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The Graduate Dean’s Excellence in Mentorship Award recognizes full-time regular UAB faculty members who have demonstrated exceptional commitment as mentors of graduate students and /or postdoctoral fellows. Eligibility is limited to full-time UAB graduate faculty members who hold a primary appointment in one of the 10 schools other than the Graduate School, or in a Joint Health Sciences department. The individual must have held faculty status at UAB for a minimum of three years and may receive the award only once in any five-year period. 

Any member of the graduate student body, postdoctoral community, faculty, or alumni may initiate a nomination by completing and submitting, by the announced deadline, a nomination package consisting of: 1) a nomination form; 2) the nominee's CV; 3) a list of current and former UAB graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, their current status, and other achievements; 4) five letters of support from fellow faculty members and current and former trainees, including email addresses (a minimum of five letters is required for the nominee to be eligible for the award); and 5) a short bio from the mentor not to exceed 200 words. 

Nominations must be submitted to Kimberly Eaton (kimeaton@uab.edu) no later than February 7, 2024.

For more information and to nominate a faculty member, visit https://www.uab.edu/graduate/faculty-staff/graduate-faculty/award-for-mentorship

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