Recipients must be current or former professors or instructors at a college, university, junior college, community college or technical school in America. Preference is given to those who teach in the fields of psychology, medicine, or law.

Each year the award committee prescreens the nominees for qualification. The former students of those nominees who are deemed eligible will be invited to apply for the award. The committee is composed of Dr. Andrew Davidson, Columbia University, Dr. Ruth Lindeborg, Bryn Mawr College, Dr. Melba Vasquez, American Psychological Association, Phyllis Silverstein, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and Kimberly Pruett, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (Secretary).

The Trust is supported by the Wells Fargo’s Philanthropic Services group. For more information, visit: www.wellsfargo.com/privatefoundationgrants/beckman.