Outstanding Mentor Awards

Nominee must hold a faculty, leadership, or similar position at a community college. Nominee should demonstrate a record of encouraging students from backgrounds underrepresented in STEM, to pursue advanced degrees in a science, technology, engineering, mathematics or a related field.

Nominee must hold a faculty, leadership, or similar position at an undergraduate focused college, tribal college, or university. Nominee should demonstrate a record of undergraduate students from backgrounds underrepresented in STEM, to pursue advanced degrees in a science, technology, engineering, mathematics or a related field.

Nominee must hold a faculty, leadership, or similar position at a university, industry, government, tribal college or non-profit institution. Nominee should demonstrate a record of encouraging students or professionals from backgrounds underrepresented in STEM, to pursue advanced degrees in a science, technology, engineering, mathematics or a related field. In particular, the nominee should have a record of trainees who have gone on to receive recognition for their research (awards, grants) and/or have attained successful research careers.

Nominee should hold a faculty leadership or similar position at a college, tribal college, university, industry, government or non-profit institution. In particular, the Nominee should have a demonstrated record of encouraging students, with a significant focus on Native American students, to pursue advanced degrees in a science, technology, engineering, mathematics or a related field.

Nominee should hold a senior position at a college, university, industry, government or non-profit institution (faculty, senior scientist, dean, administrator etc.). Nominee should demonstrate a record of encouraging students, with a significant focus on Hispanic/Latinx students, to pursue advanced degrees in a science, technology, engineering, mathematics or a related field.