| ECU Lifetime/Five-Year Achievement for Excellence in Research/Creative Activity Award | ||||||
| Year | Award | Awardees | Other Award | Cash Award | Dept | College / School |
| 1995-1996 | Lifetime Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Allan A. Glatthorn | Distinguished Research Professor of Education | $5,000 | Educational Leadership | Education, School of |
| 1995-1996 | Lifetime Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Myers, Robert D. | Distinguished Research Professor of Pharmacology | $5,000 | Pharmacology | Medicine, Brody School of Medicine |
| 1996-1997 | Lifetime Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Brinson, Mark M. | Distinguished Research Professor of Biology | $5,000 | Biology | Arts & Sciences, College of |
| 1996-1997 | (Distinguished Research Award) | Houmard, Joseph A. | n/a | $5,000 | Exercise & Sport Science | Health & Human Performance, School of |
| 1997-1998 | 5-Year Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Fishell-Andrews, Janette | Distinguished Professor of Music | $5,000 | Keyboard | Music, School of |
| 1997-1998 | 5-Year Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Metzger, W. James | Distinguished Research Professor of Medicine | $5,000 | Medicine | Medicine, Brody School of Medicine |
| 1998-1999 | 5-Year Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Hortobagyi, Tibor | n/a | $5,000 | Exercise & Sport Science | Health & Human Performance, School of |
| 1998-1999 | 5-Year Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Gemperline, Paul J. | Distinguished Research Professor of Chemistry | $5,000 | Chemistry | Arts & Sciences, College of |
| 1999-2000 | Lifetime Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Abdel-Rahman, Abdel A. | Distinguished Research Professor of Pharmacology | $5,000 | Pharmacology | Medicine, Brody School of |
| 1999-2000 | Lifetime Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Tardif, Paul J. | Distinguished Research Professor of Music | $5,000 | Music in Piano & Jazz Studies | Music, School of |
| 2000-2001 | Lifetime Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Yarbrough, Tinsley E. | Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science | $5,000 | Political Science | Arts & Sciences, College of |
| 2000-2001 | Lifetime Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Sullivan, C.W. | Distinguished Research Professor of English | $5,000 | English | Arts & Sciences, College of |
| 2001-2002 | 5-Year Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Smith, Charles Jeffrey | Distinguished Research Professor of Microbiology | $5,000 | Microbiology & Immunology | Medicine, Brody School of |
| 2001-2002 | 5-Year Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Jubran, Hanna | n/a | $5,000 | Art & Design | Art, School of |
| 2002-2003 | 5-Year Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Georgalis, Nicholas | Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy | $3,500 | Philosophy | Arts & Sciences, College of |
| 2002-2003 | Lifetime Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Mustafa, S Jamal | Distinguished Research Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology | $3,500 | Pharmacology & Toxicology | Medicine, Brody School of |
| 2002-2003 | Lifetime Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Christian, Robert R | Distinguished Research Professor of Biology | $3,500 | Biology | Arts & Sciences, College of |
| 2003-2004 | Lifetime Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Rastatter, Michael | n/a | $2,500 | Communication Sciences & Disorders | Allied Health Sciences, School of |
| 2003-2004 | Lifetime Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Wilentz, Gay | n/a | $2,500 | English | Arts & Sciences, Thomas Harriot College of |
| 2003-2004 | 5-Year Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Hickner, Robert | n/a | $2,500 | Exercise & Sport Science | Health & Human Performance, College of |
| 2003-2004 | 5-Year Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Billingsley, Carl | n/a | $2,500 | Art, School of | Fine Arts & Communication, College of |
| 2004-2005 | Lifetime Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Chalovich, Joseph M | Distinguished Research Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | $5,000 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Medicine, Brody School of |
| 2004-2005 | Lifetime Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Dohm, G. Lynis | Distinguished Research Professor of Physiology | $5,000 | Physiology | Medicine, Brody School of |
| 2004-2005 | 5-Year Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Eribo, Festus | n/a | $3,000 | Communication, School of | Fine Arts & Communication, College of |
| 2004-2005 | 5-Year Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Yang, Yu "Frank" | n/a | $3,000 | Chemistry | Arts & Sciences, Thomas Harriot College of |
| 2005-2006 | Lifetime Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | McCubrey, James A. | Distinguished Research Professor of Microbiology & Immunology | $5,000 | Microbiology & Immunology | Medicine, Brody School of |
| 2005-2006 | 5-Year Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Alderman, Derek | n/a | $3,000 | Geography | Arts & Sciences, Thomas Harriot College of |
| 2005-2006 | 5-Year Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Corbett, D. Reide | n/a | $3,000 | Geology | Arts & Sciences, Thomas Harriot College of |
| 2006-2007 | Lifetime Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Johnson, Jeffrey Carl | Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology | $5,000 | Sociology | Arts & Sciences, Thomas Harriot College of |
| 2006-2007 | 5-Year Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Everhart, D. Erik | n/a | $3,000 | Psychology | Arts & Sciences, Thomas Harriot College of |
| 2006-2007 | 5-Year Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Van Scott, Michael | n/a | $3,000 | Physiology | Medicine, Brody School of |
| 2007-2008 | 5-Year Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Bauer, Margaret D. | n/a | $3,000 | English | Arts & Sciences, Thomas Harriot College of |
| 2007-2008 | 5-Year Achievement Research/Creative Activity Award | Cortright, Ronald N. | n/a | $3,000 | Exercise & Sport Science | Health & Human Performance, College of |