The Evolving Seas RCN is excited to announce the second year of our Virtual Lab Meeting Training Program.

In this program, the RCN seeks to provide training to students at the undergraduate or graduate level (“mentees”) by participating in lab meetings of a research group that shares their interests. The mentee will participate by attending lab meetings during 2021-2022. A designated “mentor” from the research group will dedicate portions of two lab meetings to the mentee’s professional development. The format for lab meetings dedicated to the mentee’s professional development is flexible, but could take the form of review of graduate school or grant application statements at lab meeting, research presentation at lab meeting, lead paper discussion at lab meeting, etc. Upon completing the program (10 lab meetings with portions of 2 lab meetings dedicated to mentee’s professional development) before May 2022, approved applicants will receive a $500 stipend (see information on eligibility in the website).

Mentors may be Faculty, Postdoctoral Fellows, or Research Associates - as long as lab meetings can be dedicated to the mentees professional development. A survey from last year indicated that this program takes less than 3 extra hours of a mentor’s time (outside lab meetings) over the course of an academic year, while providing important professional development for the mentee.

For more information:
https://rcn-ecs.github.io/2021virtuallabcall/ 

If you are a faculty, postdoc, or research scientist, please sign up to be a host-mentor by Sept 15 with this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RB4YMC8PJ7lRNM2N_LOJBywNIDJ-P3dSz1y0IE836p0

If you know a graduate student or undergraduate who would benefit from this program, please tell them to apply to be a mentee between Sept 15 and Sept 30. They will be able to choose their preferred mentors from those who register and the RCN will match mentors and mentees. We would greatly appreciate it if you encouraged students from underrepresented groups in our fields to apply.

Thank you so much!

Katie Lotterhos and The Evolving Seas RCN Diversity Committee 

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