Research Institute Mentoring Award
Call for Nominations
AY 2025-2026
The Research Institute of CCSRE is dedicated to fostering vibrant intergenerational and interdisciplinary networks of outstanding scholars who are invested in the study and teaching of race, ethnicity, and inequality across disciplines. Central to our mission is graduate student mentoring, which cultivates a supportive and collaborative research community. Through mentorship, CCSRE faculty enhance graduate students’ research and teaching agendas, ensure that they thrive during their time at Stanford, and empower them to succeed in their professional careers.
We are thrilled to announce that nominations are now open for the 2025-2026 Research Institute Mentoring Award. This program aims to promote and reward CCSRE faculty affiliates for their investment in student success while solidifying mentorship as a core value of the CCSRE Research Institute.
The Research Institute Mentoring Award Program honors faculty members who have made exceptional and sustained contributions to the intellectual, creative, scholarly, and professional development of graduate students pursuing doctoral research related to race, ethnicity, and inequality. Faculty honorees have contributed to tangible growth and measurable success for the students they support.
Award recipients will be celebrated at the Research Institute Open House in Winter 2026. We look forward to highlighting the inspiring work of our faculty and the positive impact they make in shaping the future of research, scholarship, and community in these critical areas.
Submit your nomination today!
Important Dates for AY 2025-2026 Awards
- Nomination Period Opens: November 1, 2025
- Deadline to Submit Nominations: December 1, 2025
Eligibility
- Nominees: all faculty affiliates of CCSRE who are members of the Academic Council at Stanford University, regardless of rank, field, program, or school.
- Nominators: all CCSRE-affiliated graduate students, faculty, and staff.Nominations are not anonymous and self-nominations are not accepted.
- Nominators may submit nominations for multiple candidates.
Selection Criteria
Exceptional faculty mentors have the following qualities and systematically engage in the following practices:
- Guide graduate students in defining and reaching their goals for research, teaching, and advocacy.
- Help graduate students acquire skills needed to succeed in their graduate studies and future careers.
- Create inclusive and accessible classrooms and transformative research environments, modeling collaborative work with their peers and graduate students.
- Open personal and/or professional networks to graduate students, create avenues of recognition for their work, and champion their scholarship.
- Help graduate students to maintain work-life balance and offer resources for graduate students in need of support.
- Provide opportunities for exploring roles outside of the academy and support alternative career paths.
Nomination Process
Please submit nominations using the online form. This form solicits brief narrative descriptions of how the nominee meets each of the above criteria. A formal letter is not required.