Teaching Incentive Program – College of Medicine

Program Overview

The UCF Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) rewards excellence in instructional activities. TIP awards align with UCF’s strategic plan, Unleashing Potential, especially in priority areas focused on Student Success and Well-Being as well as Community and Culture.

The specifics of the COM-TIP program were developed through consultation between Academic Affairs and the Faculty Senate Steering Committee.

Funding

There will be a minimum of 2 awards for the college.

Regardless of the contract length (9-months or 12-months), award recipients will receive a one-time award of $5,000 as soon as practicable and a $5,000 increase to their salary effective at the beginning of the succeeding academic year.

Eligibility

A faculty member will be considered eligible for an award when all of the criteria are met:

1. The faculty member must be on a full-time, 9- or 12-month tenured or tenure-track appointment with the rank of professor, associate professor, or assistant professor; or be a full-time 9- or 12-month employee who is appointed to a rank which is equivalent to professor, associate professor, or assistant professor; or be on a full-time appointment as an instructor or a lecturer; or be on a multi-year non-tenure track appointment. Faculty on visiting (or similar temporary) appointments and faculty on less than full-time appointments are not eligible for these awards.

2. The faculty member must have a substantial teaching commitment at the University through classroom instruction during the past four academic years.

3. The faculty member must have not received a TIP award within the last five academic years.

Application Materials

Applications are submitted through Faculty Insight. Please contact your dean’s office for more information.

Step 1: Intent to Apply (10/13/26 – 11/30/26)

• Submit the Intent to Apply – RIA & TIP form by 11/30/26.
  • If you intend to apply for both RIA and TIP, submit the form once for each award.

Step 2: Candidate Packet Build (11/16/26 – 1/11/27)

• Build and submit the application package in Faculty Insight. Submission Deadline: 1/11/27
• Application Materials:
  • Text Box Narratives:
    • Teaching and Learning Philosophy Statement (3000 characters – approximately 428-750 words or fewer)
      • Describe your teaching and learning philosophy
    • Summary of Instructional Activities (3000 characters – approximately 428-750 words or fewer)
      • Provide a summary of your instructional activities.
    • Summary Statement of Impact of Instruction (3000 characters – approximately 428-750 words or fewer)
      • Provide a statement supporting the impact of your instruction.
  • Supporting Materials / Uploads:
    • Current Curriculum Vitae
    • List of Courses Taught
      • A summary table of courses taught over the past four (4) academic years.
    • Annual Assignments
      • A summary table listing, by year, the FTE for all categories for which you had assigned duties (e.g., teaching, research, service) on your annual assignments for each of the past four (4) academic years.
    • Annual Evaluations
      • A summary table listing, by year, the rating for each category of evaluation assessment (e.g., outstanding, above satisfactory, etc.) on your annual evaluations for each of the past four (4) academic years.
    • Student Evaluations 
      • A one- to two-page summary table of student evaluation results (e.g., by year, by modality, comparison to department, college, UCF).
      • Copies of Student Evaluation Documents. The Course Summaries and Overall Semester Summaries from the past four (4) academic years. Comments documents are optional, but if including comments from a course section, all comments from that course section must be included.
    • Examples of Teaching Products (Optional – Maximum of Three)
      • Applicants may attach materials to support their application. Should supporting materials be included in the application, include (as appropriate) a table of contents, section cover pages and other organizational features to clearly delineate the materials and assist the reviewer in understanding its value in relation to the application. A maximum of three PDF uploads are permitted. Examples include course syllabi, teaching tools, documentation of teaching awards and recognition, and documentation of grants related to teaching. Examples must be from the last four (4) academic years and selected to provide evidence of quality rather than quantity.

Please do not use Adobe Portfolio.  

Step 3: College/Division Committee Review (1/12/27 – 2/12/27)

Step 4: Dean Review (2/13/27 – 3/8/27)

Step 5: Administrative Verification (3/9/27 – 3/15/27)

Step 6: Notification (TBD)

Evaluation and Awards Process

College committees for the TIP award program shall be elected by and from the full-time faculty.

The committee will consist of four members across departments, in addition to one nominated by the Dean. Previous TIP award winners will be encouraged to serve on the review committee. Employees who plan to apply for a particular award in the current or immediately following cycle shall not be eligible to serve on the committee. A committee chairperson shall be elected by and from the college committee. The chairperson shall charge the committee that members shall only consider the merits of the application. No additional outside information or discussion of position, e.g., instructor vs. tenure track faculty, past awards, current salary, etc., may be considered.

After their review, the committee shall submit a ranked list of recommended applicants to the dean or dean’s representative. In ranking the applicants, committee members shall only consider the merits of the application. Applications that are not deemed acceptable for an award shall be left unranked. For completed applications, departures from the application specifications may impact but shall not disqualify an application.

The committee chair will transmit this ranked list to the dean or dean’s representative. If the selection committee awards fewer than the number of awards available or if the dean does not approve an award from the list submitted by the selection committee, then the award(s) shall be retained in the same college for one additional cycle before it is returned to the overall pool for apportionment.

If the selection committee awards fewer than the number of awards available or if the dean or unit head does not approve an award from the list submitted by the selection committee, then the award(s) shall be retained in college for one additional cycle before it is returned to the overall pool for apportionment.

The president, on recommendation from the provost, will give the final approval for award recipients. After the approval by the president, each college will notify all nominees of the results, including an explanation of the unit’s reasons for its recommendations.