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²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ faculty who are interested in submitting applications for the 2020 Grisham Master Teacher Award, the Alumni Association Early Career Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award or the Alumni Association Graduate and/or Professional Teaching Excellence Award have until Oct. 15 to do so. After careful review, the University Instructional Improvement Committee will select and announce the winners before the end of the spring 2020 semester.

The eligibility requirements are:

• You must be teaching at least one course during fall 2019 or spring 2020 to be eligible for any award, to allow for in-class observation.
• To be eligible for the Grisham award, applicants must have at least seven years of experience at Mississippi State, primarily teaching undergraduates.
• To be eligible for the Alumni Association Early Career Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, applicants must have three to six years of experience at ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵteaching primarily undergraduates.
• To be eligible for the Alumni Association Graduate and/or Professional Teaching Excellence Award, applicants must have a minimum of three years of experience at ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵteaching primarily graduate students or professionals.

All current full-time faculty members at ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵwith the required years of service, regardless of rank, are eligible to apply for these awards.

Interested faculty must submit an electronic application in PDF form to the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President at grishamawards@provost.msstate.edu by Oct. 15.

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 to download the application cover letter.