Award Nomination Process
The Faculty Excellence in Mentoring Award is presented to three individual faculty members who have demonstrated significant commitment to effective mentorship of junior faculty, residents, fellows, postdoctoral scholars and/or students in academic medicine and health sciences. Awardees are recognized at our annual Health Sciences Mentoring Excellence Celebration and receive $1,000 to support their mentorship activities.
Nominations must include:
- nomination letter (self-nomination or from your department chair, division chief, or senior UC San Diego faculty member) describing why the nominee merits recognition as an outstanding mentor and how the nominee has contributed to the career success of a range of their mentees
- curriculum vitae highlighting the nominee’s mentoring activities and any mentoring awards previously received
- optional supporting letters (limit 2) from previous and current mentees, describing the nominee’s contributions to mentoring excellence with particular attention to formal and informal mentoring activities
In addition to individual faculty members, this year, we are introducing the opportunity for a department or division to be honored for their mentoring excellence demonstrated by providing long-term support for the accomplishments and advancement of UC San Diego Health Sciences faculty. This award signifies the lasting impacts of robust mentorship efforts, such as successful training of effective and culturally responsive mentorship, essential career development programs, and a substantial number of FMTP-trained faculty within a department or division.
Nominations must include:
- nomination letter submitted by the Department Chair, Division Chief, or Department Mentor Director(s) (DMDs) detailing the following:
- proportion of faculty who are FMTP-trained (e.g., X out of Y total faculty have been trained)
- mentorship training other than FMTP provided training (e.g., retreats)
- mentor pairing approach that is thorough, active and successful
- any career development programming in support of file development for success in promotion and advancement at UC San Diego
- any additional mentoring related program evaluation data
- supporting letters (limit 2) from faculty mentees describing the impact of the effective mentoring efforts on the individual and/or department/division
Faculty Excellence in Mentoring Awardees and the Department Chair, Division Chief, or Department/Division Mentor Director(s) (DMDs) will be honored at the 7th Annual Health Sciences Mentoring Excellence Celebration on Wednesday, November 6, 2024 from 5:00 - 7:00 PM and must be able to attend the event.
Nominations for the 2024 Health Sciences Faculty Excellence in Mentoring Awards are now closed.
The Health Sciences Faculty Excellence in Mentoring Awards does not consider gender, race, color, national origin or any other protected status as part of the nomination and selection process.