Resources for Mentors and MEntees

• The Science of Effective Mentoring in STEMM Online Guide and Podcast are developed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. They offer an expansive description of mentoring programs and practices, including a complete toolkit of resources with downloadable and printable files.
• The American Physical Society (APS) Mentoring Programs  connect students and early career physicists with mentors to guide them on the path to success. Programs include the  National Mentoring Community (NMC) and the  IMPact Industry Mentoring Program.
• The Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER) Curricula  includes Entering Research, Entering Mentoring, and Mentoring Up. CIMER has developed a total of 23 curricula to cover a wide range of disciplines and careers. Visit MyCIMER and create a free account to preview and download the curricula.
• The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) Mentoring Resources page contains a repository of resources for mentors, mentees, and leaders to center impactful mentoring relationships and support student success. Most resources are free, but some require payment, so be sure to check whether WVU has an existing subscription to the resource.
• Harvard Catalyst offers guides to  Cultivate Mentoring Relationships,  Build a Mentoring Network, Assess Mentoring Relationships, and more. Developed for the field of clinical and translational research, the guide offers evergreen insights and evidentiary guidance for mentees and mentors alike.

Resources for Mentors

• The Physics Research Mentor Training Seminar is a facilitation guide to a training seminar for physics faculty, postdocs, and graduate students in mentorship roles. The guide is intended to help physics researchers improve their mentoring skills and to improve research experiences for the next generation of physicists. It was developed for the American Physical Society (APS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for Education Research (WCER) with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
• Nature's guide for mentors describes the qualities and attributes of a good mentor, supported by direct quotes from mentors and mentees. The guide was originally published in Nature 447, 791-797 (2007).
• The Mayo Clinic Mentorship Toolkit was developed for use in biomedical sciences, but contains a wealth of valuable information applicable to anyone working in STEM.

Additional Resources

• myIDP helps you define and pursue career goals by creating an Individual Development Plan (IDP) using their convenient and free career planning tool. It can be an extremely useful tool for mentors helping their mentees plan.
• WVU Career Services has a Career Skills section, where you can gather information about resume preparation, networking, salary negotiation, and more.
• CIMER's sample mentorship compacts are tailored to a range for a variety of disciplines and purposes. They are designed to help mentors and mentees establish mutual expectations.
• Using mentoring checklists can help. Some options include the one minute mentoring checklist, GWU's mentoring checklists, and resources from The Science of Effective Mentorship in STEMM Online Guide.