Nominate a UCSF Alum for One of Our Awards

Nominations for the 2025 awards cycle will close on October 20, 2024.

Nominee Information

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  • Alumni Discovery Award: This award honors an alum who has made outstanding achievements creating positive change through basic science/health care research and has brought distinction to themselves and the UCSF community.
  • Alumni Early-Career Award: This award honors an alum who has graduated or completed training within the last 10 years, has advanced rapidly in their career, and has displayed significant achievement in the areas of leadership and professional success, pushing the boundaries of science and health care.
  • Alumni Entrepreneur Award: This award recognizes an alum who demonstrates the highest caliber of innovation in science and/or health care through risk-taking actions and/or value-creating transformations.
  • Alumni Humanitarian Service Award: This award recognizes an alum who has made a transformative contribution to their local community, the nation, or the world that has helped make it a better place. These honorees have achieved recognition for making a noteworthy, positive change to the human condition through health care and science.
  • Alumni Practitioner Award: This award honors an alum whose work is marked by boundless clinical empathy, understanding, and caring within health care.
  • Alumni Mentor Award: This award recognizes an alum who has devoted their career to inspiring, mentoring, and educating the next generation of scientists and health care providers.
  • DAA Medal of Honor: Established in 1981, the award is presented to an individual or individuals who have demonstrated exceptional dedication, service, and contributions in roles related to the Dental Alumni Association, the UCSF School of Dentistry, the dental or dental hygiene professions, and to community service. (In addition to submitting an online nomination form, a complete nomination consists of letters of support and the nominee’s CV or resume.)
  • GDAA Alum of the Year: This award recognizes an alum who has made outstanding contributions to science, research, society/community, or academia. Special consideration is given to UCSF Graduate Division alumni who have also served as mentors and career advisors to students, postdocs, and/or alumni within the UCSF community.
  • MAA Alum of the Year: This award recognizes dedication to the true principles of a physician, contributions to medicine, and service to the community.
  • NAA Jane Norbeck Distinguished Service Award: Since 1984, this award has honored graduates of the UCSF School of Nursing who have made significant contributions to their profession. These remarkable alumni have demonstrated service and/or leadership that has contributed to the growth and development of the UCSF School of Nursing and/or the profession.
  • PAA Alum of the Year: For over 50 years, this award has been the highest honor bestowed and recognizes a UCSF School of Pharmacy graduate who has made outstanding contributions to the profession, society, and/or UCSF. (In addition to submitting an online nomination form, a complete nomination consists of letters of support and the nominee’s CV or resume.) 
  • UCSF/SFSU Graduate Program in Physical Therapy Alum of the Year: This award is the highest honor given by the program. It is presented to those individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to physical therapy as outstanding educators, practitioners, researchers, as well as through service in their respective fields.
Award Categories (please only select up to two)
Alumni Discovery Award
Alumni Early-Career Award
Alumni Entrepreneur Award
Alumni Humanitarian Service Award
Alumni Mentor Award
Alumni Practitioner Award
DAA Medal of Honor
GDAA Alum of the Year
MAA Alum of the Year
NAA Jane Norbeck Distinguished Service Award
PAA Alum of the Year
UCSF/SFSU Graduate Program in Physical Therapy Alum of the Year

 

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