Office of the Provost
Employee Checklist for Outstanding Professor/Researcher Application
To support this petition, the foreign national must provide substantial evidence from at least two examples of evidence from each of the six categories are listed below:
- Documentation of the receipt of major prizes or awards for outstanding achievements in the academic field;
- Documentation of membership in associations in the academic field which require outstanding achievements of their members;
- Documentation of participation on a panel, or individually, as the judge of the work of others in the same or an allied academic field. (This can be satisfied by showing that the foreign national has reviewed articles, served as a "referee" in scientific debates, served as a Ph.D. advisor, etc.)
- Published material in professional publications written by others about the individual's work in the academic field (including the title, date, and author of the material and any necessary translation) (Please note: a footnoted reference to the individual's work without evaluation, an unevaluated listing in a subject matter index, or a negative or neutral review of his or her work would be of little value.) However, peer reviewed articles in scholarly journals, letters from other scholars on how the professor or researcher has contributed to the field and entries in a citation index citing the work as authoritative in the field are solid pieces of evidence;
- Evidence of the authorship of scholarly books or articles, in scholarly journals with international circulation, in the academic field, or;
- Evidence of the foreign national's original scientific or scholarly research contributions to the academic field. (This can be evidenced by patents awarded, letters from other scholars in the field, etc.)
The alien must also provide three to five letters from senior people in the field attesting to the alien's significant contributions to and international reputation in the field. We recommend a variety of letters from people outside UNCG and outside the U.S. and from senior people in US government and industry. Basic contents of the letter should include:
- the position of the writer of the letter in the field (include a copy of the writer's CV);
- how the writer knows of the alien's work;
- how the alien's work has made significant or outstanding contributions to the field;
- references to the alien's outstanding reputation such as evidenced by presentations at national or international conferences, publications in national or international juried journals, memberships in selective associations or societies; receipts of prizes or awards;
- references or descriptions as to how the alien may benefit the U.S. in the future;
- a statement which refers to the alien as an "outstanding professor in the field of _____" or as an "outstanding researcher in the field of ______."
Please contact the Office of the Provost for examples.