Outstanding Mentor Award
Forecasted
Outstanding Mentor Award honors mentors for sustained guidance of students and colleagues, recognizing work that advances training, career development, and personal growth in the anatomical sciences.
Funder: American Association for Anatomy
Due Dates (Anticipated): October 2027 (Nomination) | November 2027 (Nominee materials)
Funding Amounts: $1,000 honorarium, up to $1,000 travel reimbursement, and complimentary meeting registration
Summary: Recognizes sustained mentoring that advances mentees’ training, career development, and intellectual and personal growth.
Key Information: Nominees must be current AAA members with at least one year of membership and at least 10 years since their highest degree.
Description
The American Association for Anatomy’s Outstanding Mentor Award recognizes members with a sustained career commitment to guiding, supporting, and promoting the training and career development of others. It honors mentoring through career advice, professional guidance, and positive personal and professional role modeling that inspires mentees’ intellectual and personal growth.
The award emphasizes contributions beyond a mentor’s usual role as a professor, researcher, or collaborator. These contributions may help students and colleagues advance their careers and become established within the anatomical sciences. Mentees may include students, postdoctoral researchers, junior faculty, and others whose accomplishments reflect the mentor’s influence. AAA’s Professional Development Committee reviews nominations.
