Each year, Montana State University honors its dedicated advisers, teachers and researchers with annual awards, recognizing achievements in faculty research, teaching, outreach and creative projects.

Honorees for Spring 2025 will be announced starting Jan. 20.

Date Award Honoree
January 2026
20 Academic Advising Award Jessi Peterson
21 Charles and Nora L. Wiley Award for Meritorious Research and Creativity (Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences) Gretchen Minton
22 Charles and Nora L. Wiley Award for Meritorious Research and Creativity (STEM) Jiong Qiu
23 Charles and Nora L. Wiley Award for Meritorious Research and Creativity (Professions) Elizabeth Rink
26 Cox Faculty Award for Creative Scholarship and Teaching Galen Brokaw
27 Excellence in Online Teaching Award Deborah Rinio
28 Excellence in Open Education Award  
29 Excellence in Outreach Teaching  
30 Fox Faculty Award for Accomplishments in Teaching, Research/Creative Activity  
February 2026
2 James and Mary Ross Provost's Award for Excellence  
3 Marley-Maben Native and Indigenous Peoples Leadership Award  
4 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Anna K. Fridley Distinguished Teaching Award  
5 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Anna K. Fridley Distinguished Teaching Award  
6 President's Award for Championing Campus Values  
9 President's Excellence in Teaching Award  
10 Provost's Award for Graduate Research/Creativity Mentoring  
11 Provost's Award for Undergraduate Research/Creativity Mentoring  
12 Teaching Innovation Award  
13 Vice President for Research's Award for Meritorious Technology/Service