Mentorship, although highly valued by its recipients, is often rarely rewarded. In recognition of the value the Association for Internship Training in Clinical Neuropsychology (AITCN) places on mentorship, the AITCN Mentorship Award was created to reward outstanding mentors from among our member programs. Awardees will have had a sustained career commitment to mentoring, a significant positive impact on their mentees’ careers, and through mentorship will have advanced patient care and/or research in the field of clinical neuropsychology.
Each year one award will be granted to a nominated mentor. The AITCN Executive Committee reserves the right to not grant the award if no suitable nominations have been submitted.
Award Criteria
The award is based on the training experiences and success of the nominee’s mentees, not the mentor’s personal career achievements. For the purpose of this award, mentoring is defined as the process of guiding, supporting, and promoting the training and career development of others. A mentor should demonstrate a commitment to and love of teaching and mentoring trainees in alignment with their particular career goals. The key roles of a mentor include, but are not limited to providing:
- Intellectual growth and development
- Career development
- Nurturing of talent
- Professional guidance
- Advocacy for mentees
- Positive role modeling
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
1. All nominees must be from an internship program with current membership in AITCN (please refer to the website at www.aitcn.org for a list of current member programs)
2. A mentor can be nominated for activity in the current or any prior internship year.
3. Nominees of all nationalities and all countries of residence are eligible; however, all application materials must be submitted in English.
4. Nominees may include any individual providing supervision, teaching, or mentorship with a neuropsychology focus during the nominating trainee’s internship year.
5. Nominees should have a sustained record of mentoring over time.
6. Nominators must be a mentee of the nominee with personal knowledge of the nominee’s supervision and/or mentoring efforts.
Exclusion
1. Prior recipients of the AITCN Mentor Award are ineligible for future awards.
2. Members of the AITCN Executive committee are ineligible for a mentor award during their tenure.
3. Self-nominations and posthumous nominations will not be accepted.
Nomination Packages
- Nominations will be due via e-mail.
- Nominations must be submitted electronically to info@aitcn.org
- Nominations are reviewed and scored on the following criteria: 1) intellectual growth and development, 2) career development, 3) nurturing of talent 4) professional guidance, 5) advocacy for mentees, and 6) being a role model.
Nomination packages must include the following information:
- The completed nomination form.
- The nominee’s curriculum vitae.
- A letter written by the nominator that summarizes the nominee’s impact on the training/career of his/her mentee.
Nomination and Selection Process
Nominations may be made by any trainee or former trainee, based on either having been mentored by the nominee or by personal observation of mentoring provided to others by the nominee. Nominators must be mentees of the nominee or have personal knowledge of the nominee’s mentoring efforts. If the winning mentor was nominated separately by multiple nominators, the book award will be presented to the nominating individual whose letter was most significant in determining the win.
Nomination packages will be forwarded to the AITCN Executive Committee for review. The final selection will be based on a consensus of the entire Executive Committee. Awardees are notified in December.
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