<p> Nomination Form: Outstanding Mentor Award 2016</p><p>The Society of Fellows announces the 2015 Outstanding Mentor Award to honor the considerable dedication of faculty who consistently and enthusiastically serve as effective mentors to graduate students and postdocs. The award recipient will be honored with a plaque and $500 in funding to support team building or training efforts in his or her lab. The awardee will be announced during the SOF Lightning Talks Symposium September 22, 2016. </p><p>Nomination criteria: Postdocs and graduate students may nominate any faculty member who has guided and contributed to their personal or professional development through a mutually trusting and respectful relationship. We seek nominations of faculty who:  Develop mentees’ research and professional skills;  Respect and support scholars’ goals;  Offer valuable career planning and job search assistance; and  Model effective leadership.</p><p>Selection process: Nominations will be reviewed by TSRI’s Director of Graduate Studies, members of the SOF Executive Committee, and the Career and Postdoctoral Services Office. </p><p>Updated re-submissions of prior applications are allowed and encouraged. With a submitted 2016 nomination form, mentors nominated in previous years will be considered. Nomination materials submitted in previous years are already on file. Prior award recipients are not eligible.</p><p>Nominations are due by Friday, August 12, 2016</p><p>Nominee ______</p><p>Nomination submitted by______</p><p>Email ______Phone______</p><p>To this form, attach the following items: □ Letter(s) of nomination (3 page limit per letter): Addressing the nomination criteria above, describe the nominee’s experience and effectiveness as a research mentor. Multiple letters are welcome. Current and former students and postdocs and nominee’s colleagues can submit nominations. □ Mentor’s current curriculum vitae □ Other supporting information (optional): Supplemental information on accomplishments of individual mentees, positions held by former students or postdocs after leaving TSRI, programs implemented by the mentor, and/or examples of creative mentoring.</p><p>To Submit application (or for questions) email Career Development Co-Chair Michael Ledbetter, [email protected]</p>