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SUNY Chancellor King Opens Nominations for Inaugural Chancellor’s Horizon Award for Faculty Research and Scholarship

Award to Honor 10 Early Career Faculty Across SUNY

ALBANY, N.Y. – Jan. 17, 2025 — State University of New York Chancellor John B. King Jr. called for nominations of the inaugural Chancellor’s Horizon Award for Faculty Research and Scholarship. The award will recognize 10 early career faculty recipients whose scholarly or creative activities have achieved significant recognition and hold strong promise for field-defining impact in the future. The deadline for nominations is Feb. 28. Interested individuals can find more information here. 

“During my visits to SUNY campuses, I am consistently astounded and inspired by the excellence of our faculty scholarship,” said King. “The Horizon Award is a celebration of our faculty’s work and I look forward to recognizing and applauding our inaugural cohort.”

“From research on AI and renewable energy to social sciences scholarship, SUNY faculty members are national leaders in public research and scholarship that advance solutions for society’s most pressing problems,” said SUNY Board Trustee Keith Landa “SUNY is committed to celebrating these distinguished efforts and we look forward to recognizing the groundbreaking work of our early career faculty members through the new Chancellor’s Horizon Award.”

Nominations will be reviewed by SUNY’s Distinguished Academy faculty, who will be supported by System Administration staff. Final recommendations will then be made to SUNY Executive Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs and Provost Melur K. “Ram” Ramasubramanian.

To be eligible for this award, nominees must be currently employed by one of SUNY’s 64 campuses for at least one year and still be employed at the time of submission. Additionally, faculty members must be on a tenure-track or hold tenured positions. Nominations must come from faculty with full professor status in the same or related department or division as the nominee and on the same campus. The nominator must have sufficient disciplinary expertise to determine the qualifications of the nominee for this award. Nominators are encouraged to nominate candidates who reflect the diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and expertise within the SUNY system. No self-nominations are allowed.

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The State University of New York is the largest comprehensive system of higher education in the United States, and more than 95 percent of all New Yorkers live within 30 miles of any one of SUNY’s 64 colleges and universities. Across the system, SUNY has four academic health centers, five hospitals, four medical schools, two dental schools, a law school, the country’s oldest school of maritime, the state’s only college of optometry, and manages one US Department of Energy National Laboratory. In total, SUNY serves about 1.4 million students amongst its entire portfolio of credit- and non-credit-bearing courses and programs, continuing education, and community outreach programs. SUNY oversees nearly a quarter of academic research in New York. Research expenditures system-wide are nearly $1.16 billion in fiscal year 2024, including significant contributions from students and faculty. There are more than three million SUNY alumni worldwide, and one in three New Yorkers with a college degree is a SUNY alum. To learn more about how SUNY creates opportunities, visit www.suny.edu.