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Applications currently closed! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-u-flex uwm-u-flex--wrap uwm-u-flex--left\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-u-mr-20 uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"\" rel=\"\">Faculty Mentor Nomination Form<\/a>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--black uwm-u-mr-20 uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"\" rel=\"\">Graduate Student Mentor Nomination Form<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations Dr. Sabine Heuer from Communication Sciences &amp; Disorders, winner of the 2025 Research Mentor of the Year Award and Madison Rittinger from Biological Sciences, winner of the Graduate Student Mentorship Award!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Past winners have included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-research-mentor-of-the-year-award\">Research Mentor of the Year Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2025: Sabine Heuer (Communication Sciences &amp; Disorders)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2024: Dyanna Czeck (Geosciences)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2023: Shannon Freire (Anthropology)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2022: Nathaniel Stern (Art &amp; Design)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2021: Dong-Feng Deng (Freshwater Sciences)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2020: Dawn Erb (Physics)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2019: Jennifer Gutzman (Biological Sciences)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2018: Karyn Frick (Psychology)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2017: Arijit Sen (Architecture and Urban Planning)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2016: Douglas Steeber (Biological Sciences)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015: Gabriella Pinter (Mathematics)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2014: Henry&nbsp;Tomasiewicz (Freshwater Sciences)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2013: J. 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