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Nomination Procedures

Complete nomination packages will include:

  • A brief citation (25 - 30 words) describing the accomplishment(s) for which the individual is nominated. 
  • A Nomination Rationale (3-page maximum) that enumerates the ways in which the person reflects the purpose of this award, including scholarship, activism, and community building, and the impact of those activities;
  • The candidate’s curriculum vitae (5-page maximum);
  • A list of underrepresented students mentored with year PhD earned, institution and current employment. Please use the following templates:
  • A maximum of five supporting letters from students and three supporting letters from colleagues representative of the different spheres in which the candidate has demonstrated effort, results, and commitment. Letters of nominations for candidates who are not direct doctoral mentors must indicate how the nominee mentored graduate students before and during the graduate school years.
     
  • Nominations must be made in English.
  • Please note: Nominees can be nominated up to three times. If you know this candidate was previously nominated for either award, please indicate so in your Nomination Rationale.
     

Nominees will be reviewed on the following criteria:

  1. Candidate has mentored a significant number of students from underrepresented groups (i.e., women of all racial or ethnic groups; African American, Native American, and Hispanic men; and people with disabilities) who earned PhDs in a STEM field
  2. Candidate has shaped or impacted the climate of a department, college, or institution to significantly increase the diversity of students who earned STEM PhDs
  3. Candidate has demonstrated continued interest in the educational and professional development of students mentored before and during the pursuit of the STEM PhD
  4. Candidate has provided students with psychological support, encouragement, and essential strategies for life in the scholarly community before and during the pursuit of the STEM PhD