Research and Health Science Education Undergraduate Student Leadership Awards

• Undergraduate student enrolled in a major and/or specialist program in a Basic Medical Science (BMS) department in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine 
• Student must be in their final year of study (i.e., nominee must expect to convocate from their current program in June or November of the award year).
• Student must have a minimum cGPA of 3.7

•  Up to three awards will be given out each year
• Each award is valued at $500
• Each award recipient will receive a framed certificate and acknowledgement on the Temerty Medicine website/newsletter
   

• Each BMS department will solicit suggestions for nominations from their faculty, staff, and students. 
• Self-nominations are not permitted. 
• The Undergraduate Associate Chair/Coordinator or a designated committee of the BMS department will consider suggestions and nominate up to two (2) students. 
• The Undergraduate Associate Chair/Coordinator or their designate will assemble and submit the nomination packages. Incomplete packages will not be considered.
• Each nomination package should be submitted as a single pdf file:
  • Email to: medicine.hse@utoronto.ca (Office of the Vice-Dean, RHSE)
    • Deadline: March 17, 2025

• Completed nomination form
• Brief personal statement from the nominee highlighting how they have developed and demonstrated 
• leadership throughout their undergraduate experience. What are they most proud of as a student leader? (Maximum 1000 words) 
• Nominee's current abridged Curriculum Vitae (maximum 2 pages, time commitment for each experience required)
• Nominee’s current transcript (unofficial transcript is acceptable)
• One (1) brief letter of support from a peer of the nominee who has been directly impacted by the nominee's leadership. This letter should speak to the individual's personal experiences with the nominee which demonstrate their leadership and the impact they have had. (Maximum 300 words)

Note: It is highly recommended that both the nominee and peer supporter carefully consider the award evaluation criteria as they prepare their statements.

• In April an adjudication committee consisting of one Temerty Medicine faculty member (non-BMS department), one graduate/MD student, and one RHSE staff member will review the nomination packages.
• In May the Office of the Vice-Dean, RHSE will issue a letter to each award winner with a copy to the Undergraduate Coordinator/Associate Chair and department Chair.
• Departments are encouraged to acknowledge award winners at a departmental event/awards ceremony.