The Faculty Mentoring Working Group of the Education & Faculty Support Committee (Division of Education) is delighted to announce the second annual Einstein Faculty Mentoring Award. This award has been instituted to recognize the significant impact of mentoring on the career development and success of our faculty. Guidelines for the Faculty Mentoring Award and the nomination process are provided below.

Eligibility:  The award will be given to senior members of the AECOM faculty (Associate Professor or Professor), who have successfully mentored junior AECOM faculty.  Two awards will be given each year:  one to a faculty member whose primary appointment is in a basic science department, and one to a faculty member whose primary appointment is in a clinical department. (For this purpose, the Department of Pathology will be identified as a clinical department.)

The mentor should have demonstrated:

(1) Commitment to mentoring clinical and/or basic science faculty throughout his/her career

(2) Guidance of junior faculty mentee’s clinical and/or basic science projects

(3) Willingness to advise faculty mentees on activities critical to professional success, including (but not limited to) grant writing, manuscript preparation and submission, oral presentations, teaching skills, etc.

(4) Continuing interest in the professional advancement, career choices, and career development of current and former faculty mentees, including sponsorship for various positions

(5) Willingness to share knowledge of current institution and promotion practices

(6) Successful mentoring of a number of faculty mentees; sensitivity to the diversity of mentees (e.g., women and underrepresented minorities)

(7) Professional achievement

Please note that while it is appropriate to describe mentoring of students and fellows by the nominees, the selection of awardees will be based on their record of mentoring junior faculty.

Nominating Process: The nominating mentee will be an AECOM faculty member at any level of development, who has benefited from sustained and successful mentoring. [Click here for the Nomination Form.]

It is anticipated that the primary nominator (mentee) will work together with the mentor to assemble the nomination package.

It is preferred that all materials be assembled as Word attachments and submitted via a SINGLE e-mail to the Office of Educational Resources no later than Monday, December 3, 2007.  The e-mail address is oer@aecom.yu.edu. Please mark the e-mail with the subject line of “Mentoring Award,” and include the last name of the nominated mentor in the title of the attachment.   Materials sent in hard copy must be submitted together in one packet to: 

Ms. Adele Civitano

Office of Educational Resources

AECOM, Belfer Room 206

1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461

In addition to the nomination form, the nomination package should include:

(1) Nominating letter from the mentee not to exceed two pages, with

·        nominee’s name and title, institutional affiliation, mailing address, e-mail address, contact phone numbers

·        succinct career history of mentor, emphasizing his/her professional contributions

·        statement describing how the mentor has affected the career of the primary nominator (mentee)  

(2) Full CV (not NIH biosketch) of the mentor, including

·        education

·        all positions held

·        publications

·        committee service

·        teaching and invited lectures

·        other professional activities

·        awards and honors

(3) List of former and current mentees, including their position with the mentor and their subsequent positions

(4) and (5) Two additional letters of nomination, not to exceed one page each, from mentees other than the nominator. These mentees need not be current AECOM faculty.  Each letter must include

·        mentee’s current position

·       a brief narrative of mentee’s career history relevant to the mentoring received

·        statement describing how the mentor has affected the career of the mentee

Renominations: If you wish to renominate an individual who was nominated in a previous year, please provide the following:

(1) An updated nominating letter as described above (this may be a brief note indicating that the mentee would like to renominate a mentor).

(2) An updated full CV (not NIH biosketch) of the mentor, as described above.

(3) An updated list of former and current faculty mentees, including their position with the mentor and their subsequent positions.

It is not necessary to provide new letters of nomination from mentees other than the nominator, although you are free to do so.

Please remember the deadline: Monday, December 3, 2007.