Instructions
Eligibility
Current NCI scientists who serve as mentors may be nominated, with the exception of those who have received the award within the last five years. Please review the list of previous winners to confirm eligibility before submitting your nomination. Eligible categories include investigators, staff scientists, staff clinicians, contractor scientists, or any NCI scientist in the role to mentor NCI fellows. Staff in all NCI Divisions (intramural and extramural) are eligible. If you are not certain if someone is eligible, please e-mail ncimentorawards@mail.nih.gov.
Review Criteria
To evaluate each nomination, the review committee will consider seven separate criteria which address the quality of the nominee’s mentoring as follows:
- Scientific expertise
- Accessibility
- Communication
- Training environment
- Provision of visibility for trainees
- Commitment to trainees' career development and
- Encouragement of mentoring
In addition, information on mentoring record will also be asked for logistics purposes, but will not be evaluated.
Procedure
Each nominee must have ONE primary and ONE secondary nomination. The primary nominator is responsible for enlisting a secondary nominator. Incomplete nominations and extra nominations will not be reviewed.
- The Primary nominator must fill out the main application. The Secondary nominator named on the application will then be invited by a separate email to complete their nomination.
- The Primary nominator must be a be a current postdoctoral fellow, research fellow, or clinical fellow.
- The Secondary nominator may be a current, recent or former postdoctoral, research or clinical fellow, post-baccalaureate fellow, graduate student, or other trainee with appropriate knowledge of the nominee.
- Each nominator must provide a narrative for each of the questions asked on the application.