Use this form to submit materials for the 2020 UCSB Graduate Student Mentoring Award competition. Nominations must be submitted by Monday, May 18, 2020.

Please note the following important updates in the nomination process this year:
  • Departments may nominate a maximum of two (2) graduate students per year to be considered for the mentoring award
  • Departments should internally coordinate their selections, and nominations must be submitted by the department chair or faculty graduate program advisor
  • For programs and institutes not housed in academic departments but who wish to nominate a student, please coordinate recommendations through the student's home department

Each nomination packet must include:

  1. A nomination letter (maximum 2 pages) from a faculty mentor, program director, or program coordinator.
  2. A nomination letter (maximum 2 pages) from an undergraduate mentee of the nominee. This letter should describe a research project or course in which the ​nominee and the undergraduate mentee were involved.
  3. A statement from the graduate student nominee (maximum 2 pages) discussing the relevance of the mentoring experience on their own education and future career plans.
*Note: All materials should be submitted as a single PDF with a filename that includes the full name of the nominated student.

For more information about the award, including eligibility and detailed instructions on each application component, visit the award website.

If you have any questions, you may contact Shawn Warner (warnergarcia@ucsb.edu), Director of Professional Development for the Graduate Division.
Your role*
Which award are you nominating them for?*
The Fiona and Michael Goodchild Graduate Mentoring Award is available to students in the College of Engineering; Mathematical, Life, and Physical Sciences Division of the College of Letters and Science; and the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management. 

The Dean’s Graduate Mentoring Award is available to students in the Humanities and Fine Arts and Social Sciences Divisions of the College of Letters and Science and the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education.
Please upload your complete nomination packet below. Note that in order for the student to receive full consideration, the packet must include all 3 of the following components:  
  1. A nomination letter (maximum 2 pages) from a faculty mentor, program director, or program coordinator.
  2. A nomination letter (maximum 2 pages) from an undergraduate mentee of the nominee. This letter should describe a research project or course in which the ​nominee and the undergraduate mentee were involved.
  3. A statement from the graduate student nominee (maximum 2 pages) discussing the relevance of the mentoring experience on their own education and future career plans.
*Note: All materials should be submitted as a single PDF with a filename in the format STUDENTLASTNAME_STUDENTFIRSTNAME_NominationPacket.