Liberal Arts Dean's Faculty Mentoring Award

The College of Liberal Arts Dean's Faculty Mentoring Award recognizes an assistant, associate, full or professional track faculty member who has demonstrated outstanding dedication to and excellence in mentoring fellow faculty at UT-Austin. This annual award honors faculty for their leadership, programming, research, and guidance in the area of mentoring that supports other tenure track, tenured, and professional track faculty members at the University.

Selection Criteria

Full-time faculty members with an official academic appointment are eligible to be nominated. A faculty member must have a continuing appointment at The University of Texas at Austin in the year subsequent to their selection.
Visiting faculty and current administrators* are not eligible for this award.
Nominees should have served as a faculty mentor or created mentoring networks at UT-Austin, in a formal or informal capacity, to several junior and/or mid-career faculty over a continuous period and demonstrated success in the areas they mentor (e.g., research, teaching).
A demonstrated commitment to fostering the intellectual, creative, scholarly, and professional growth of their mentees so that they may function effectively and with measurable success at the University of Texas and at the national and/or international level.

*Center directors, department chairs, deans, associate deans, etc.

Award: $5,000

Application

A letter of nomination (no longer than 2 pages) describing the nominee's achievements in mentoring faculty. This statement should include details about their contributions to faculty mentorship. This statement might also address any scholarly contributions or research on the field of mentoring.
Supplemental material should include 1 supporting letter from a faculty colleague, collaborator, and/or postdoctoral fellow, that has been mentored by the nominee.
The nominee's C.V. that includes URLs for any relevant websites or publications.
Nominations (including self-nominations) are due Monday, February 26, 2024 by 5pm.
Submit material to UT Box Faculty Mentorship Submission folder.

Questions: Lisa B. Thompson, Advisor to the Dean for Faculty Mentoring & Support