UVM CC Rubric for Applicants with a Mentor

    Rubric for Applicants with a Mentor

    Exemplary (1)

    Satisfactory (2)

    Fair (3)

    Unacceptable (4)

    Academic Record/Previous Experience

    Applicant has a strong qualifications as evidenced by any of the following: presentations/publications, awards/honors, professional experience, grants/fellowships etc.

    Applicant has adequate qualifications as evidenced by any of the following: presentations/publications, awards/honors, professional experience, grants/fellowships etc. 

    Applicant has insufficient qualifications as evidenced by any of the following: presentations/publications, awards/honors, professional experience, grants/fellowships etc.

    No relevant experience is included in application

    Proposal Narrative/Project Description

    Proposal is well-written with clearly defined goals.

    Proposal is understandable and project goals are sufficiently clear

    Proposal is not well-written and project goals are unclear

    Proposal is unclear and/or project goals are not included

    Cancer Relevance

    Project goals are cancer relevant

    Project goals are somewhat cancer relevant

    Project goals are not cancer relevant

    No cancer relevant statement included

    Student Outcomes

    Potential impacts to student are clear and numerous

    Potential impacts to student are sufficient

    Potential impacts to student are unclear and limited

    No potential impacts to student included

    Mentoring plan/support

    The faculty mentor has a clear plan for ensuring student success and has sufficient experience serving as a mentor.

    The faculty mentor’s plan for ensuring student success is not clear and the mentor’s experience supervising students is minimal

    The faculty mentor is not engaged in student’s success and does not have experience supervising students

    No faculty mentor letter of support is included