The Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring will annually recognize outstanding mentoring of graduate students seeking a research doctorate degree. Up to four awards will be made each year.
Each Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring will consist of a cash prize to the graduate faculty member of $2,500 to recognize excellence in mentoring. All persons selected for this award will be honored publicly.
- The 2025 Doctoral Mentoring Award Guidelines outlines details including eligibility, nomination requirements, selection procedures and criteria, and more.
The nomination period has closed.
2025 Doctoral Mentoring Award Recipients
- Heidi Donovan, School of Nursing, Health and Community Systems
- Burcu Savun, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Political Science
- Vanitha Swaminathan, Katz Graduate School of Business, Marketing
- David Vorp, Swanson School of Engineering, Bioengineering
2024 Doctoral Mentoring Award Recipients
- Giannis (Yanni) Mpourmpakis, Swanson School of Engineering, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
- Caterina Rosano, School of Public Health, Epidemiology
- Sunil Saxena, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Chemistry
- Elizabeth Skidmore, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Occupational Therapy
2023 Doctoral Mentoring Award Recipients
- Catherine Bender, School of Nursing, Health and Community Systems
- Maria Mori Brooks, School of Public Health, Epidemiology
- Daniel Mossé, School of Computing and Information, Computer Science
- Daniel Shaw, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Psychology
2022 Doctoral Mentoring Award Recipients
- Peyman Givi, Swanson School of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
- Jeremy Levy, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Physics and Astronomy
- Beatriz Luna, School of Medicine, Psychiatry
- Charles Perfetti, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Psychology
2021 Doctoral Mentoring Award Recipients
- Tia-Lynn Ashman, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Biological Sciences
- Robert Batterman, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Philosophy
- Yvette Conley, School of Nursing, Health Promotion and Development
- Martin Weiss, School of Computing and Information, Informatics and Networked Systems
2020 Doctoral Mentoring Award Recipients
- Diane Litman, School of Computing and Information, Computer Science
- Chandralekha Singh, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Physics & Astronomy
- Randall Walsh, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Economics
The Provost's Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring reception (March 31, 2020) was postponed as part of Pitt’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Recipients were recognized during the 2021 virtual event.
2019 Doctoral Mentoring Award Recipients
- William Layton, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Mathematics
- John Markoff, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Sociology
- Michael Sayette, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Psychology
- George C. Tseng, Graduate School of Public Health, Biostatistics
Winners from Previous Years
View past Doctoral Mentoring Award Recipients from 2006 on.