This award recognizes a graduate student who holds truly outstanding promise as a future professor or teacher. The student selected will epitomize a broad range of talents. Evidence of excellence may include scholarship, teaching, student mentoring, web site development, or any other relevant areas of contribution as defined by the nominator.

Award Amount: Varies

Requirements:

• Nominations for these awards should be submitted electronically, in formal memo or letter form, including sufficient detail to enable evaluation of the nominated student’s relevant achievements.
• You (faculty) may nominate more than one student; however, each student should be nominated in no more than one award category.
• Self-nomination statements will not be accepted this year.

How to Apply:

Nominations for these awards should be submitted electronically, in formal memo or letter form, including sufficient detail to enable evaluation of the nominated student’s relevant achievements. You may nominate more than one student; however, each student should be nominated in no more than one award category. Self-nomination statements will not be accepted this year.

Please forward nominations to John Sommerhauser (5414 Social & Behavioral Science Gateway (SBSG) or jdsommer@uci.edu) by DATE TBA.

Past Recipients

2017: Marcos Scauso (Political Science)

2016: Susan Duncan (Cognitive Sciences)

2015: Bennett Holman (Logic & Philosophy of Science)

2014: Patrick Button (Economics)

2013: Elizabeth Sowers (Sociology)

2012: Benjamin Mis

2011: Wilfred T. Wan (Political Science)

2010: Scott Byrd (Sociology)

2009: Robin L. Bowman

2008: Kathy H. Rim

2007: Carla Valenzuela