The Weir/Galm Award Program

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:

Tenure-track 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.

Application:

Please submit and attach all appropriate application materials via our Fall 2025 Weir/Galm Award Application

Award:  

One award of up to $2500 will be provided to the recipient via a Tower Foundation account.

Current award recipients:

2025 - 2026

  • Veneice Guillory-Lacy - Department of Counselor Education
  • Eleni Duret - Department of Humanities
Past award recipients:

2024

  • Grace Poon Ghaffari - Counselor Education
  • Christine Vega - Chicana and Chicano Studies

2021

  • Janet Bang - Child & Adolescent Development

2020

  • Saili Kulkarni - Special Education

2019

  • Robert Marx - Child & Adolescent Development

2018

  • Ningkun Wang - Chemistry 

2017

  • Hyojin Lee - Marketing and Business 

2015

  • Silke Higgins - University Library
  • Sarika Pruthi - Global Innovation & Leadership
  • Aaron Romanowsky - Physics & Astronomy

2009

  • Carlos Sanchez - Philosophy, Humanities & Arts

2008

  • Susan Lambrecht - Biological Sciences

2007

  • Anne Roesler - Health Sciences, Applied Sciences & Arts

2006

  • Persis Karim - English, Humanities & Arts

2005

  • Ellen Hartinger - O'Connor - History, Social Sciences

2004

  • Jennifer Madigan - Teacher Education

2002

  • Kathleen Evans - Secondary Education

2001

  • Rona Halualani - Communication Studies

2000

  • Marcos Pizarro - Mexican American Studies

1999

  • Joseph Merighi - Social Work

1998

  • Udeme Ndon - Civil & Environmental Engineering

1997

  • Alice Hines - Social Work

1996

  • Susan Debari - Geology
  • Mary McVey - Child & Adolescent Development

1995

  • M. Hase - Social Sciences