Kite-mentoring - a career supporting program for female doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers

Review: Anniversary event 10 years of kite-mentoring on 12-13 October 2023

In October 2023, the "kite-mentoring" programme of the University of Freiburg celebrated its 10th anniversary: Since its foundation as an initiative of the Cluster of Excellence BrainLinks-BrainTools in 2013, this career support programme has been supporting young female scientists (doctoral students and postdocs) from all areas of the natural sciences: mathematics, physics, chemistry, pharmacy, environmental sciences, computer science and engineering, biology and medicine. The anniversary celebration of "kite-mentoring" is supported by eument-net - the European Mentoring Network at Universities - through the organisation of a joint international conference for all members and interested parties.

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Kite-mentoring - a career supporting program for female doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers

Kite-mentoring is a mentoring program in English, initiated by BrainLinks-BrainTools and taking place at the University of Freiburg. The program has developed so successfully that it has been supported by other programs and institutions of the University of Freiburg, beyond the cluster. Today, participation in the program is open for female doctoral candidates and postdocs in physics, chemistry, pharmacy, mathematics, computer science, engineering, biology and medicine.
The kite-mentoring program is composed of four pillars: mentoring, training, networking, and coaching, however, not all mentees have to necessarily attend events of all fourpillars.
 

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