Skip to main content
University of Florida UF Research

Nominations are now open!

The AI & Informatics Research Institute and Research Computing are honoring researchers who have made significant contributions to AI, Informatics, or Computing. 

To nominate a candidate for an AI Research award, you will need to submit the following:

  1. The name and college of the person submitting the nomination
  2. The award category
    • AI Research Excellence Award
    • AI Research Early Career Award
    • AI Research Dissertation Award
    • HiPerGator Pioneering Team Award
    • HiPerGator Early Career Award
  3. The name, college, and department of the nominee
  4. A description of the nominee’s contributions in the award category (500 words)
  5. A PDF copy of the nominee’s CV or resume
  6. Supplemental Materials can be submitted as PDFs. Supplementary materials can include up to three additional letters of support and up to two sample research products.

Award Categories and Eligibility

AI Research Excellence Award

UF AI Research Excellence Award is to honor faculty or staff who have made exceptional and impactful research contributions in AI.

Sponsored by the UF Artificial Intelligence and Informatics Research Institute

Eligibility: Nominee must be UF faculty or staff. 



AI Research Early Career Award

UF AI Research Early Career Award is to honor early career rising stars and future leaders of the UF AI Research community.

Sponsored by the UF Artificial Intelligence and Informatics Research Institute

Eligibility: Nominee must be a tenure-track UF faculty member (i.e., pre-tenure faculty) OR a UF staff member, non-tenure track faculty member, research scientist or post-doctoral researcher prior to promotion with no more than ten years in their current beginning professional role at the time of nomination.



AI Research Dissertation Award

UF AI Research Dissertation Award is to honor UF PhD Students who have successfully completed an outstanding PhD dissertation in AI.

Sponsored by the UF Artificial Intelligence and Informatics Research Institute

Eligibility: Nominee must be a current or former UF PhD Student that successfully passed their dissertation defense within the past one year at the time of nomination.



HiPerGator Pioneering Team Award

The HiPerGator Pioneering Team Award is to honor research teams who have made impactful contributions using HiPerGator

Sponsored by the UF Research Computing

Eligibility: Any student, faculty or staff member at any Florida institution that is a user of HiPerGator.



HiPerGator Early Career Award

The HiPerGator Early Career Award is to recognize early career rising stars for their individual contributions enabled by HiPerGator.

Sponsored by UF Research Computing

Eligibility: Nominee must be a undergraduate or graduate student OR tenure-track faculty member (i.e., pre-tenure faculty) OR a staff member, non-tenure track faculty member, research scientist or post-doctoral researcher prior to promotion with no more than ten years in their current beginning professional role at the time of nomination. Nominees for this award are open to any individual meeting the above criteria at a Florida institution who is a user of HiPerGator.



Nominate for 2025 AI Research Award

AI Research Nominations

Applications for the 2025 AI Research Awards are open now through September 22, 2025. Winners will be announced at AI Days: Research and Teaching, October 28, 2025. 

Future
AI Research Nominations

Applications for the 2026 AI Research Awards will open April 1, 2026. Nominations will close May 31, 2026. Winners will be announced at AI Days: Research and Teaching in Fall of 2026.