The M.G. Michael Award was established in 1944 to stimulate new initiatives in scholarship in all areas of the Arts and Sciences. The recipient is expected to conduct the research he or she has proposed and to submit a final report to the Dean fifteen months after receiving the grant. The College of Arts and Sciences makes available on a competitive basis each year a number of teaching release units that free faculty from teaching one course so that they can pursue research or course development. A faculty committee appointed by the Dean's Office will evaluate applications and recommend awards to the Dean, who makes final decisions. Applications will be judged on the quality and originality of each proposed project, potential for publication, significance, and similar factors.
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The Cultivar Development Research Program, sponsored by the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. and the Georgia Seed Development Commission, is an acknowledgment that exemplary work in the development of new cultivars will increase if there is support to advance the cultivar development program. The rationale of the program is that it will serve as a catalyst to increase support from both private and public sources. Funding for this program is provided from revenues generated from the commercialization of plant cultivars developed at the University of Georgia. Proposals involving the development of new programs, initiatives, or research facilities that will be beneficial to a group of faculty or faculty in more than one discipline are particularly encouraged. Awards can be one to three years in duration.