Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring

The Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars (OGSPS) wants to acknowledge the essential role postdoctoral trainees play in our research, teaching, and engagement missions here at Purdue University. 

The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) defines a mentor as:
“…a more senior individual who provides career and psychosocial support to a junior member of a given organization. Mentorships center on emotional commitment, which focuses on the protégé’s personal and professional growth. Mentoring relationships, by nature, are reciprocal and more enduring than relationships with an academic advisor, supervisor, or dissertation chair.”

NEW Selection Process for 2025-26: Each college will nominate one postdoctoral scholar for this award. A peer review panel (non-nominated postdocs) will select finalists. The Top 5 winners will receive a special plaque to commemorate their achievement, and the TOP Mentor will receive a check for $1,500!