Research Mentoring Programs at FSU
This resource is meant to provide an overview of FSU mentoring programs. If you know of a program that is not listed here, please email us!
Mentoring Programs for Faculty Researchers
| Program Name | Contacts (Name and Title) | Description |
| Office of Research Development FSU Research Mentor Academy | Crystal Ladwig, Program Lead FSU Research Mentor Academy | The mission of the FSU research mentor academy is to promote a culture of support for research mentoring and to provide training in optimizing mentoring relationships for mentors with their mentees at all levels of their research careers. Our training is based on the research mentoring curricula, Entering Mentoring, an evidence-based curriculum from the the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER), using an interactive approach that allows participants to explore an intellectual framework for research mentoring within a community of their peers. This approach provides mentors with opportunities for reflection and a forum to solve mentoring dilemmas and share successful mentorship strategies. |
| Office of Faculty Development and Advancement (OFDA) Career Path Mentoring Support | Peggy Wright-Cleveland, Director of Faculty Development | If you need support facilitating faculty mentoring contact Dr. Wright-Cleveland. When working toward a particular career goal, it is always beneficial to tap the expertise of someone who has already achieved that goal or a similar goal. An experienced faculty member shares experiences, advice, and expertise regarding the ins and outs of teaching, research, service, university and department specific protocols, and balance. What may be unexpected is that experienced faculty also benefit from mentoring. |
| UF-FSU CTSA K12 Program |
Andrea Johnson, MPH, Program Coordinator for Health Research Training; Henna Budhwani, PhD, MPH |
Created through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Florida State University (FSU) and the University of Florida (UF) partnership, the K2R Scholar Program is designed to create a community of early career faculty and mentors who work together to submit high-impact translational science career development and research proposal to set FSU’s investigators on a path to independence. Within the K2R program, the NIH-funded K12 career development program and support early career investigators in developing K career development proposals (e.g., K01, K23, etc.) and R-level (e.g., R01, R21, R34, etc.) research studies is housed. |
| NIH Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST) Program |
Frank ("Frankie") Y. Wong, College of Nursing; Pamela K. Keel, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences; Nicole Ennis, College of Medicine; Eugenia Millender, College of Nursing; and John ("Jack") P. Barile, Social Science Research Institute, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. |
Florida State University (FSU) is one of 6 universities among the first cohort of the NIH Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST) Program. FSU aims to develop, implement, and evaluate a program, Fostering Institutional Resources for Science Transformation: The FLORIDA-FIRST Health-Science Brigade is transforming culture at FSU to generate a self-sustaining scientific community dedicated to research excellence. |
| Inspiring the Generation of New Ideas and Translational Excellence at Florida State University (IGNITE-FSU) project | ignite-tallahassee@fsu.edu | The Inspiring the Generation of New Ideas and Translational Excellence at Florida State University (IGNITE-FSU) project is part of the National Science Foundation’s new Accelerating Research Translation program. This transformational initiative serves as a connector and catalyst for the translation of products and services out of the research community in Tallahassee and ensure maximal impact on the Florida economy and beyond. |
| FSU ADVANCE |
Lara Perez-Felkner, Ph.D. nsfadvance@fsu.edu |
Supported by a $1M external grant from NSF, FSU ADVANCE aimed to leverage data and best practices to enhance faculty success in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields, alongside participation and engagement with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) SEA Change program, inclusive of Medical and Health fields. We aimed to inform organizational solutions specific to FSU to support the success of faculty in their careers, their academic units and/or research centers, and at the university. |
Research Mentoring Programs for Undergraduate Students
| Program Name | Contacts (Name and Title) | Description |
| Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Department Summer REU Programs – NSF RISE and TIP | Subramanian Ramakrishnan,
3M Distinguished Professor of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering
Director, CREST CoMand
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Several opportunities: https://web1.eng.famu.fsu.edu/nsfscholars/ |
| Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Department NASA funded summer REUs on InSpace Manufacturing | Subramanian Ramakrishnan,
3M Distinguished Professor of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering
Director, CREST CoMand
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Several opportunities: https://ramaresearchgroup.com/ |
