The Sybil Weir/John Galm Award is designed to assist junior faculty in establishing and developing their careers at San José State University.  The award is intended to support research, travel to present at conferences, and/or acquisition of materials related to teaching or scholarship. A longtime professor and Chair of the English Department, Dr. John Galm, established the Weir/Galm Endowment in 1995 in memory of his wife, Dr. Sybil Weir.  Dr. Weir also had a long career at San José State University.  She was Professor of English and Associate Dean of the College of Humanities and the Arts; she also served as Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs.  The Weir/Galm Endowment Award is intended to enhance the careers of new faculty members according to the wishes of Dr. Weir and Dr. Galm

Eligibility:

Pre-tenure faculty members are eligible for this award.  All disciplines are welcome. In keeping with the wishes of the donors, preference will be given to proposals that address issues of diversity (broadly defined).

Award:  

It is expected that one (1) award of a maximum of $2,500 will be made.  Awards are subject to IRS tax.  Funds will be made available to awardees by December 2, 2020, and MUST be expended by March 16, 2021. (In years past, awards periods extended through the Spring and Summer, but because of recent changes in the reporting requirements, all funds must be EXPENDED by the March 15th deadline. Please consider this as you develop your proposal.)

Application Deadline: 

Proposals are due by November 6, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. Please fill out this form.

Past Awardees:

Year	Name	Department	College
1995	M. Hase	Social Sciences	Social Sciences
1996	Susan Debari	Geology	Science
1996	Mary McVey	Child & Adolescent Develop.	Education
1997	Alice Hines	Social Work	Social Work
1998	Udeme Ndon	Civil & Enviro. Engineering	Engineering
1999	Joseph Merighi	Social Work	Social Work
2000	Marcos Pizarro	Mexican American Studies	Social Sciences
2001	Rona Halualani	Communication Studies	Social Sciences
2002	Kathleen Evans	Secondary Education	Education
2004	Jennifer Madigan	Special Education	Education
2005	Ellen Hartinger-O'Connor	History	Social Sciences
2006	Persis Karim	English	Humanities & Arts
2007	Anne Roesler	Health Sciences	Applied Sciences & Arts
2008	Susan Lambrecht	Biological Sciences	Science
2009	Carlos Sanchez	Philosophy	Humanities & Arts
2015	Silke Higgins	University Library	Library
2015	Sarika Pruthi	Global Innovation & Leadership	Business
2015	Aaron Romanowsky	Physics & Astronomy	Science
2017	Hyojin Lee	Marketing & Decision Sciences	Business
2018	Ningkun Wang	Chemistry	Science
2019	Robert Marx	Child & Adolescent Dev.	Education