1. Office of External Faculty Recognition (OEFR) http://oefr.tamu.edu
Academic Analytics collects data on ~6000 awards
Awards are Highly Prestigious, Prestigious, and undesignated.
2016 AA data for research-intensive faculty: TAMU had awards, 80 HP
TAMU lags behind peers.
Where are we now?
TAMU Rank Among AAU Public Institutions for Number of Awards per Faculty Member
All Awards
Prestigious Awards
Highly Prestigious awards
25/34
(no change)
26/34
(down 1)
30/34
(up 1)

2. #18 TAMU [#21 in 2015]

3. #Tied #21-23 TAMU

4. Tie #32-33 TAMU
[no change from FY2015])

5. #32 TAMU

6. Scholarly Research Index:
The z-score of weighted totals for all areas of research activity
(0=population mean)
Articles:
Citations:
Conf. Proceedings:
Books:
Grants:
Awards: No Limit
TAMU SRI = 0.2
(tied 25-29/34)

7. What are the award opportunities?
NRC lists (prepared in 2006) – Highly Prestigious (HP) and Prestigious (P) awards
Association of American Universities (AAU) – counts NRC HP awards. Will update in collaboration with Academic Analytics.
Stepping stone awards (Fellows, Society Medals, Early Career Awards, etc.). We are adding to AA lists.
We are building a dynamic database with award names, descriptions, nomination information and past winners from TAMU.
Arts and Humanities HP=62
Physical Sciences & Engineering HP=73
Social Sciences HP=24
Life Sciences HP=54

8. Who should be nominated?
Identify candidates by use of Academic Analytics tools
Faculty member’s research productivity exceeds recognition