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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: THE 2013 MENTOR AWARD

The Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management is soliciting nominations for its Mentor Award.  Please consider submitting a nomination.  Details are below.

THE MENTOR AWARD

This award is given annually to an individual who has provided exceptional mentoring in entrepreneurship education.  The award recognizes exceptional mentoring activities at all educational levels in the field of entrepreneurship.  The field of entrepreneurship includes, but is not limited to, the areas of individual entrepreneurship, corporate intrapreneurship, new venture formation, small business management, and family business.  Previous winners are listed at the end of this email message.

Selection criteria for the Mentor Award

In order of importance, the Award seeks to honor:

i.                 Mentoring In Doctoral or Post-Doctoral Education in Entrepreneurship.  Given the lack of full-time Ph.D. programs in the field, the future development and growth of the field is exceedingly dependent on the ad hoc efforts of interested graduate educators.  Such individuals help identify promising doctoral students and post-doctoral candidates, interest them in the field, nurture their development in research and professional roles, and provide moral, social, and intellectual support to new entrants to the field in the early stages of their careers.

ii.                Mentoring Activities in MBA and Undergraduate Education in Entrepreneurship.  Although the principal purpose of the Award is to honor doctoral and post-doctoral mentoring activities, not every potential mentor has the opportunity to do this. Therefore, individuals with truly exceptional records mentoring MBA, undergraduate, or other non-doctoral entrants to the field over sustained periods may also be considered as candidates for the Award.

Candidates for the Award will be evaluated according to the relative degree to which they have, throughout their careers, engaged in the mentoring activities described above.  Primary consideration will be given to mentoring at the doctoral and post-doctoral levels.  This Award is not meant to recognize research productivity, advocacy activities in the field, personal longevity in the field, or other non-mentoring types of service in professional organizations of the field.  People who have made non-mentoring contributions may be eligible for the Dedication to Entrepreneurship Award instead.

Selection process

Nominations for the award will be reviewed in accordance with the above criteria by a special committee convened by the Past Chair of the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management.  Winners will be announced at the Division's annual business meeting, which will be held in August during the Academy of Management meeting in Orlando.  As in all award categories, the Division reserves the right to not confer an award if adjudicators determine that no award is warranted in a given year.  Nominations received in a given year that do not result in an award will automatically be considered for an award during the following year's review cycle as well.  However, nominations that do not result in an award for two consecutive years must be re-nominated to be considered further.  Such re-nominations are welcome, provided they are accompanied by up-to-date documentation.

How to nominate someone for the Mentor Award:

To nominate an individual for the Mentor Award, a complete packet of supporting documentation should be submitted to Prof. Mike Wright, Past Chair of the Entrepreneurship Division, no later than Friday, April 5, 2013.  The complete packet must include:

1. A letter of nomination that identifies the candidate, the individual(s) making the nomination, and lists the supporting documentation included;
2. A copy of the candidate's Curriculum Vita;
3. A detailed listing of the mentoring activities at the doctoral and post-doctoral level (or an explicit statement that such activities do not exist);
4. A detailed listing of the mentoring activities at the MBA or undergraduate level (or an explicit statement that such activities do not exist);
5. Letters of support from individuals who can describe the nature of the mentoring received from the candidate.

The entire packet should be sent electronically to Prof. Wright at mike.wright@imperial.ac.uk.  Whether or not the packet materials are obtained directly from the candidate, it is the responsibility of the person(s) writing the nomination letter to ensure that the nomination package is complete.

Previous winners include:

Howard Aldrich

Candida Brush

Arnold Cooper

Jeff Covin

Frank Hoy

Charles Hofer

Jerome A. Katz

Ian MacMillan

Sophie Manigart

Dale Meyer

Harry Sapienza

Dean Shepherd

Howard Stevenson

Johan Wiklund

Mike Wright

Max Wortman

Shaker Zahra