The Texas A&M University System (A&M System) Regents Awards
History
Regents Professor Award
The A&M System Board of Regents established the Regents Professor Award program in 1996. The purpose of this Award is to recognize and honor individuals at the rank of professor or equivalent who have provided exemplary service as faculty members not only to their university, agency or health science center component, but also to the community, the State of Texas, and/or at the international level. This award is specifically for faculty within the nine A&M System institutions (including Galveston campus), the System Health Science Center, and the Agricultural and Engineering Programs.
Regents Fellow Service Award
The A&M System Board of Regents established the Regents Fellow Service Award Program in 1998. The purpose of this Award is to recognize and honor service, extension and research professionals who have provided exemplary professional service to society that has created large and lasting benefits to Texas and beyond. This award is specifically for agency professionals in the eight A&M System agricultural and engineering agencies and is analogous to the Regents Professor Award Program.
Selection Process
Regents Professor and Regents Fellow service award nominations may be selected every year. A Call for Nominations for the Regents Awards go out from the Chancellor each January, for the current Fiscal Year, to all System Chief Executive Officers. In response to this Call, the CEOs initiate the nomination process within their institution. Upon receipt of nominations that emerge from this internal process, the CEO forwards nominations to the Chancellor by July of the current year. System components may choose not to submit nominations for the Regents Award.
Two System level committees review all Regents Award nominations for eligibility requirements. Upon completion of this review, and the Chancellor’s concurrence, nominees are notified and the formal action to grant designation of the Regents Professor Award and Regents Fellow Service Awards is submitted to the Board of Regents. Action by the Board most often occurs at the December Board meeting.
