Presented by the Academic Senate and the Teaching and Learning Center, the awards recognize teachers for their achievements. Anyone who teaches graduate and/or undergraduate students, and meets the program’s criteria, may be nominated. The goal of the awards is to increase awareness of UCLA’s leadership in teaching and public service by honoring individuals who bring respect and admiration to teaching at UCLA.
Please visit the Center for the Advancement of Teaching site for more information and contact awards@teaching.ucla.edu for any inquiries.
Award Amount and Details
There are three award categories:
- Distinguished Teaching Award: Senate Faculty (6 Senate members)
- Distinguished Teaching Award: Non-Senate Faculty (3 Non-Senate faculty)
- Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award (5 Teaching Assistants)
The Senate faculty and Non-Senate awardees receive $6,000, and teaching assistant recipients receive $2,500. A $20,000 Dissertation Year Fellowship Award from the UCLA Graduate Division will also be given to teaching assistants who are eligible. In addition, awardees are honored at the annual Andrea L. Rich Night to Honor Teaching ceremony at the Chancellor’s Residence.
Deadlines and Date Information
- Nominations for Senate Faculty open on Monday, January 8, 2024 and are due by 5:00pm on Friday, February 2, 2024
- Nominations for Teaching Assistants open on Monday, February 5, 2024 and are due by 5:00pm on Friday, March 1, 2024
- Nominations for Non-Senate Faculty open on Monday, March 4 and are due by 5:00pm on Monday, April 1, 2024
Eligibility Information
- A Department, Interdepartmental Degree Program (IDP), Center for Interdisciplinary Instruction (CII), or other Academic unit offering regular undergraduate, graduate, or professional instruction may submit no more than one nomination per category for this award
- Self-nominations will not be accepted