EIU Lumpkin College of Business and Technology

Lumpkin College Awards 

Lumpkin College offers the opportunities below for faculty and staff recognition/support.  Click the application forms in each section below for more details on each award/grant and its requirements.   

• Faculty Research Awards (full-time faculty within Lumpkin College are eligible to apply)
• Redden Grants (full-time faculty within Lumpkin College are eligible to apply)
• Provost's Undergraduate Research Mentor Award (full-time faculty within Lumpkin College are eligible to apply)
• Achievement, Developing Resources/Innovation, Growth & Quality Awards (nomination only--faculty and staff within Lumpkin College are eligible for nomination) Each of these awards includes $1,500 in professional development funding

Faculty Research Awards

• Faculty Award for Interdisciplinary Research (FAIR)
  • Involves two or more disciplines within Lumpkin College of Business and Technology. The purpose of the grant is to promote collaborative scholarly activity among faculty from two or more disciplines in LCBT in order to enhance our academic research culture.  The project must involve at least one undergraduate or graduate student.  Funds are available for commodities, contractual services, equipment, and student help related to the project.  No personnel services dollars are available.
• Faculty Research/Creative Activity Grant
  • Funds projects for research and creative activity for individual faculty members of Lumpkin College. The project must involve at least one undergraduate or graduate student. Funds are available for commodities, contractual services, equipment, and student help related to the project.  No personnel services dollars are available.

Faculty Research Award Application Form

Deadline to apply:  March 1, 2025 (application becomes available on the first day of spring semester classes)  

Redden Grants

Redden Grants provide financial assistance for faculty in funding their research or instructional activity for the improvement of undergraduate instruction.  If you are applying for multiple grants, submit one application per request.

Redden Grant Application Form

Deadline to apply: March 1, 2025 (application becomes available on the first day of spring semester classes)

Provost's Undergraduate Research Mentor Award

The Provost's Undergraduate Research Mentor Award recognizes faculty who exemplify the highest ideals of faculty/student engagement in research, scholarship, and creative activity. The award honors faculty whose mentoring serves as an example to the campus by combining a commitment to scholarship, professional, or creative work with innovative and effective undergraduate teaching. Recipients of this award contribute to their discipline through the development of their own scholarship or creative activity alongside that of their students. By maintaining active engagement within their field and bringing undergraduate students into the discipline, exemplary faculty mentors leverage their own professional, disciplinary and academic networks to the advantage of new scholars. To be eligible, applicants must provide evidence of undergraduate student research mentoring over the past academic year. Recipients are recognized at the Celebration of Scholarship and Creativity held each fall semester.

Provost's Undergraduate Research Mentor Application Form

Deadline to apply: March 1, 2025 (application becomes available on the first day of spring semester classes)

Achievement, Developing Resources/Innovation, Growth & Quality Awards

The following awards recognize faculty and staff for activities and qualities that support the initiatives of Lumpkin College's strategic plan.  Recipients are recognized at the Lumpkin College Spring Awards Banquet each spring semester. Nominate a colleague for one of these awards using the form below, so they can be recognized for their contributions to Lumpkin College.

ACHIEVEMENT: The individual nominated for this award is someone that overcomes challenges, recognizes accomplishments, promotes goal setting, problem solving, and continuous improvement in the classroom or in an administrative position. This individual embraces diversity that makes us better and stronger, and fosters an inclusive community.

DEVELOPING RESOURCES/INNOVATION: The individual nominated for this award has utilized their gifts, talents, and abilities to innovate in their job function, in the classroom or in an administrative position. The individual has displayed significant engagement in areas such as the community, industry connections, and professional organizations, all with a focus on developing versatile, professionally-prepared students. The individual has focused on innovation in the classroom, which has included undertaking innovative research activities to support classroom activities.

GROWTH & QUALITY: The nominated individual consistently works to grow the quality of the programs offered within Lumpkin College of Business and Technology by creating a positive and productive environment, searching for new and better processes, and fostering relationships among faculty, staff, and students. This individual also highly values integrity: pursuing fairness, advocating for diversity, encouraging respect, promoting truth, exemplifying ethical behavior, and valuing all people.

Nomination Form

Deadline to apply: March 1, 2025 (application becomes available on the first day of spring semester classes)