Distinguished Awards

Nominations submitted under this category are considered for Outstanding Community College Mentor Award, Outstanding College/University Mentor Award, or Outstanding Research & Professional Mentor Award, as applicable.

• Nominee's Full Name and Credentials

• Tribal affiliation (if any)

• Current Position/Title

• Current Institution/Company

1. Describe why the Nominee deserves to be recognized for this award. Consider highlighting the Nominee’s impact and accomplishments. Please include how the nominee has engaged in at least 10 years of educational and/or community outreach.

2. Describe how the Nominee has successfully engaged with students and/or STEM professionals, including but not limited to those from underrepresented backgrounds. For specificity, please include examples for each of the Mentor Categories (College/University Mentor, Community College Mentor, and/or Research & Professional Mentor) for which you want the Nominee to be considered. You may reference students and/or STEM professionals that have been mentored by the Nominee.

3. Describe the Nominee’s history of service with SACNAS (e.g. serving as a chapter advisor, mentor judge, or committee service)

1. Nominee’s CV/Resume (Required)

2. Letter of Recommendation #1 - Must be from a professional colleague or supervisor of the Nominee. (Required)

3. Letter of Recommendation #2 - Must be from a student mentee of the Nominee. (Required)

Nominee holds a PhD or other doctoral degree in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM), ethics, public health, science policy, law or related research field, and has a minimum of ten years of experience as a principal investigator. The nominee must be engaged in research and educational activities at the national level including, but not limited to, active funded research projects or funded STEM-based education initiatives.

• Nominee’s Full Name and Credentials

• Tribal Affiliation (if any)

• Current Position/Title

• Current Institution/Company

1. Describe why the Nominee deserves to be recognized for this award. Consider highlighting the Nominee’s national reputation and overall accomplishments in STEM through research and/or community service. You may reference publications and other awards secured by the Nominee.

2. Describe the Nominee’s research and their notable contributions to STEM. You may reference research, publications, articles, presentations, awards, grants or other STEM-related projects led by the Nominee.

3. Describe how the Nominee has successfully engaged with STEM students and/or professionals, including but not limited to those from underrepresented backgrounds. You may reference students and/or STEM professionals that have been trained by the Nominee, collaborated with the Nominee, or have been listed as co-authors in publications by the Nominee.

    

1. Nominee’s CV/Resume (Required)

2. Letter of Recommendation #1 - Must be from a professional colleague or supervisor of the Nominee. (Required)

3. Letter of Recommendation #2 - Must be from a student mentee of the Nominee (Required). 

Nominee holds a graduate position or a postdoctoral position (and within 5 years of doctoral degree at time of nomination) in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM), ethics, public health, science policy, law or related research field.

• Nominee’s Full Name and Credentials

• Tribal Affiliation (if any)

• Current Position/Title

• Current Institution/Company

1. Describe why the Nominee deserves to be recognized for this award. Consider highlighting the Nominee’s accomplishments in both STEM (eg research, presentations) AND community service (eg chapter leadership, peer mentorship, etc).

2. Describe the Nominee’s research and accomplishments in STEM. You may reference research, articles, presentations, awards, grants or other STEM-related projects led by the Nominee.

3. Describe the Nominee’s history of service with SACNAS. For example: serving as a local chapter officer, serving as a peer mentor, advocating for the SACNAS mission, etc.

1. Nominee’s CV/Resume (Required)

2. Letter of Recommendation #1 - Must be from a professional colleague or supervisor of the Nominee. (Required)

3. Letter of Recommendation #2 - Must be from a peer or student mentee of the Nominee (Required).

4. (Optional) Supporting material related to nominee’s research (eg awards, accolades, articles, papers). Supplemental materials are not required but will be given weight in deliberations. [5 pages max.]

You can find all past awardees here: https://www.sacnas.org/honor-excellence/archive

It’s ok to reach out to the nominee and let them know you would like to nominate them! Ask for their CV and list of mentees you can reach out to, as well as any other pertinent information to help write your letter. Make sure to give yourself plenty of time before the deadline to get this information!

Avoid repeating the same information over and over again. Each letter should be crafted to address the nominee from different perspectives. As the submitter, make sure to coordinate what you want each recommendation letter to address. Typically, mentee letters share how the mentor helped shape their career (can be a group letter) while the supervisor letter shares how the nominee has demonstrated a long track record of success.

Format your letter so that the reviewer can easily see the main points. Consider making important statements in bold, italics or underline so that it can stand out and catch the eye of the reviewer!