The College of Liberal Arts Dean's Faculty Mentoring Award recognizes an assistant, associate, full or professional track (non-tenure track) faculty member who has demonstrated outstanding dedication to and excellence in mentoring fellow faculty at UT-Austin. This new annual award honors faculty for their leadership, programming, research, and guidance in the area of mentoring that supports other tenure track, tenured, and professional track faculty members, particularly from underrepresented populations at the University.
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- Full-time faculty members with an official academic appointment are eligible to be nominated. A faculty member must have a continuing appointment at The University of Texas at Austin in the year subsequent to their selection.
- Visiting faculty and current administrators* are not eligible for this award.
- Nominees should have served as a faculty mentor or created mentoring networks at UT-Austin, in a formal or informal capacity, to several junior and/or mid-career faculty over a continuous period and demonstrated success in the areas they mentor (e.g., research, teaching).
- A demonstrated commitment to fostering the intellectual, creative, scholarly, and professional growth of her/his their mentees so that they may function effectively and with measurable success at the University of Texas and at the national and/or international level.
*Center directors, department chairs, deans, associate deans, etc.
Award: $5,000 in research support
Application
- A letter of nomination (no longer than 2 single-spaced pages) describing the nominee's achievements in mentoring faculty. This statement should include details about his or her their contributions to faculty mentorship. This statement might also address any scholarly contributions or research on the field of mentoring.
- Supplemental material should include 2 1 supporting letters letter from a faculty colleaguescolleague, collaboratorscollaborator, and/or postdoctoral fellowsfellow, that have has been mentored by the nominee.
- The nominee's C.V. that includes URLs for any relevant websites or publications.
- Nominations (including self-nominations) are due Friday, April 1March 3, 20222023.
- Submit material to UT Box Faculty Mentorship Submission folder.
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