Robert J. Kadner Award
for Outstanding Graduate Teaching

Sponsored by the Academy of Distinguished Educators
>Read about the creation of this award & the legacy of Dr. Robert Kadner

Award:  $2,500 and membership into the SOM Academy of Distinguished Educators

Deadline:  Friday, July 10, 2009

Purpose:  This award was established in honor of Robert J. Kadner, Ph.D., Norman J. Knorr Professor of Microbiology, who served as the senior founding Chair of the Academy of Distinguished Educators until his death in August of 2005. Robert Kadner devoted his 35-year career at the University of Virginia to the pursuit of outstanding teaching, training and mentorship of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and young faculty. This award recognizes faculty in the School of Medicine who have made outstanding and long-standing contributions to teaching and mentoring Ph.D. candidates and/or postdoctoral fellows with M.D. or Ph.D. degrees pursuing careers in basic and/or clinical laboratory research. 

Who is eligible? Nominees must be faculty members of the School of Medicine with a rank of Associate Professor or above, who are engaged in basic or clinical laboratory research, been a faculty member at the University of Virginia for at least 5 years, and demonstrate a strong commitment to teaching in both the classroom and laboratory setting. Faculty members who have received the Kadner Teaching Award within the last 3 years are not eligible.

Who may nominate? The primary nominator must be a graduate student, postdoctoral fellow, or clinical fellow.  

Selection process:  The Selection Committee is composed of the following individuals:
  • One of the Chairs of the ADE Steering Committee.
  • Three (3) ADE members from basic science departments and two (2) ADE members from clinical departments, all of whom are actively involved in basic science or clinical laboratory research. These five individuals must have primary appointments in different departments.
  • Two (2) members from the Executive Committee of the Graduate Biosciences Society.
The nomination packet:  Nomination packets should include the following (adhere to page limits): 
  • Primary nominating letter from a graduate student, postdoctoral fellow, or clinical fellow (1 page).
  • "Executive summary" from a faculty member evaluating the nominee's teaching/mentoring.  It is recommended that the nominating student contact another faculty member who would know the nominee's teaching/mentoring (1 page limit).
  • Up to 3 additional letters/testimonials from trainees (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, clinical fellows) (1 page limit per letter).
  • Please send the nomination as a SINGLE PDF file to RAVI@virginia.edu by Friday, July 10, 2009.

          Upon receipt of the nomination, the Selection Committee will solicit the
          following documents from the nominee:

Please send additional questions to:
Kodi S. Ravichandran, Professor of Microbiology, RAVI@virginia.edu | 434-243-6093.