Faculty & Staff Awards

Faculty Doctoral Mentoring Award

Description

The University of Florida Graduate School’s yearly Faculty Doctoral Mentoring Award (FDMA) spotlights outstanding, innovative, and effective mentoring of doctoral and Master of Fine Arts student through their final dissertation or fine arts thesis project.

This award gives $3,000 to each of five or so faculty members, plus $1,000 to each winner's academic unit to use to support doctoral or Master of Fine Arts students.

Nominations for this award come from current UF graduate students, faculty members, administrators, and alumni.

FDMA Winners 2024-2025

Professor William Bauer, Ph.D.
School of Music
College of the Arts
Personal statement (PDF file)

Professor Habibeh Khoshbouei, Ph.D.
Department of Neuroscience
College of Medicine
Personal statement (PDF file)

Professor Prabhat Mishra, Ph.D.
Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering
Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Personal statement (PDF file)

Assistant Professor Boone Prentice, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Personal statement (PDF file)

Associate Professor Kelly Rice, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology and Cell Science
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Personal statement (PDF file)

Previous Winners

To view an archive of previous FDMA winners and their personal statements, click here:

• FDMA Winners

Questions?

• Email the UF Graduate School at gradschool@aa.ufl.edu.