Tufts-Laidlaw Mentor Resources

The following resources may be useful for faculty mentors supporting Tufts-Laidlaw Scholars during the summer research period.

Laidlaw Scholars Network

https://laidlawscholars.network/

The Laidlaw Scholars Network is a core part of the Laidlaw experience and the global online community for Laidlaw Scholars.

Tufts Institutional Review Board

https://viceprovost.tufts.edu/sberirb/

This resource is important for projects involving human participants, interviews, surveys, identifiable private information, educational records, community-based research, or other human-subjects methods.

Tufts Human Resources SMART Goals Worksheet

https://access.tufts.edu/sites/default/files/documents/hr/hr_SMARTgoalWorksheet.pdf

This worksheet can help mentors and scholars turn a broad summer research idea into clearer goals, measures of progress, and milestones.

Recommended Mentor Development Resources

Tufts CELT: Three Tips for Mentoring Student Summer Researchers

https://sites.tufts.edu/teaching/2023/05/12/three-tips-for-mentoring-student-summer-researchers/

This short Tufts CELT article focuses directly on mentoring students during summer research.

Council on Undergraduate Research: Mentor Resources

https://www.cur.org/resources-publications/mentor-resources/

The Council on Undergraduate Research provides resources for faculty and administrators who support faculty-mentored undergraduate research.

The Science of Mentorship Podcast

https://thescienceofmentorship.transistor.fm/

This podcast from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine offers a different medium for mentors who prefer to listen rather than read.

For a Deeper Dive

National Academies: The Science of Effective Mentorship in STEMM

https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/the-science-of-effective-mentoring-in-stemm

This National Academies resource provides a deeper, research-based look at effective mentorship in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine.