Table 1 Career development, leadership and mentorship programs: examples from around the world.
From: Community voices: the importance of diverse networks in academic mentoring
Program | Institution, organization, or society | Link | Purpose | Coverage | Target | Career stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Career development | Life Sciences Career Development Society | Matches mentees with industry mentors, career transition to industry coaching, networking | Institutional (University of Toronto, Canada) | Open to all participants | Graduate students, postdocs, research associates (Life Sciences) | |
Inclusive Graduate Education Network | Graduate school application mentoring and coaching | Regional (North America) | Minorities – Black, Latinx and Indigenous | Graduate students (Physics) | ||
Chinese University of Hong Kong Mentorship Program | https://cpdc.osa.cuhk.edu.hk/student/programmes-workshops/CUMP | Matches mentees with professional and senior executive mentors, career transition to industry coaching, networking | Institutional (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) | Open to all participants | Undergraduate and graduate students | |
Global Mentorship Program University of Nottingham | https://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/business/career-development/global-mentorship-programme.aspx | Matches mentees with professional mentors, career transition to industry coaching, networking | Regional (University of Nottingham in China, with international mentors) | Open to all participants | Undergraduate and graduate students | |
The ASPET Mentoring Network24 | https://www.aspet.org/aspet/education-careers/aspet-programs/aspet-mentoring-network | Professional development training and coaching, group mentoring, networking | Regional (North America) | Open to all participants | Graduate students, postdocs | |
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Mentoring Program | Matches mentees with experienced academic mentors, career development training, networking | Regional (Austrian Academy of Sciences affiliated institutions) | Open to all participants | Graduate students, postdocs and junior faculty | ||
Gordon Research Conferences & Workshops | Professional development training | Multi-national (North America, Asia, Europe) | Open to all participants | Unrestricted | ||
Yale Young African Scholars – Yale University | Academic skills development, college application coaching, networking | Multi-national (African countries) | Open to all African secondary students | Secondary students | ||
The Council for At-Risk Academics (CARA) | Matches fellows with academic mentors, funding support, advocacy | Multi-national (Syria, Zimbabwe, Iraq) | Open to academics from at-risk countries | Unrestricted | ||
Leadership | eLife Innovation Leaders Program | https://elifesciences.org/labs/ea8e2f51/introducing-innovation-leaders-2020 | Matches mentees with industry and academic mentors, group mentoring, professional and project development training, networking | Multi-national (unrestricted) | Open to all participants | Unrestricted |
LILANUT Leadership in Nutrition for LatAm Program49 | https://www.slaninternacional.org/lilanut/sobre_nosotros.php | Professional development and leadership workshops, networking | Multi-national (Latin America) | Open to all participants | Early career researchers (Public Health Nutrition and Nutrition Related Health Policy) | |
Interamerican Task Force OEA | Leadership training and communication, networking, policy making | Multi-national (Latin America) | Women | Unrestricted | ||
SACNAS | Professional development training, leadership promotion, networking, DEI advocacy and policy making | Regional (North America) | Minorities - Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans | Unrestricted | ||
The World Bank – XL Africa | Matches mentees with industry mentors, leadership and entrepreneurship promotion, funding support, networking | Multi-national (African countries) | African entrepreneurs | Unrestricted | ||
Mentorship | The African Academy of Sciences | Matches mentees with professional mentors, professional development and leadership training, networking | Multi-national (African countries) | Open to all applicants affiliated to African universities or research institutions | Postdocs and junior faculty | |
Public Health Policy - Leadership/Mentorship Program for Latin American women | Matches mentees with industry and academic mentors, Group mentoring, Leadership training, Networking | Regional (Latin America) | Women | Unrestricted | ||
Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER) | Training for individuals, institutions and organizations, Mentor and mentee training, Mentoring research, Networking, DEI advocacy | Institutional (CIMER affiliated institutions, North America) | Open to all participants affiliated to partner institutions | Unrestricted | ||
National Research Mentoring Network34 | Matches mentees with mentors, Mentor and mentee training, Group mentoring, Networking, DEI advocacy | Regional (North America) | Minorities | Unrestricted | ||
University of Minnesota - Clinical and Translational Science Institute - Mentor Training | https://www.ctsi.umn.edu/education-and-training/mentoring/mentor-training | Mentor training | Institutional (University of Minnesota, USA) | People with faculty appointments at the university | Faculty | |
Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning - Mentoring Workshops | Mentor training | Institutional (Affiliated institutions) | Open to all participants affiliated to member institutions with affiliations to institutions member of the network | Graduate students, postdocs | ||
University of Michigan - Rackham Graduate School - Mentoring and Advising Resources | https://rackham.umich.edu/faculty-and-staff/facilitating-academic-success/mentoring-advising/ https://rackham.umich.edu/faculty-and-staff/resources-for-directors/mentoring/ | Mentor and mentee training, group mentoring, networking | Institutional (University of Michigan, USA) | People with appointments at the university | Graduate students and faculty | |
Hong Kong Baptist University - Mentoring Programs | https://sa.hkbu.edu.hk/career/career-programmes/mentoring-for-success https://sa.hkbu.edu.hk/career/seed/mentorship/group-mentoring | Matches mentees with professional mentors, group mentoring, networking | Institutional (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong) | People with appointments at the university | Graduate students and faculty | |
The University of Hong Kong - Mentorship Programs | Matches mentees with professional mentors, group mentoring, networking | Institutional (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) | People affiliated or with appointments at the university | Undergraduate and graduate students, faculty | ||
Leopoldina Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften - Mentoring Program | https://www.leopoldina.org/en/funding/leopoldina-fellowship-programme/mentoring-program/ | Matches mentees with professional mentors, mentor and mentee training, career development training, long-term support of scholarship holders | Regional (Austria, Germany and Switzerland) | Applicants from Austria, Germany and Switzerland | Postdocs | |
Mentoring Hessen - Frauen in Wissenschaften und Wirtschaft | Matches mentees with professional mentors, career development training | Regional (German institutions) | Women | Unrestricted | ||
oSTEM | Matches mentees with professional mentors, career development and leadership training, networking | Regional (USA) | LGBTQ + people | Unrestricted | ||
Out to Innovate | Matches mentees with mentors, mentor and mentee training, group mentoring, networking, DEI advocacy | Regional (North America) | LGBTQ + people | Unrestricted |
