Each year the University honors members of the faculty and staff who have demonstrated excellence in their teaching, research and community service. OFDAS coordinates the selection of Board of Regents, Chancellor Citation, and Clopton awardees and has pioneered the development of a quantitative screening and qualitative peer review procedure. OFDAS also coordinates the annual Faculty Honors and Awards Convocation which recognizes these and other award recipients during the Fall.

UH System

Board of Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching
The Board of Regents' Medal for Excellence in Teaching recognizes the importance students, the faculty, and the administration place on quality teaching on our campuses. This award pays tribute to faculty members for their extraordinary level of subject mastery and scholarship, teaching effectiveness and creativity, and personal values beneficial to students.
Excellence in Teaching Nomination Form

Board of Regents' Medal for Excellence in Research
The Board of Regents' Medal for Excellence in Research recognizes faculty members whose scholarly contributions expand the boundaries of knowledge and enrich the lives of students and the community. This Regents’ medal is awarded to a senior, an associate, and an assistant member of the UH faculty.

Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
The Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching is a memorial to the late Frances Davis, who taught mathematics at UH Manoa and Leeward CC for 19 years. Davis, who modeled teaching excellence, was directly responsible for the establishment of the math and science division at Leeward CC. At the request of the Davis family, this award honors faculty members in the University of Hawai'i system for their dedication to teaching and demonstration of excellence as teachers of undergraduate students.
Francis Davis Award

Hung Wo and Elizabeth Lau Ching Foundation Award for Faculty Service to the Community
This award recognizes significant contributions that strengthen ties between the university and the community. Established in 1997, it is presented annually to two faculty members (one female and one male) from Manoa and two individuals from other UH campuses.
Faculty Service to the Community Award

Willard Wilson Distinguished Service Award
The Willard Wilson Distinguished Service Award was established by the Board of Regents in 1969 in honor of retiring Board Secretary Willard Wilson to recognize extraordinary service and commitment to the University of Hawai’i.

President’s Award for Excellence in Building and Grounds Maintenance
Since the mid 1980s, this president’s award has honored employees in the UH system who exhibit dedication and sustained superior performance in a maintenance, landscaping, custodial, shop or trucking position.

UH Manoa

Chancellor's Citation for Meritorious Teaching
The Chancellor's Citation for Meritorious Teaching is a Manoa-based award that recognizes faculty who have made significant contributions to teaching and student learning.

Robert W. Clopton Award for Outstanding Service to the Community
The Robert W. Clopton Award for Outstanding Service to the Community recognizes a Manoa faculty member who was accepted a socially significant role as an intellectual leader and exemplar beyond the campus, and who has applied academic expertise to the improvement of the community.
Robert W. Clopton Award

Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Award
The Graduate Division established this award so that current or former students could nominate their faculty in order to recognize excellent mentoring - one of the foundations of outstanding graduate education. The UH
Manoa Graduate Council announced the first recipient of the award in 2005.

Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Service
The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Service recognizes a civil service and an administrative, professional and technical employee who demonstrated outstanding work performance, service, leadership and/or fosters excellence in higher education. Recipients are chosen, among other reasons, for their record of competence and efficiency, exceptional contributions in the attainment of program objectives, creative solutions to difficult problems, and integrity and dedication to the mission of a program.

UH Community Colleges

Masaki and Momoe Kunimoto Memorial Award for Outstanding Contribution to Vocational Education
The Kunimoto award recognizes a faculty member or student within the UH Community College system for outstanding achievement and significant contribution to career, vocational and technical education. The award was established by Tadashi and Elizabeth Nakaeda Kunimoto to honor their parents’ role in development of the food industry in Hawai‘i.

Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Service
This award acknowledges a civil service and/or administrative, professional or technical staff member of the community colleges for outstanding service to the university. The award was established in 1984 by a donor who wishes to remain anonymous.

UH Hilo

Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence
This award acknowledges the importance of quality teaching at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo and annually recognizes an instructor or lecturer who demonstrates outstanding subject mastery, teaching effectiveness, scholarship and creativity.