As an independent research organization, Gladstone has the flexibility to provide its graduate students and postdoctoral scholars with a unique training experience and to support and
mentor junior faculty as they develop their independent research programs.
Although the original specification of the funding was to enhance graduate student education, Stewart says it is clear that «we do need to provide these opportunities for postdocs and to
mentor junior faculty.»
Not exact matches
The Chicago Guide to Your Academic Career: A Portable
Mentor for Scholars From Graduate School Through Tenure, by John Goldsmith, John Komlos, and Penny Schine Gold (University of Chicago Press, 2001), aspires to give graduate students and
junior faculty a candid introduction to an academic career
Provide an appropriate
faculty member or more senior graduate student as a
mentor to create a sense of belonging, and give the student a chance to be a
mentor to a more
junior graduate student.
Young and
junior faculty members should obtain» Adviser, Teacher, Role Model, Friend: On Being a
Mentor to Students in Science and Engineering», National Academy Press, 1995.
In science,
mentors can be other postdoctoral fellows, technicians,
junior faculty, or established investigators or professors — essentially anyone willing to share their knowledge, experiences, and enthusiasm.
The lack of visible
mentors translates to
junior faculty and postdocs as well.
«Chuck was highly respected by his research and clinical colleagues and was a popular
mentor, not only for many medical students and pediatric residents, but also for fellows and
junior faculty,» said John Cunningham, MD, Donald N. Pritzker Professor and interim chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the university.
The group will create a space for scholars in this emerging field to learn from each other, further define this area of study, and
mentor junior scholars pursuing this line of inquiry as graduate students and
junior faculty.
The Jay D. Scribner Mentoring Award honors Educational Leadership
faculty who have made a substantive contribution to the field by mentoring the next generation of students into roles as university research professors, while also recognizing the important role (s)
mentors play in supporting and advising
junior faculty.