This award is for tenure-track and tenured members of the Natural Sciences faculty. The award honors Elmer Samuel Imes, the second African American to have received a Ph.D. in physics in the United States and Willie Hobbs Moore, the first African American woman to have received a Ph.D. in physics in the United States. Both received their Ph.D.s from UM's Department of Physics. Nominations will be solicited from the Natural Sciences Chairs and Directors in January. Nominations are due before February 15.

The winner receives a $3,000 check and an award certificate, which are presented by the Dean at the first faculty meeting of the fall term.

Criteria – Persons nominated for this award should have made exceptional contributions toward recruiting and mentoring graduate students to the sciences from disadvantaged and non-traditional backgrounds.


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