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After a successful pilot mentorship program in 2015, we are expanding the program this year to more teams. We are also starting the program much earlier to allow teams to access mentors before they start in the lab. Mentorship could be play an important role during idea genesis and brainstorming where teams can access mentor institutional memory as well as

Through the AlumniGEM mentorship program, high school and collegiate teams will be guided by one or two mentors throughout the summer on processes such as designing an experiment, creating a project abstract, developing a team wiki, and submitting a BioBrick. They will have online meetings with their mentors at least once per month in April to October if needed to learn these various aspects of iGEM and to have their questions answered.

To further expand the number of teams involved in iGEM, new teams are especially encouraged to apply. Returning teams that would benefit significantly from mentoring are also encouraged.

Additionally, a special mentorship workshop will be held at the iGEM Jamboree, where those who participated in the program and other jamboree attendees will be invited. We will discuss everyone's experiences so we can make the program even better next year. We hope to see you there!

Applications for this program have now closed. Thank you for your interest!

*If you cannot access the application form, click here for a PDF version. Please submit your answers in a Word document, PDF, or other text file to mentorship [AT] igem [DOT] org.