Faculty Mentorship Development Resources

Mentor and student look at engineering research on computer

Campus Resources

Graduate students share perspectives on mentoring: GradMentor Blog: Perspectives from Students

Guidance from the Office of the Provost: Mentoring Guidelines & Best Practices

Training from the Office of the Provost: Mentoring Matters

Training from the Graduate College: general strategies: Graduate Faculty Mentoring Toolkit

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External Resources

Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER) has open access curricula for various levels and types of mentorship in a research setting (registration required). These include Entering Mentoring and Entering Research, which focus on undergraduate research. CIMER also provides training services (fee required).

National Research Mentoring Network provides free training modules (registration required).

National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine: The Science of Effective Mentoring in STEMM

American Association for the Advancement of Science: AAAS STEM Mentor Resources

Pathways to Science Mentoring Manual

The Leadership Alliance provides online materials and a downloadable mentoring guide.


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