Interested in nominating a mentor or scientist for 2021?
Outstanding mentors are selected from among the top nominations for Distinguished Awards.
SACNAS Outstanding College/University Mentor
Nominee holds a faculty position at an undergraduate focused college or university. Nominee has a demonstrated record of encouraging historically underrepresented minority undergraduate students to pursue advanced degrees in a science, technology, engineering, mathematics or a related field.
SACNAS Outstanding Research and Professional Mentor
Nominee holds a faculty position at a university, industry, government or non-profit institution. Nominee has a demonstrated record of encouraging historically underrepresented minority students or professionals to pursue advanced degrees in a science, technology, engineering, mathematics or a related field.
SACNAS Outstanding Hispanic Student Mentor
Nominee holds a faculty position at a college, university, industry, government or non-profit institution. Nominee has a demonstrated record of encouraging Hispanic/Latinx students to pursue advanced degrees in a science, technology, engineering, mathematics or a related field.
SACNAS Distinguished Scientist Award
Nominee holds a faculty position at a community college. Nominee has a demonstrated record of encouraging historically underrepresented minority students to pursue advanced degrees in a science, technology, engineering, mathematics or a related field.
SACNAS Outstanding Native American Student Mentor
Nominee holds a faculty position at a college, tribal college, university, industry, government or non-profit institution. Nominee has a demonstrated record of encouraging Native American students to pursue advanced degrees in a science, technology, engineering, mathematics or a related field.
2020 Awardees
2020 SACNAS Outstanding Community College Mentor
Gabriela Chavira, PhD
Professor of Psychology at California State University Northridge
2020 SACNAS Outstanding Research + Professional Mentor
Patricia Silveyra, PhD
Associate Professor, Beerstecher-Blackwell Distinguished Term Scholar, and Director of the Biobehavioral Laboratory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2020 Outstanding Hispanic Student Mentor
Gerardo Cisneros, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry at University of North Texas and Co-Advisor of UNT-SACNAS Chapter
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