Individual Mentorship Program

Qualifications:

  • Early-stage faculty, senior residents and post-doctoral fellows
  • Applications are reviewed by the departmental grant review committee. Three mentees are selected each year and they will receive $5000 as research support.

Metrics of success:

Formation of a mentorship team

  • Program participants may do research with any investigator from the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
  • Guidance is provided to identify the best mentor based on the applicant’s research interests and experience.

Evaluation

  • Program participants must attend all CaDRE seminars/workshops except for instances of prior excused absences.
  • Program participants should meet with director and select mentors quarterly to discuss topics such as work in progress, research time, research productivity and future funding opportunities.
  • Program participants and mentors should complete and sign the Research Progress Report at 6 months after the initiation of the project.
  • Program participants and mentors should complete and sign the final progress report (including a report of expenses) within 30 days of the project end date.
  • Program participants should submit a federal grant proposal within 30 days of the project end date to the internal grant review committee for their feedback.