NM EPSCoR Mentor Awards
The NM EPSCoR Mentor Award recognizes NM SMART Grid Center team members who demonstrate excellence in supporting students’ academic, research, and career endeavors, and in creating inclusive environments for all students.
Excellent Mentors
- have strong interpersonal and professional relationships with their mentees, demonstrating personal traits of accessibility, honesty, empathy, consistency, and patience.
- tailor their mentoring styles and content to their mentee’s identity, including adjustments due to culture, ethnicity, gender, and/or age.
- demonstrate open-mindedness and create an inclusive environment for diverse students.
- work to advance their mentee’s academic, research, and professional goals in directions most desired by that individual, including advising in research, promoting opportunities outside of the classroom, assisting with successful transitions, and paying attention to the pragmatic aspects of career development.
Adapted from Rackham Graduate School (2015); Burroughs Wellcome Fund & HHMI (2006)
Nominations for the NM EPSCoR Mentor award are accepted each spring. Nominees must be a faculty or staff member, post doc, or graduate student who is an active participant in the NM SMART Grid Center.
NOMINATION INFORMATION
NM EPSCoR is seeking nominations for the 2023 NM EPSCoR Mentor Award which recognizes NM SMART Grid team members who demonstrate excellence in supporting students’ academic, research, and career endeavors, and in creating inclusive environments for all students. The deadline for students or postdocs to nominate their mentors is May 8, 2023. Nominated mentors will be contacted to provide a Statement of Mentoring Philosophy.
ELIGIBILITY FOR NOMINATION
Nominee must be a faculty or staff member, post doc, or graduate student who is an active participant in the NM SMART Grid Center.
NOMINATION INSTRUCTIONS
- Nominating student or postdoc: Complete online nomination form and statement of nomination (up to 500 words). Statement of nomination should address how the nominee exemplifies the characteristics of an excellent mentor. Deadline: May 8, 2023
- Nominated mentors will be notified of nomination and a Statement of Mentoring Philosophy will be requested.
AWARD CRITERIA
- Demonstration of excellent mentor characteristics (see above).
- Contribution to the success of undergraduate and graduate students in the NM SMART Grid Center.
REFERENCES
Burroughs Wellcome Fund and Howard Hughes Medical Institute. (2006). Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty, Second Edition. https://www.hhmi.org/developing-scientists/making-right-moves
Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan. (2018). How to Mentor Graduate Students: A Guide for Faculty. http://www.rackham.umich.edu/downloads/publications/Fmentoring.pdf
Questions?
Contact Selena Connealy at 505-217-5605 or connealy@epscor.unm.edu