Mentoring Exemplars

UMass Amherst is home to some of the country’s most innovative, faculty-driven mentoring projects. For more information about our specific team and individual grants, please refer to the profiles and full grant listings below.

Mutual Mentoring Grant Profiles

The OFD’s Mutual Mentoring Initiative has supported numerous successful faculty-driven mentoring efforts, including the following:

	Department of Political Science, 2007-2008 Mutual Mentoring Team Grant
	Lisa Scott, 2007-2008 Mutual Mentoring Micro-Grant
	Shona Macdonald 2007-2008 Mutual Mentoring Micro-Grant

The Mutual Mentoring Team Grant Program

The Team Grant Program provides support to departmental, school/college, and interdisciplinary teams for a Mutual Mentoring project of their own design. Please refer to the following lists for details on the range of past grant-funded projects:

• 2006 - 07 Pilot Grant Projects
  
• 2007 - 08 Team Grant Projects
  
• 2008 - 09 Team Grant Projects
  

The Mutual Mentoring Micro-Grant Program

The Micro-Grant Program provides financial support to pre-tenure faculty members for a self-identified Mutual Mentoring project. Please refer to the following list for descriptions of past grant-funded projects:

• 2007 - 08 Micro Grant Projects
  
• 2008 - 09 Micro Grant Projects