Please use this form to submit a recommendation for a faculty member to be considered for the K. Barbara Schowen Undergraduate Research Mentor Award. Nominated faculty members will be notified and requested to fill out a brief application that includes a list of undergraduate students mentored.

Evaluation criteria:

Though they may not meet all of the criteria listed below, these awardees typically:

• establish expectations clearly
• actively and effectively guide students' research, creative projects and development, helping them to move from directed toward independent research and creative work
• maintain high standards for undergraduate performance
• encourage students to share the results of their work as appropriate to the discipline (e.g., meetings, conferences, exhibits, performances, publications)
• actively prepare students for success in applications to future careers and/or graduate and professional schools
• actively encourage and support the participation of students from underrepresented backgrounds in undergraduate research
• go above and beyond the average mentoring expectations for people in that department or at that stage in their career
• actively support departmental efforts to encourage undergraduate research