Effective Research Mentorship for Graduate Students 1: Aligning Expectations

The Research Mentorship Skills for Graduate Students series is a collaboration between the Graduate School’s GradFUTURES program and Elevating Mentorship Initiative.
If you are a graduate student mentoring (or will mentor) an undergraduate or graduate researcher, this series is for you. This summer cohort is open to all Princeton graduate students (and postdocs) across all four divisions, and required for graduate student mentors in the 2026 ReMatch+ program. The curriculum is based on nationally-recognized Entering Mentoring program by CIMER (Center for Improvement of Mentored Experience in Research) and will be facilitated by Princeton faculty and graduate school deans.

Learning Outcomes:
Graduate Students will gain

Knowledge of best practices of mentorship in research
Tools to implement concepts to actionable approaches
Effective mentorship skills to train research mentees
Articulating your mentorship philosophy and plan
Topics include:

Aligning expectations
Maintaining effective communication
Assessing mentees’ understanding of research
Fostering independence and cultivating ethical behavior
Enhancing professional development
Articulating your mentoring philosophy and plan
Mentoring Up

The Research Mentorship Skills for Graduate Students series is a collaboration between the Graduate School’s GradFUTURES program and Elevating Mentorship Initiative.
If you are a graduate student mentoring (or will mentor) an undergraduate or graduate researcher, this series is for you. This summer cohort is open to all Princeton graduate students (and postdocs) across all four divisions, and required for graduate student mentors in the 2026 ReMatch+ program. The curriculum is based on nationally-recognized Entering Mentoring program by CIMER (Center for Improvement of Mentored Experience in Research) and will be facilitated by Princeton faculty and graduate school deans.

Learning Outcomes:
Graduate Students will gain

Knowledge of best practices of mentorship in research
Tools to implement concepts to actionable approaches
Effective mentorship skills to train research mentees
Articulating your mentorship philosophy and plan
Topics include:

Aligning expectations
Maintaining effective communication
Assessing mentees’ understanding of research
Fostering independence and cultivating ethical behavior
Enhancing professional development
Articulating your mentoring philosophy and plan
Mentoring Up

The Research Mentorship Skills for Graduate Students series is a collaboration between the Graduate School’s GradFUTURES program and Elevating Mentorship Initiative.
If you are a graduate student mentoring (or will mentor) an undergraduate or graduate researcher, this series is for you. This summer cohort is open to all Princeton graduate students (and postdocs) across all four divisions, and required for graduate student mentors in the 2026 ReMatch+ program. The curriculum is based on nationally-recognized Entering Mentoring program by CIMER (Center for Improvement of Mentored Experience in Research) and will be facilitated by Princeton faculty and graduate school deans.

Learning Outcomes:
Graduate Students will gain

Knowledge of best practices of mentorship in research
Tools to implement concepts to actionable approaches
Effective mentorship skills to train research mentees
Articulating your mentorship philosophy and plan
Topics include:

Aligning expectations
Maintaining effective communication
Assessing mentees’ understanding of research
Fostering independence and cultivating ethical behavior
Enhancing professional development
Articulating your mentoring philosophy and plan
Mentoring Up

The Research Mentorship Skills for Graduate Students series is a collaboration between the Graduate School’s GradFUTURES program and Elevating Mentorship Initiative.
If you are a graduate student mentoring (or will mentor) an undergraduate or graduate researcher, this series is for you. This summer cohort is open to all Princeton graduate students (and postdocs) across all four divisions, and required for graduate student mentors in the 2026 ReMatch+ program. The curriculum is based on nationally-recognized Entering Mentoring program by CIMER (Center for Improvement of Mentored Experience in Research) and will be facilitated by Princeton faculty and graduate school deans.

Learning Outcomes:
Graduate Students will gain

Knowledge of best practices of mentorship in research
Tools to implement concepts to actionable approaches
Effective mentorship skills to train research mentees
Articulating your mentorship philosophy and plan
Topics include:

Aligning expectations
Maintaining effective communication
Assessing mentees’ understanding of research
Fostering independence and cultivating ethical behavior
Enhancing professional development
Articulating your mentoring philosophy and plan
Mentoring Up

The Research Mentorship Skills for Graduate Students series is a collaboration between the Graduate School’s GradFUTURES program and Elevating Mentorship Initiative.
If you are a graduate student mentoring (or will mentor) an undergraduate or graduate researcher, this series is for you. This summer cohort is open to all Princeton graduate students (and postdocs) across all four divisions, and required for graduate student mentors in the 2026 ReMatch+ program. The curriculum is based on nationally-recognized Entering Mentoring program by CIMER (Center for Improvement of Mentored Experience in Research) and will be facilitated by Princeton faculty and graduate school deans.

Learning Outcomes:
Graduate Students will gain

Knowledge of best practices of mentorship in research
Tools to implement concepts to actionable approaches
Effective mentorship skills to train research mentees
Articulating your mentorship philosophy and plan
Topics include:

Aligning expectations
Maintaining effective communication
Assessing mentees’ understanding of research
Fostering independence and cultivating ethical behavior
Enhancing professional development
Articulating your mentoring philosophy and plan
Mentoring Up

The Research Mentorship Skills for Graduate Students series is a collaboration between the Graduate School’s GradFUTURES program and Elevating Mentorship Initiative.
If you are a graduate student mentoring (or will mentor) an undergraduate or graduate researcher, this series is for you. This summer cohort is open to all Princeton graduate students (and postdocs) across all four divisions, and required for graduate student mentors in the 2026 ReMatch+ program. The curriculum is based on nationally-recognized Entering Mentoring program by CIMER (Center for Improvement of Mentored Experience in Research) and will be facilitated by Princeton faculty and graduate school deans.

Learning Outcomes:
Graduate Students will gain

Knowledge of best practices of mentorship in research
Tools to implement concepts to actionable approaches
Effective mentorship skills to train research mentees
Articulating your mentorship philosophy and plan
Topics include:

Aligning expectations
Maintaining effective communication
Assessing mentees’ understanding of research
Fostering independence and cultivating ethical behavior
Enhancing professional development
Articulating your mentoring philosophy and plan
Mentoring Up

The Research Mentorship Skills for Graduate Students series is a collaboration between the Graduate School’s GradFUTURES program and Elevating Mentorship Initiative.
If you are a graduate student mentoring (or will mentor) an undergraduate or graduate researcher, this series is for you. This summer cohort is open to all Princeton graduate students (and postdocs) across all four divisions, and required for graduate student mentors in the 2026 ReMatch+ program. The curriculum is based on nationally-recognized Entering Mentoring program by CIMER (Center for Improvement of Mentored Experience in Research) and will be facilitated by Princeton faculty and graduate school deans.

Learning Outcomes:
Graduate Students will gain

Knowledge of best practices of mentorship in research
Tools to implement concepts to actionable approaches
Effective mentorship skills to train research mentees
Articulating your mentorship philosophy and plan
Topics include:

Aligning expectations
Maintaining effective communication
Assessing mentees’ understanding of research
Fostering independence and cultivating ethical behavior
Enhancing professional development
Articulating your mentoring philosophy and plan
Mentoring Up