Please use this form to submit a recommendation for a non-tenure-track faculty member, instructor, staff member, postdoctoral researcher, or graduate student to be considered for the Undergraduate Research Mentor Award.  Those who are nominated  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