Research Mentor Award
The Langerbeck Award for Undergraduate Research Mentoring has been established to recognize and reward the exceptional work of Loyola’s faculty, staff, and graduate-student mentors who are contributing significant time and effort to the intellectual, ethical, and academic development of Loyola’s undergraduate researchers by mentoring their research endeavors.
Each year, LUROP will grant two awards, selected from a pool of student nominations. Faculty selected for the award will receive $2,000, through sponsorship from the Office of the Provost, while graduate students or staff will receive $1,000 through LUROP. In both cases, the award is meant to support the mentors' research and support of undergraduates.
Applications for 2011-2012 were reviewed by a committee of LUROP fellowship directors and previous faculty mentor award winners. Winners were announced on April 21, 2012 at the Research Symposium.
2012 Winners and Honorable Mentions
2011 Winners and Honorable Mentions
Award Details
- Nominations can come from current student researchers only.
- Annual awards, open to faculty, graduate students, or Loyola staff who serve as the primary mentor to the student. External community partners or researchers are not eligible.
- A mentor can win the award only once every 5 years.
- After a student submits a nomination, the mentor will be asked to submit a brief (1 page max.) statement discussing his or her philosophy and/or inspiration for mentoring undergraduates in research. Faculty who receive more than one nomination should submit only one statement.
Nominations
- Student nominations for 2012-2013 will be due March 1, 2013.
- Students, please fill out the nomination form nomination form in its entirety and email to lurop@luc.edu.
- Faculty statements are due March 15, 2013. Nominated faculty will receive a request and directions for a statement after nominations are received March 1.
Mary Therese Langerbeck, BVM
The award is named for Mary Therese Langerbeck, BVM, who trained hundreds of women for careers in the sciences through active engagement in research. As chair of the physics department, she supervised the installation of a Foucault pendulum for the use by students. The Langerbeck Award recognizes faculty who show extraordinary success in providing intensive individual research experiences for undergraduate students.
For more information on the Faculty Teaching Awards, please visit the Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy's website: http://luc.edu/facultycenter/ignatianpedagogy/facultyteachingawards/.