Research Mentor Training (Summer 2025), Section 2: Online for-credit seminar for graduate students only

Thank you for your interest in the Research Mentor Learning Community!

Graduate Students Only: This section is for graduate students who are mentoring. If you are a graduate student who will not be available to mentor or a postdoctoral scholar, please enroll in a non-credit workshop series that follows the same curriculum as this for-credit version..Find other sections available here: https://grad.wisc.edu/2025/01/31/research-mentor-training-summer-2025/.

STEMM faculty or academic staff may enroll in sessions with WISCIENCE, and faculty or academic staff in Arts, Humanities, or Social Sciences can contact the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Mentoring.

Note to Dissertators: In addition to this 1-credit RMT course, you must enroll in 2 credits of research to maintain exactly 3 credits as a dissertator. After completing the form, you will receive information on requesting an exception from the Graduate School for the 3-credit research requirement.

Enrollment Process: Complete the form for permission to enroll. You must identify a student mentee before the course starts, as you will be mentoring them during the semester. Delta staff can help you find a mentee if needed.

What to Expect After Submitting the Form:

If you already have plans to mentor, you will receive an email with a code to enroll.
If you haven't identified a mentee yet, you can still receive permission to enroll, but you must find a mentee before the semester starts.

This course counts as an elective toward the Higher Education Teaching and Learning Graduate/Professional Certificate.

What Does “Mentoring” Mean?

Mentoring involves dedicating about 30 hours during the semester (1-2 hours per week) to guide one or more students in research. This may include:

Developing research techniques
Gaining knowledge about their discipline
Navigating research or lab environments
Managing time effectively
Considering academic or career decisions
Advancing professionally in research

You are learning how to mentor, so proficiency in all these areas is not required. Having an undergraduate mentee will help you practice new mentoring techniques and gain real-life mentoring experiences.

If you have any questions, please email jawhitak@wisc.edu.

Contact information

First Name *

Last Name *

Email Address (@wisc.edu address, please) *

If it differs from your first name provided, what do you prefer to be called (e.g. Taylor prefers to be called TJ, Ximing prefers Ming....)

Prefer to be called

NetID (example: bbadger1) *

Campus information

Campus role *

Type in a few letters of your primary department and select from the list. If your department is not found, select "Other (mine not on this list)".

Primary Major/Department/Unit *

Secondary Department/Major/Unit

If you selected 'other' in the Department, please indicate your department/major/program here.

Dept/major/program not on the list

Please tell us about your current and future plans for mentoring.

Mentoring plans

Will you be mentoring in the same semester as this course? *

Do you expect mentoring to be a part of your future career?

Graduate students must complete all questions in this section.

Graduate Students only

Please provide your 10-digit student ID number *

Year in program

Will you be a dissertator during this course? *