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.

The 2025-2026 FDMA nomination cycle opens Monday, September 22, 2025. Check here then for submission deadlines and the application and instruction packet (PDF file).

Previous Winners

To view pictures and profiles of previous FDMA winners, click here: Past FDMA Winners.

Eligibility & Requirements

• For eligibility and requirements, click the link under Application & Instructions below.

Deadlines & Critical Dates

• Nominations of eligible graduate faculty from students, alumni, faculty, and administrators are due at college deans’ offices by Monday, October 20, 2025.
• Nominees’ completed application packets are due for college review by Monday, November 10, 2025.
• Packets of faculty nominees chosen by the colleges are due at the Graduate School by Tuesday, January 20, 2026.

Application & Instructions

• FDMA Guidelines and Forms 2025-2026

Questions?

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