FSU Research Mentor Academy
"Mentorship is a professional, working alliance in which individuals work together over time to support the personal and professional growth, development, and success of the relational partners through the provision of career and psychosocial support."
-The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Consensus Study Report “The Science of Effective Mentorship in STEMM”
What is the Research Mentor Academy?
Effective research mentoring relationships are critical to developing the next generation of researchers. The mission of the FSU research mentor academy is to promote a culture of support for research mentoring and to provide training in optimizing mentoring relationships for mentors with their mentees at all levels of their research careers. The FSU Research Mentor Academy is conducted by the FSU Office of Research Development, led by Dr. Rachel Goff-Albritton, Assistant Director of the Office of Research Development.
The Research Mentor Academy is provided in collaboration with the Office of Faculty Development and the FSU Clinical and Translational Science Award CTSA Program and supported by other FSU Administrators and Faculty trained to facilitate the Entering Mentoring curriculum.
Our training is based on the research mentoring curricula, Entering Mentoring, an evidence-based curriculum from the the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER), using an interactive approach that allows participants to explore an intellectual framework for research mentoring within a community of their peers. This approach provides mentors with opportunities for reflection and a forum to solve mentoring dilemmas and share successful mentorship strategies. You can read more about the development of these training materials here.
The FSU Research Mentor Academy is structured around a series of interactive learning sessions on topics relevant to successful mentor-mentee interactions. The training covers topics related to research mentoring relationships, such as:
- Aligning Expectations
- Addressing Equity and Inclusion
- Assessing Understanding
- Fostering Independence
- Maintaining Effective Communication
- Promoting Professional Development
- Cultivating Ethical Behaviors
- Promoting Mentee Research Self-Efficacy
- Enhancing Work-Life Integration
- Articulating Your Mentoring Philosophy and Action Plan
FSU research mentors who attends all sessions will be listed and recognized within their cohort on this page below and will receive a certificate of completion. Your completion of this training can be listed on your CV and, if applicable, is important to be listed on training grant applications. If you are interested in learning about mentoring best practices, then please join the FSU Research Mentor Academy.
For more mentoring resources, check out our Research Mentoring Resources Homepage.