Cientifico Latino is an organization aimed at promoting an environment of inclusivity in STEM and increase the number of scientists from minoritized backgrounds in higher education in the sciences through mentorship,
open-access resources, and professional development opportunities.
“The goal of this program is to connect more advanced graduate students with first-year graduate students to provide mentorship and guidance as you navigate your first year in graduate school. In addition, this program seeks to create a supportive community connecting first-year graduate students across the U.S. GSEC will run from August 2023 through June 2024.”
Cientifico Latino
They have a mentorship program for diverse graduate students as they begin their first year as graduate students. Each student accepted is paired with a mentor that can help them with starting their first year, choosing a PI, and many more obstacles that are present in graduate school. This program provides access to small mentorship groups, professional development workshops, and community events.
It is a great program and helps many students get the support they need in starting their first year of graduate school. Last year they were able to serve 101 mentees and had 50 mentors.
If you have not applied for graduate school yet, they also have a mentorship program for applying to graduate school called GSMI.
You can either apply to be a mentee if you are an incoming first-year graduate student or as a mentor if you are an advanced graduate students (3rd year onwards and passed their qualifying exam).
All applications will close on May 20.
