On April 13, 2021 UCLA’s postdoctoral scholars and their mentors will be honored for their important contributions to the university’s interrelated missions of research, teaching, and service at the annual Postdoctoral Scholars & Mentors Awards Ceremony. This year’s event will take place virtually from 4 pm – 6 pm.

The Chancellor’s Awards for Postdoctoral Research which recognizes individual research accomplishments that show clear potential to have meaningful and enduring implications in their field will be presented at the event along with the Postdoctoral Scholars Mentoring Awards that are administered by the Postdoctoral Association at UCLA.  The Mentoring Awards honor UCLA faculty members who have gone above and beyond the call of duty in helping postdoctoral scholars develop successful careers.

Past Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research recipients

Past Postdoctoral Mentoring Award recipients

2020/21 Co-Sponsors

We’d like to extend deep appreciation to our esteemed co-sponsors:

• Roger Wakimoto, Vice Chancellor for Research
• Antonio Bernardo, Dean, Anderson School of Management
• Christina Christie, Interim Dean, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies
• Cindy Fan, Vice Provost, International Studies & Global Engagement
• Miguel A. Garcia-Garibay, Dean, Physical Sciences
• Darnell Hunt, Dean, Social Sciences
• Tracy Johnson, Dean, Life Sciences
• Paul H. Krebsbach, Dean, School of Dentistry
• Kelsey Martin, Dean, David Geffen School of Medicine
• Jayathi Murthy, Dean, Henry Samueli School of Engineering & Applied Science
• Linda Sarna, Dean & Chair, School of Nursing
• David Schaberg, Dean, Humanities
• Alexander S. Young, Interim Chair and Director, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior

2019 Video & Photo Gallery

Watch a video of the 2019 Chancellor’s Awards for Postdoctoral Research awards ceremony.