# Student Awards
**Source**: https://graduateschool.ufl.edu/gss/awards/gsma/
**Parent**: https://graduateschool.ufl.edu/gss/awards/
- [Graduate Student Support](https://graduateschool.ufl.edu/gss/)
- [Student Awards](https://graduateschool.ufl.edu/gss/awards/)
- [Graduate Student Mentoring Awards](https://graduateschool.ufl.edu/gss/awards/gsma/)
# Student Awards
- [Graduate Student Support](https://graduateschool.ufl.edu/gss/)
- [Student Awards](https://graduateschool.ufl.edu/gss/awards/)
- [Bouchet Graduate Honor Society](https://graduateschool.ufl.edu/gss/awards/bouchet/)
- [Graduate Student Mentoring Awards](https://graduateschool.ufl.edu/gss/awards/gsma/)
- [Graduate Student Teaching Awards](https://graduateschool.ufl.edu/gss/awards/gsta/)
- [3MT Three Minute Thesis](https://graduateschool.ufl.edu/gss/awards/3mt/)
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## Graduate Student Mentoring Awards
##### Description
The **Graduate Student Mentoring Awards (GSMA)** recognize University of Florida graduate students who go the extra mile by mentoring. Each year, a committee of faculty and staff with mentoring experience choose recipients for this honor after reviewing their academic and professional accomplishments, mentoring philosophy, mentoring effectiveness, and their impact on their mentees’ academic and professional growth.
##### Eligibility & Requirements
This award is open to UF graduate students in a master’s, specialist, or doctoral program at the time of application who engaged in a mentor-mentee relationship over the past academic year with...
- Fellow graduate students
- Undergraduate students
- Students in kindergarten through 12th grade
- Teachers in kindergarten through 12th grade
##### Deadlines & Critical Dates
- The deadline for the current nomination cycle is **5 p.m. Friday, February 27, 2026.**
##### Application & Instructions
- [To apply online, click here](https://forms.microsoft.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=-KBNDTFKdk2s5gpiMx4bhMksbpgzY5dPqIqozoowre9URU5XT1FHTUVNWlhQRklSN0QzSTMyUzM2MS4u).
##### GSMA Winners
- [2023-2024 GSMA Winners](https://grad.ufl.edu/articles/2024/news-202403/28-03.html)
- 2024-2025 GSMA Winners
##### Questions?
- Email the **UF Graduate Student Success Center (GSSC)** at [grad-success@ufl.edu](mailto:grad-success@ufl.edu).