When Dr. Dominick A. Iorio, Dean Emeritus, College of Liberal Arts and Science retired in 1997, an award for faculty research was established in his name. The award has been presented annually, with the recipients presenting their research publicly during the academic year.

  • 1997: Dr. Robin Leaver
  • 1998: Dr. Dominick Finello
  • 1999: Dr. Mohammad Ahsanullah
  • 2000: Dr. Susan Mandel Glazer
  • 2001: Dr. Mary Leck
  • 2002: Dr. Richard Butsch
  • 2003: Dr. Ilhan Meric
  • 2004: Dr. Donald C. Ambrose
  • 2005: Dr. Jack Sullivan
  • 2006: Dr. Ciprian Borcea
  • 2007: Dr. John Baer
  • 2008: Dr. Andrew Markoe
  • 2009: Dr. Roderick McDonald
  • 2010: Dr. Hope Corman
  • 2011: Dr. Stefan Dombrowski
  • 2012: Dr. James Jordan
  • 2013: Dr. James Riggs
  • 2014: Dr. Frank Rusciano
  • 2015: Dr. Wendy Heath
  • 2016: Dr. Anthony Bahri
  • 2017: Dr. Jonathan Mendilow
  • 2018: Dr. Mitchell Ratner
  • 2019: Dr. Heather Casey
  • 2020: Dr. Sheena Howard
  • 2021: Dr. Nadia Ansary
  • 2022: Ms. Melissa Hofmann
  • 2023: Dr. Catrinel Tromp