Additional information Mentoring

Definition of a mentoring relationship:
  • Mentoring is based on a supportive relationship, beyond institutional hierarchies
  • this relationship is established within the framework of a formal mentoring program - COMETiN - and may continue for the duration of the program
  • the mentoring relationship exists between a female emerging scientist on her way to a doctorate or habilitation, who is committed to shaping her career and is looking for an exchange of experiences along the way (mentee)
  • and experienced scientists who are willing to share their specific experience and knowledge (mentor)
  • The goal of the mentoring relationship is to support mentees in their professional development in science and research

 

COMETiN has no influence on the content and scheduling of the mentoring relationship, which is the sole responsibility of the tandem pair (mentee - mentor).

 

Benefits of participating in COMETiN:

for mentees

  • Increasing one's own autonomy and critically reflecting on the opportunities and challenges of an academic career
  • Developing key competencies for career paths
  • Professional support in strategic career planning and implementation
  • Raising the professional profile
  • Networking across disciplines and universities through contact with other mentees and mentors
  • Reflection on gender-specific factors of scientific careers
  • Encouragement and support for science and research careers
  • Development of strategies to reconcile a career in science with family or dual-career partnership
  • Gaining formal and informal knowledge about the science enterprise

 for mentors

  • Opportunity to support emerging female scientists outside of hierarchical relationships and to pass on own experiences
  • Active and sustainable contribution to recruiting young talents
  • Opportunity for self-reflection and exchange with other mentors: new impulses and perspectives
  • Examination of one's own role and one's own care and leadership behavior
  • Networking expansion
  • Expansion of own contact networks and initiation of new cooperation constellations
  • Gaining substantiated insights into the specific challenges of female emerging scientists

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