Applications will be evaluated based on research and creative activity, including publications, grants and contracts, presentation of papers and major speeches, and honors and awards; service on doctoral dissertation committees and master's thesis committees; service to the discipline; and external letters of review. Applicants will be screened by their Department Faculty Status Committees, and those candidates that are sent forward will be evaluated by the College Faculty Status Committee. The Dean will make the final selection from a list of finalists sent forward from the CFSC. “Excellent undergraduate and graduate programs depend on having faculty engaged in making original contributions to the scholarship in their disciplines,” said Associate Dean Sam Catanzaro. “We in the College are doing all we can to recognize and reward both excellent teaching and outstanding research. These awards will send a strong signal that the College supports its outstanding faculty.”