The Charles Phelps Taft Distinguished Professorship is one of the highest honors available to faculty at the University of Cincinnati. The program is designed to reward our most outstanding faculty with a title and dedicated research line, affording monies to conduct and share research. The Distinguished Professorships are awarded based on scholarly distinction. Faculty with a strong reputation for outstanding scholarly and/or creative work, particularly scholarly work done in the recent past expected to continue into the future, will be most competitive. This honor is open to all Taft-eligible tenured (associate or full) faculty.
The award provides a title for a five-year period and $4,000 annually in research funds, for a total of $20,000 over the five-year period of the professorship. Each annual $4,000 allotment must be spent during the same fiscal year as the award granted unless prior approval from the Taft Director. Taft Distinguished Professors are expected to deliver an inaugural lecture/presentation to the UC community, serve on review committees during the five-year professorship, and participate Taft activities, as relevant.