Mentoring programs:
Broadening tool-building opportunities
Women and minorities are underrepresented in many research fields, depriving those fields of critical talent and slowing the pace of innovation (Risi et al. 2022, Yang et al. 2022).
Recent evidence indicates that mentoring programs can support the success of students and early career researchers who are underrepresented in their disciplines. For example, Ginther et al (2020) and Ginther and Na (2021) found that randomly assigning pre-tenure women economics faculty to a mentoring program organized by senior women faculty increased coauthoring, publication, and citation rates, and led to increased probabilities of having a tenure track job at a highly ranked institution. These findings suggest that mentoring programs for underrepresented students and faculty can increase their success on the academic career path.
The Social Science Research Council draws upon this research to develop and administer mentoring programs that broaden opportunity across disciplines.
All Mentoring Programs:
Mellon Mays Graduate Initiatives Program
The Mellon Mays Graduate Initiatives Program, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, serves Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows from the early stages of graduate school to the post-Ph.D. years, broadening opportunity in the academic community.
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Sloan Scholars Mentoring Network
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The Sloan Scholars Mentoring Network, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, serves the Sloan Scholar alumni community through career and professional development, mentoring, networking, and leadership training opportunities, broadening opportunity in the scientific community.
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