This award recognizes field-shaping faculty at any stage in their post-tenure career at the University of Minnesota—especially those who have made significant advances in their careers at the University of Minnesota, whose national and international work and reputation has been identified as having helped define the trajectory of one or more academic fields, and whose accomplishments have brought great renown and prestige to Minnesota.
| Name | College | Year Awarded |
| Svitlana Mayboroda | College of Science & Engineering | FY17 (to FY20) |
| Brenda Child | College of Liberal Arts | FY19 (to FY23) |
| Marc Bellemare | College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | FY19 (to FY23) |
| Jean O'Brien | College of Liberal Arts | FY20 (to FY24) |
| Kevin Murphy | College of Liberal Arts | FY20 (to FY24) |
| Dan Harki | College of Pharmacy | FY20 (to FY24) |
| Tasoulla Hadjiyanni | College of Design | FY20 (to FY24) |
| Ran Blekhman | College of Biological Sciences | FY21 (to FY25) |