Get Involved · Become a Mentor
Guide the Research You Wish Someone Had Guided You Through
Mentoring one or two students a summer is a real, manageable commitment — not a second job. You'll guide a live, mentored research project in the area you already work in, and you're paid a stipend for your time.
Exact stipend amounts per student/project are still being finalized.
What You Actually Do
You're not writing a syllabus or grading assignments — your students arrive already having completed a full course in your research area, with the statistics, programming, and domain background they need. Your role is the part that's hardest to teach asynchronously: regular live video meetings to guide their research question, troubleshoot their analysis, and help them think like a scientist in real time.
1–2
Students per summer
8–10 wks
Typical project length
Weekly
Live video check-ins
Online
Fully remote
Paid
Stipend per student
Why Mentors Do This
Paid for Your Time
Mentors receive a stipend for
each student they mentor —
this is compensated work,
not a volunteer favor to the Academy.
Real Research Output
A well-scoped project with a prepared student can genuinely move a small research question forward — not just serve as a teaching exercise.
Low Overhead
Students arrive with the technical foundation already built. You're not starting from zero — you're directing someone who's ready to contribute.
Pipeline Building
Many mentors find their most promising students continue into their lab beyond the summer — an early, low-risk way to identify future trainees.
Mentors by Research Area
We match mentors to students based on research area — here's the kind of background that fits each.
How to Get Started
1
Tell us about your work
Submit a short mentor interest form with your research area, institution, and how many students you could take on.
2
We match you with student interest
Once students in your area finish their Spring course and reach project scoping, we'll share candidate matches based on interest and background.
3
One intro video call
You'll meet your matched student live before summer begins, to confirm fit and finalize the project scope together.
4
Mentor through the summer
Regular live video meetings — weekly or biweekly, your call — through the research project and the closing symposium.
Prefer to talk it through first? Contact us.