Research Guides: Responsible Conduct of Research & Scholarly Activity: Mentoring

Mentoring

The essence of mentoring, from its ancient origins to the present, is imparting wisdom and offering trusted support to the inexperienced. Mentors assist and support students during their graduate education, and beyond. They provide both the initial grounding and the ongoing support for students’ continued professional development throughout their careers. Although there is no exact definition of mentorship, or consensus across disciplines, serving as a close, trusted counselor and guide remains a mentor’s central role.

Ten Simple Rules ~ PLOS Collection

Ten Simple Rules for Establishing a Mentorship Programme
Treasure AM, Hall SM, Lesko I, Moore D, Sharan M, van Zaanen M, et al. (2022) Ten simple rules for establishing a mentorship programme. PLoS Comput Biol 18(5): e1010015. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010015
Ten Simple Rules for Developing a Mentor–Mentee Expectations Document
Masters KS, Kreeger PK (2017) Ten simple rules for developing a mentor–mentee expectations document. PLoS Comput Biol13(9): e1005709. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005709

Resources

Finding the right mentor at the right time
Inside Higher Education, 6/26/2023
Want to improve young scientists’ mentoring experience? Train their mentors in cultural awareness
Science, 5/24/2023
Tormentor mentors, and how to survive them
Nature, 3/16/2023
Why science needs strong mentors
Nature, 9/8/2021
Nature Communications retracts much-criticized paper on mentorship
Retraction Watch, 12/21/2020
Kindness alone won’t improve the research culture
Nature, 12/10/2020
Guest post: Undergraduate mentorship in the time of COVID-19: What we’ve learned
Dynamic Ecology Blog, 10/7/2020
When your supervisor is accused of research misconduct
The Scientist, 6/1/2020
Acclaimed mentor of minority mathematicians relied on tough love—but some say he went too far
Science, 5/15/2020
Mentoring during the COVID-19 pandemic
Nature, 4/3/2020
What can your PhD supervisor do for you?
Nature Index, 3/31/2020
Some advice for PhD students and their mentors in the time of coronavirus
Dynamic Ecology blog, 3/15/2020
Developing grad students' scientific literacy skills
Inside Higher Ed, 2/20/2020
Tech tools to make research more open and inclusive
Nature, 2/3/2020
Top geneticist ‘should resign’ over his team’s laboratory fraud
The Guardian, 2/1/2020
Mentoring underrepresented minority students
Inside Higher Ed, 1/13/2020
From service to science: NIH shifts mentoring of mentoring network aimed at boosting grantee diversity
Science, 1/3/2020
Experi-mentoring: Where to turn when your PI can’t help
Science, 11/20/2019
This simple tool shows you how to choose your mentors
Nature Index, 8/28/2019
Want to become a better mentor? Ask for anonymous feedback
Science, 4/29/2019
Train students to navigate ethical swamps
Nature, 4/10/2019
Collaborative research skills should be meaningfully incorporated into undergraduate programmes
LSE Impact Blog, 9/20/2018
The key to a happy lab life is in the manual
Nature, 9/5/2018
From lectures to the lab: three steps to becoming an undergraduate researcher
Nature, 7/30/2018
How to mentor undergraduates as a postgraduate, and why it’s important
Nature, 6/13/2018
Some hard numbers on science's leadership problems
Nature, 5/16/2018
The case for student-to-student mentoring in bench science
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 5/8/2018
Disabled in grad school: Mentoring
Inside Higher Ed, 2/13/2018
To improve reproducibility, listen to graduate students and postdocs
Nature, 8/4/2017
Mentoring tips: How to find, keep, and be a mentor
HERC, 6/15/2017
The mentoring buck stops here
Vitae, 9/22/2016
Some ruminations on graduate students
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 8/2/2016

Hello PhD:157. The Three Mentors You Need

Getting the Most Out of Your Doctorate by Mollie Dollinger (Editor)
ISBN: 9781787699083
Publication Date: 2019-04-24
Beyond the doctoral thesis itself, the most significant factors in the progression of PhD candidature and early academic careers are: the relationships between the researcher and their supervisor(s), the ability to network, and understanding one's place in the global research arena. Navigating these critical factors and moving from a novice to expert, is a critical undertaking for every PhD candidate and a process that will continue for years following one's PhD. In this book, scholars from around the world offer practical advice on how to get the most out of one's doctorate. Readers will get helpful tips on how to sustain healthy and long-lasting relationships with their supervisors, learn how to develop their networks, and understand the important changes impacting the modern PhD candidate.
Entering Mentoring by Jo Handelsman (Editor); Christine Pfund (Editor); Sarah Miller Lauffer (Editor); Christine Maidl Pribbenow (Editor)
ISBN: 9780981516110
Publication Date: 2009-01-05
A guidebook to train science mentors at various levels. It helps science faculty become effective mentors to diverse students.