Mentoring Resources
The following are links to aid faculty in their mentoring of postdoctoral trainees.
- Guidelines for Faculty Mentors: Prepared by the University of California, San Francisco.
- Guidelines for Mentoring Postdoctoral Scholars: A brief guide that developed out of a faculty-postdoc mentorship program at MIT. Includes questions that faculty mentors can ask their postdocs to get a mentor-protege relationship started.
- Mentoring Standards: Prepared by the Gladstone Institutes, based largely on guidelines set by the NIH.
- Resources for the Devlopment of Early-Career Scientists: A collection of links to resources that can help senior researchers train and mentor early-career researchers.
- Mentoring and PI Productivity: Science magazine article that explains why mentoring isn't just for the benefit of the postdoc: "Excellent mentoring attracts excellent postdocs, and postdoc alumni in good careers...make a lab look good."
- A Pinch of This, a Dash of That--Ingredients for Good Mentoring: Another Science article on the qualities of a good mentor.
- Advisor, Teacher, Role Model, Friend: On Being a Mentor to Students in Science and Engineering: A report by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.