2021 AAAS Mentor Awards

The 2020 American Association for the Advancement of Science Mentor Awards has been announced. It requires an extraordinary effort of mentorship and is highly prestigious. We’d like to bring your attention to the sponsor submission deadline of June 30, 2020.  

The two categories of the AAAS Mentor Awards (Lifetime Mentor Award and Mentor Award) both honor individuals who, during their careers, demonstrate extraordinary leadership to increase the participation of underrepresented groups in science and engineering fields and careers. These groups include women of all racial or ethnic groups; African American, Native American, and Hispanic men; and people with disabilities.

Both awards recognize an individual who has mentored and guided significant numbers of students from underrepresented groups to the completion of doctoral studies or who has impacted the climate of a department, college, or institution to significantly increase the diversity of students pursuing and completing doctoral studies. It is important to indicate in the nomination materials how the nominee’s work resulted in departmental and/or institutional change in terms of the granting of PhDs to underrepresented students. This can be documented not only with quantitative data but may also be demonstrated through the student and colleague letters of support.

Categories:

Lifetime Mentor Award: A prize of $5,000 will be awarded. This individual will have served in the role of mentor for 25 or more years.

Mentor Award: A prize of $5,000 will be awarded. This individual will have served in the role of mentor for less than 25 years.

Eligibility: The award is open to all individuals, regardless of nationality or citizenship, who have mentored students at a U.S. institution.

Nominations will be accepted from April 15- June 30, 2020

Nomination Procedures and details are available on this site: https://www.aaas.org/awards/mentor/about