What is the SIL Mentorship Program?
SIL’s new mentorship program offers the chance to students and early careers limnologists to be mentored by experienced scientists within the SIL international community that are willing to guide and advise them for up to three years (timeline to be agreed upon by the mentor and mentee based on their needs).
Goals of the program:
• to support capacity building and knowledge transfer in developing countries
• to encourage and support limnology researchers
• to foster international collaborations and increase international networks
• to increase continual engagement within SIL members in order to foster a dynamic international community
Mission:
The program is related to SIL’s mission of “promoting excellence in studying and managing inland waters and addressing global issues through the fostering of interdisciplinary approaches and the transfer of knowledge“, and especially to our strategic focus 1 and 4:
• to foster and support international scientific networks of freshwater research
• to empower researchers of tomorrow and facilitate knowledge-transfer to promote limnology to a wider audience
Evaluation
The program will be reviewed on an ongoing basis with comments from both mentors and mentees in order to iterate the process to best answer the program’s goals.
Contact information
If you need further information, please contact the responsible of the program, Meryem Beklioğlu, meryem@metu.edu.tr
