Mentor Award

Our Mentor Award recognizes campus individuals supporting undergraduates on research and creative projects, regardless of UROP funding.听Award recipients will听have the option to award an Assistantship to an eligible undergraduate of their choosing in the next academic year. Check out the听2023 announcement听and nominate your mentor!

Nominations due by 5pm on April 12, 2024

Mentor Eligibility

Tenured/tenure-track听research faculty, teaching faculty, postdocs and graduate students听at the 麻豆影院 and Anschutz Medical Campus are eligible for UROP's Mentor Award. Students are invited to nominate their mentors regardless of program funding, and we welcome submissions from early-stage researchers and creative practitioners.听Students are able to submit group nominations by including a list of additional contributors on the form.

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Prepare a Nomination

1,000 word maximum: Explain how your mentor has excelled in the following:

Training
Professional Development
Ongoing Support
Evaluations and Feedback
Impact on Learning and Development

2023 Mentor Awards

Christine Brennan

Assistant Professor
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

Nominated by Abigail Matthews

I decided I wanted to pursue a career in research, not only because she empowered me to do so, but she also made it realistic. I hope to follow in her footsteps one day and help students as much as she helped me.

Research Associate
Vignesh Kasinath Lab, Biochemistry

Nominated by Malavika Vinod

Ash is very open about their research and experiences.听 Getting to know about their daily life in a research lab, their hobbies, and the experiences they have had听is what got me interested in research as a career.

Jordy Bouwman

Assistant Professor
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) / Chemistry

Nominated by Jackson Cahn

I learned how collaborative research is鈥攚ith people coming together to discuss and converge onto hypotheses and solutions. This was something really new for me, and I think it will benefit my professional development.