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Advancing the Science and Practice of Mentorship
We aim to support cultural change that values inclusive excellence through mentorship
Services
We offer training and consultation services to support your mentorship initiatives.
Trainings
CIMER Principal Facilitators provide trainings for individuals, institutions, and organizations to optimize research mentoring relationships for:
- Mentors
- Mentees
- Program Administrators
- Instructors
- Staff
- Faculty
- Post-doctoral Scholars
Consulting
CIMER is dedicated to supporting institutions and organizations in developing effective mentoring relationships and training programs. We offer specialized consultation services tailored to meet your needs. Visit the Work with Us page and submit a request form.
Resources
We curate and build resources to support mentoring relationships.
Curricula
CIMER offers the following curricula to optimize the practice of mentoring relationships.
- Entering Mentoring
- Entering Research
- Mentoring Up
- Culturally Aware Mentoring
Additional Resources
- Mentor and mentee support resources with a range of tools and toolkits, and self-study training options.
- Assessment resources view and download a standard Entering Mentoring evaluation and learn about evaluations.
- Publications includes a link to the Zotero library to search a range of mentoring related publications.
- NEW! Upcoming Trainings: Visit the News and Events page to find current and upcoming training opportunities and register.
- New Article: Utilizing Mentorship Education to Promote a Culturally Responsive Research Training Environment in the Biomedical Sciences (Aug. 2024)
- NAE’s Diversity Dialogues podcast: “Changes that Work: Mentoring” (with Dr. Angela Byars-Winston) (June 2024)
- New Article: A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Intervention to Increase Cultural Diversity Awareness of Research Mentors of Undergraduate Students (May 2023)
- Addy Hour podcast: “Thriving or Burn Out in Mentoring, Pastoring, Service & Vocation” (with Dr. Christine Pfund) (Jan. 2023)
Collaboration & Community
To foster connections among researchers and practitioners
- Communities of Practice – subscribe to the CIMER newsletter, join a community
- News & Events – view latest publications and upcoming conferences & meetings
- Research Collaborations – learn more about CIMER’s work and past projects
- Work with us – partner with CIMER, or request a letter of support