HFA Faculty Research and Creative Activity Award

Three awards of $1,000 are made annually to recognize junior, mid-career, and senior HFA faculty for their outstanding contributions in scholarship, performance, or creative activity. Recipients are recognized at the end-of-year ceremony.

Deadline to nominate: Friday, October 30, 2026, 11:59 p.m. 
Nomination Form

Nomination and Selection 

• Full-time HFA faculty and lecturers on continuous appointments may be nominated. 
• Department chairs, department personnel committees, and directors of centers or institutes may nominate one faculty member from each of the following career categories: junior, mid-career, and senior. 
• Nominations require a 750-1,000-word statement highlighting the nominee’s accomplishments in scholarship, performance or creative activity. 
• Repeat nominations are allowed; nominators are encouraged to rotate nominees. 
• All nominations are confidential. 
• An ad-hoc committee ranks the nominations and submits their recommendation to the Dean.  The Dean’s finalists are announced in the spring.   

Award Management 

• The HFA Business Office transfers the award monies to the recipient's retention account.  
• Funding must be used in accordance with the University Business Expense Policy. 

Who to Contact 

Pari Riahi, priahi [at] umass [dot] edu (priahi[at]umass[dot]edu,) Associate Dean for Research & Engagement 

Amy Fleig, afleig [at] umass [dot] edu (afleig[at]umass[dot]edu), Director of Faculty Development and Programs