web site.

December 6, 2023

To The Faculty:

The University of Iowa Faculty Senate invites nominations for the Michael J. Brody Award for Faculty Excellence in Service to the University and the State of Iowa. This award was established in 1990 and one to three recipients will be chosen in 2024. (See the list of past recipients.) 

Recipients will be recognized formally at an awards reception hosted by the President's Office. Each will receive $1,000 and a commemorative object that was designed by a graduate art student. This is one of the finest recognitions for faculty; it was created by faculty, for faculty, and is awarded in memory of Professor Michael J. Brody.

All recipients of the award must hold faculty rank in a tenure-­track, clinical-track, research-track or instructional-track position at The University of Iowa and must also meet the following criteria:

  1. Their service must stand out as a set of exceptionally effective contributions to the University or its external constituencies.
  2. Their service must manifest exceptional imagination and dedication for improving the University or for meeting - on its behalf - the needs of external constituents.
  3. Their service must extend over several years.
  4. Examples of appropriate service include formal and informal activities of high quality in faculty governance, committee work, policy improvement, program creation, aid to external constituencies, and the like. (A single sustained activity of extraordinary excellence may qualify the faculty member for this award.)
  5. Their service must have been performed primarily as faculty members. This may include but should not be limited to service as a departmental executive officer. The awards are not for institutional service by administrators, though people currently serving as administrators may qualify on the basis of their service as faculty.

Nominations may be made by faculty members, staff members, students, or off-campus constituents. The following information is required for each nomination:

  1. The completed nomination form. 
  2. The nominator's overview of the nominee's service contributions (limit to two pages). 
  3. A current copy of the curriculum vitae for the nominee.
  4. Letters of endorsement. Three UI faculty members (other than the nominator) must endorse each nomination. Additional endorsements may be provided by other constituents (including by additional UI faculty members).

Items 2, 3, and 4 should accompany the completed nomination form. Please submit these forms electronically to laura-zaper@uiowa.edu.

Emeritus faculty are eligible as are previously-nominated individuals. To re-nominate previously-nominated faculty, simply return an updated nomination form. Items 2, 3, and 4 are not required unless significant changes have occurred since the previous nomination.

Nominations are due by Friday, February 2. Please submit to laura-zaper@uiowa.edu. Direct questions to Laura Zaper at laura-zaper@uiowa.edu.

Sincerely,

Ed Gillan
President, Faculty Senate
Professor, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences