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HFM Criteria

Faculty Resources

The Honors Faculty Mentor Award is designed to honor the practice of mentoring undergraduate research and creative scholarship at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

The award is intended to recognize demonstrated excellence in mentoring undergraduate researchers, to encourage mentoring relationships with undergraduate students, and to convey the campus's high regard for such contributions made by the faculty of the academic and research community.

This award is granted to faculty members who mentor undergraduates outside of the classroom, and who are committed to Honors-level undergraduate research which extends above and beyond the classroom experience.

Eligibility and Selection Criteria

Faculty members from all departments are eligible for nomination for the Honors Faculty Mentor Award if they are currently serving as mentors for students who are finishing or have finished their Departmental Honors project and will be graduating at the end of the spring semester.

Faculty are eligible to be nominated for the award if they have five years of residence at UNCW and have supervised at least two University Honors or Departmental Honors graduates previously.

Nominations for this award, which can only be made by students who are finishing or have finished their Departmental Honors project and are graduating at the end of the spring semester, should present evidence that the nominee (the faculty mentor) has made a significant contribution to advancing undergraduate research and scholarship.

Nomination Package

Again, only students who are finishing or have finished their Departmental Honors project and will be graduating at the end of the spring semester may nominate their faculty mentor who meets the above criteria.

  • It is not necessary to include this in the packet, but you should email Dr. Bingham, Dr. Grove, or Dr. Mehl to confirm that the faculty member has mentored at least two students through Departmental Honors projects.
  • Identifying information of the nominator (student) and nominee.
  • Description of mentoring activity—no more than two double-spaced pages. Explanation (from student nominator) how their mentor worked with them in regards to undergraduate research and mentorship. The nominator should specifically explain their research experience with their mentor and identify what types of activities they completed under their mentorship. Also, the nominator should include comments on the mentor's effectiveness and overall positive impacts on the student's undergraduate research and scholarly creativity.
  • Brief curriculum vita of the nominee (student making nomination must obtain this from the faculty member to be nominated).
  • One-page letter of recommendation­ from another faculty member in nominee's department. (This must be requested by the student making the nomination. Students may ask the nominee for suggestions if needed.)

DUE Dates and submission form announced in email to graduating seniors.