February 2023 Newsletter

NRMN is Virtually Everywhere

Are you a mentor of undergraduate students? Do you want to learn how you can strengthen your mentoring relationships with them? We just released a new course designed exactly for that.

You’ll learn to appreciate and communicate to mentees the importance of mentoring in their development as researchers; articulate the pros and cons of different mentoring models; routinely reflect on and adapt your research mentoring practices; and much more.

Though our course focuses on mentoring in the biomedical, behavioral, and social science fields, the principles can apply to other fields, too.

And if you’re from an institution or organization and would like to have your mentors take the course, we can help you create your own cohort and start enrollment—just email info@nrmnet.net!

Take the Course

Did you participate in any of our Mentoring Month activities in January? If you missed it, let’s look back on what we did to celebrate.

In partnership with the Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium for Advancing Health Equity and Researcher Diversity (AIM-AHEAD), we hosted a Twitter chat to share resources and talk about the importance of mentorship in the STEMM community. Check out our Twitter account to learn all about what we shared.

We also hosted two webinars with AIM-AHEAD—one that highlighted mentoring across demographics and fields of study, and one that focused on mentoring pertaining to culture and awareness to promote a sense of belonging in the STEMM fields.

Students—are you looking for a way to personally connect with a mentor so you both can work to achieve your goals? Then MyMentor is just the program for you.

MyMentor is our guided virtual mentoring program within MyNRMN. Once you match with a mentor through one of three ways, you’ll embark on a mentoring journey with a timeline of goals, which you can edit to fit your needs. To do this, we’ll provide you guided prompts to encourage conversations with your mentor.

We also provide various ways to get in touch with your mentor, including a discussion board—where you can write posts to your mentor and share files—and a virtual meeting space, where you can schedule a video call with your mentor for a more personal mentoring interaction.

Want to get started? Sign up for MyNRMN to access MyMentor today.

Join MyMentor

Need some tips for your mentoring journey?

We've compiled a couple of resources that can help.

The Science of Effective Mentorship in STEMM's online guide can help you develop and maintain strong and effective mentorship education initiatives in STEMM, along with successful mentorship programs and tools for establishing strong mentoring relationships.

Check out the website here!

The Must-Have Guidebook for Writing, Publishing, and Presenting: 150 Pro Tips for Career Success—written by award-winning mentor Dr. Monisha Arya and her public health mentee Natalia Rodriguez—gives you 150 actionable tips for proven success in academic writing and manuscript publishing, poster presentations, and more.

Check out the book here!

From funding opportunities to postdoctoral programs, check out these programs that can help you advance your journey in the STEMM fields.

Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology Postdoctoral Research Program (CREST-PRP)

The CREST Postdoctoral Research Program awards are part of the overarching CREST program, which provides support to enhance the research capabilities of minority-serving institutions. They provide two years of support for research experience and training for early career scientists. Applications are due April 26. Apply here.

Postdoctoral Training in Behavioral Oncology Program

The H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute—an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center—invites applications to its post-doctoral training program in behavioral oncology. They're now accepting applications for the September 2023 cohort. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis through June 30, or until all positions are filled. Apply here.

Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) Phase 2 Funding Opportunity

The Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) Phase 2 funding opportunity announcement has been reissued. The COBRE program supports the establishment and development of innovative biomedical and behavioral research centers at Institutional Development Award-eligible institutions. The application receipt date is May 29, 2023, for the earliest start date of April 2024.

Apply for the Program

All of Us Evenings with Genetics Research Program

The All of Us Evenings with Genetics Research Program aims to engage researchers from diverse backgrounds to utilize the National Institutes of Health's All of Us data resources to advance precision medicine. The program is funded in part by the NIH All of Us Research Program.

Apply for the Program

Mentoring Month might be over, but we're still filling our reading

list with the latest mentoring articles. Check them out!

Our U01s have been busy publishing publications—give them a read!

Read publications funded by NRMN and additional mentoring

resources on the NRMN Publications page!

From a new blog about one of our U01 projects to an upcoming conference, check out the latest happenings in our community!

18th Annual Conference on Health Disparities

Save the date for the 18th Annual Texas Conference on Health Disparities. It will be happening in-person on June 8 and 9 2023.

For any questions please contact Coleen Franckowiak at coleen.franckowiak@unthsc.edu

Learn more here!

Highlighting Mentee/Mentor Collaborations for Undergrad Research Programs 2022

In collaboration with the U01 project at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, undergraduate-level students collaborated with their near-peer mentors in the lab to create explainer videos about the research they’re working on. We're thrilled to highlight the hard work of these creators and share their projects with our network.

Read the article here!

Calling all science communications professionals! Check out these positions that are looking for social media, email, and marketing skills.

We also have a full list of fellowships, jobs, and internships—be sure

to check out the NRMN Jobs & Internships Board for the

latest opportunities.

Visit our Jobs Board

We're Hiring!

NRMN is hiring for an Online Platform Coordinator. We're looking for someone who will be able to provision platform content and surveys for NRMN and NRMN partner sub-communities, prepare guided virtual mentorship platform reports and documentations, and more. Interested in applying?

Apply Here

NRMN Editorial Committee

Damaris Javier, MA, Editorial Staff

Lisette Serrano, Editorial Staff

If you have any questions or need any assistance, please email us at info@nrmnet.net. We'd love to hear from you!

NRMN Team

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