Student Mentoring Awards Guidelines

THE COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES EXCELLENCE IN STUDENT MENTORING AWARDS

Application Criteria and Guidelines

Deadline: February 7th, 2025

The CNS Excellence in Student Mentoring Awards recognize and honor faculty who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to mentoring CNS graduate and undergraduate students. Two awards will be made each year: one for graduate student mentoring and one for undergraduate student mentoring. 

Eligibility

  • All CNS faculty are eligible to be nominated for this award.
  • Faculty who received this award or another University mentoring award in the past five years are not eligible.
  • Nominations can be made by any CNS student or faculty member.
  • Recipients receive a $1000 honorarium.

Award Criteria:

  • Successful nominees will have demonstrated exceptional mentoring of graduate and/or undergraduate students. Exceptional mentoring may include mentoring of individual students, facilitating/creating mentoring communities, and/or building infrastructure to support student peer mentoring.
  • Nominees may be at any stage of their career.

The Nominating Process:

Use this form to submit a nomination (Nomination Form). You will be asked to provide:

  • A nomination letter written by a CNS faculty member or student (maximum two pages). The letter should:
    • outline the case for why and how the nominee has met the award criteria;
    • indicate the relationship between the nominator and nominee.
  • An abbreviated CV that includes a list of mentoring activities (maximum five pages).
  • An optional letter of support from a colleague or student. The letter should:
    • demonstrate how the nominee meets the criteria for the award;
    • describe the relationship between the letter writer and nominee.

Deadline:

Nominations for the CNS Excellence in Student Mentoring Awards are due no later than 5 p.m. on February 7th, 2025.