This endowment was provided by Riley Krotz to honor those who embody the qualities of selfless mentorship and guidance exemplified by Stephanie Noble, Dhruv Grewal, and Gregory Gundlach. The Noble/Grewal/Gundlach Mentoring Award will be given to recognize outstanding mentors. Nominees should be exceptional mentors to doctoral students or junior scholars.

Preference will be given to applications that also include at least one letter of recommendation from a mentee, attesting to the nominee’s mentorship of doctoral students and/or junior scholars.

Past Winners

2024

Stephanie Noble

Margaret “Meg” Meloy

Rajesh Bagchi

2023

Dinesh Gauri

 Gregory Gundlach

2022

Judith Anne Garretson Folse

Venky Shankar

2021

Jie Zhang

Druv Grewal

Dipayan Biswas

Read more about our 2021 Mentoring Award recipients here.