We are pleased to announce the call for nominations for the 2025-2026 Marilyn E. Demorest Faculty Advancement Award.

The Marilyn E. Demorest Faculty Advancement Award is conferred for a term of one year upon a UMBC faculty member. This fund is awarded, annually, to faculty who mentor and/or advise faculty and colleagues in their field.

Nominations (or self-nominations) for the 2025-2026 Marilyn E. Demorest Faculty Advancement Award should include:

• A letter of recommendation (or self-nomination)
• A current curriculum vitae of the nominee
• A personal statement of how the nominee would spend the year as the Marilyn E. Demorest Faculty Advancement Awardee. The statement should make clear the faculty member's contribution to mentoring and advising faculty. If a self-nomination, the statement may be included within the letter of self-nomination, rather than a separate statement.

Nominations (including self-nominations) for the 2025-2026 award are due to the Office of the Provost, uploaded via Box Drive here no later than December 8, 2025.

The Marilyn E. Demorest Faculty Advancement Award will be appointed by the provost based upon recommendation of the Honors and Awards Committee of the Faculty Senate. This year there will be one award which will allocate $3,000 to stipend and $500 to a discretionary expense account. Funds are to be used by June 1, 2027.

The faculty member's 2025-2026 contribution, as the Marilyn E. Demorest Faculty Advancement Awardee, to mentoring and advising faculty may involve new initiatives or build upon and enhance or extend prior work with or for faculty. The awardee may work with the Faculty Development Center to plan and implement projects.

If you have any questions, please contact Brynn Krasney via email at bkrasney@umbc.edu.

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