The Provost's Outstanding Academic Advising Award is designed to recognize and reward outstanding contributions made by University of Oklahoma professional and faculty academic advisers who have been determined to have demonstrated the qualities associated with outstanding academic of students. Two $1,500 award may be given annually to Norman Campus academic Advisers.

The Good Teaching Awards Program was introduced by the Standard Oil (Indiana) Foundation in 1966. The purpose of the program is to recognize excellence in teaching performance at the undergraduate level and to provide an incentive to achieve that goal. The University of Oklahoma has participated in the program since 1968. In 1973, the name of the foundation was changed to the AMOCO Foundation, Inc. and was changed to BP Amoco in the late 1990's. In 2003 the award was changed to the Good Teaching Award.

The Merrick Teaching Award shall be given to the faculty member who is considered most outstanding in bringing to students a better understanding and appreciation of the economic and political basis of American society. The citation given shall contain the following wording: "In recognition of outstanding achievement in bringing students a better understanding and appreciation of the American free enterprise system.” 

The Gateway to College Learning Award for Outstanding Teaching was established by the Office of Freshman Programs in University College in the summer of 1997 as an annual cash award of $500 presented to the Gateway instructor who best fulfills the award criteria. In addition, a permanent plaque in University College displays the winner's name and year of award. 

The David Ross Boyd Professorship was approved by the Board of Regents on June 14, 1945 and is named for the first President of the University. The first appointments were effective June 14, 1946. To qualify for a David Ross Boyd Professorship a faculty member must have consistently demonstrated outstanding teaching, guidance, and leadership for students in an academic discipline or in an interdisciplinary program within the University. When the professorship was first established, the policy provided that only two could named in one year and the terms were for five years, though the individuals could be reappointed. The appointments, now, are for life.