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Review
All submitted nominations will be reviewed by a group of invited reviewers from the APECS membership (including the award committee) that possess no connection with the nominees. The names of all nominees will be publicly posted on the APECS mentor award website and APECS News after the nomination deadline and will be available until the Award Committee has made its selection.
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Criteria
The Award Committee will assess each mentor in each category between 0 and 3 points. The maximum total number of points is 24 (across 8 categories). Points are assigned to the following:
- Time commitment and availability
- Additional opportunities (field work, conferences, meetings, leadership opportunities, community interactions),
- Originality of support/mentoring
- Career guiding and support
- Helping ECRs with networking
- Variety of mentees the mentor has supported
- APECS involvement
- Additional information (such as mentor panels, workshops, webinar etc.)
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Decision
In order to fully recognize mentors' participation in early career research and APECS activities, one award will be handed out. The award winner will be publicly announced on the APECS website and via the other APECS communication channels (mailing list and social media). The winner will also be announced during the APECS International Online Conference on 10/11 October.