| Aero-Propulsion, Mechatronics, and Energy (AME) REU Summer Programs – NSF TT-AE, EN BP-AE, and HI-POWER) | Chiang Shih, Professor of Mechanical Engineering Director, Aero-Propulsion, Mechatronics & Energy (AME) Building |
Several Programs: https://ame.fsu.edu/programs-and-outreach/reu-summer-program/ |
| Chemistry & Biochemistry’s REU Program: (NSF Award Abstract # 2349250) Sunshine Institute for the Interaction of Light with Matter |
Dr. Edwin F. Hilinski, Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry; Dr. A. Eugene DePrince III, Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry; reu@chem.fsu.edu |
Dedicated to the study of photochemistry and photophysics-the events that take place upon the interaction of light with matter--This is an exciting area of science, with relevance to such important phenomena as information transmission and storage, sensing technologies, solar energy conversion, photodynamic therapy, photocatalysis, and photosynthesis. The REU experience covers a range of diverse research projects and techniques. The faculty guiding REU students are national and international leaders in their areas of chemistry. |
| Magnetic Field Laboratory REU Program | Kawana Johnson, Research Faculty II, Director's Office, Center for Integrating Research & Learning | The MagLab's Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) is an exciting summer program for college students interested in a science career by giving them the chance to work with MagLab scientists on an in-depth research project. This program is funded by the National Science Foundation. |
| Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement (CRE)’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) |
Alicia Batailles, Senior Associate Director of Florida State University’s Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement (CRE); CRE-UROP@fsu.edu |
The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) provides high-achieving students an engaging community with the flexibility and funding opportunities to explore their full range of interests. You can join a community of hundreds of first and second-year student researchers and UROP alumni, including discipline-specific, and transfer cohorts. |
| Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement (CRE)’s Florida Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance | https://cre.fsu.edu/apply | The Florida-Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance (FGLSA) is a coalition of twelve academic institutions in Florida and one in Georgia with a commitment to increasing the quality and quantity of students successfully completing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) baccalaureate degree programs, particularly by groups that historically have been at disadvantage. The long-term goal of FGLSA is to increase the number of students from disadvantaged populations in STEM fields who earn doctorates by stimulating interest in graduate study and providing the tools necessary for academic success. FGLSA is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and includes over 1000 talented undergraduates from across Florida and Georgia. |
| Computer Science’s S-STEM program | An-I Wang (Principal Investigator); David B Whalley (Co-Principal Investigator); Xiuwen Liu (Co-Principal Investigator); Lara C Perez-Felkner (Co-Principal Investigator); Sonia C Haiduc (Co-Principal Investigator) |
Through the generous funding of the National Science Foundation, the Department of Computer Science will offer S-STEM scholarships to academically talented students with financial need, to address the shortage of labor, women, and underrepresented groups in computing. The scholarship is intended to reduce or replace student loans so that students can better focus on their academic endeavors. |
| Gulf Scholars Program |
Program Director - Kassie Ernst, Ph.D., FAMU-FSU COE; Program Manager - Rahni Wright, FAMU-FSU COE |
The Gulf Scholars Program (GSP) prepares undergraduates to collaboratively tackle big challenges. Throughout the GSP, you will: Learn about the complex and dynamic United States Gulf of Mexico Region |
| Other Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement (CRE)’s Programs |
https://cre.fsu.edu/apply |
-Global Scholars |
| BPC-AE: STARS Computing Corps: Extending a National Community of Practice for Developing BPC Change Leaders |
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The "BPC-AE: STARS Computing Corps: Extending a National Community of Practice for Developing BPC Change Leaders" at FSU is a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project led by Florida State University (FSU) and partners, aiming to boost Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) by expanding the STARS Computing Corps network, focusing on Black and Hispanic students/faculty, creating new BPC programs (like Launch, Leadership Corps), fostering identity-focused groups, and building a virtual alumni community to drive systemic change in computing education and workforce. |
Research Mentoring Programs for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars
| Program Name | Contacts (Name and Title) | Description |
| College of Education IES (Award # R305B210014) Pathways to the Education Sciences Research Training Program (PURPOSE) program | Betsy Staudt Willet, Program Manager | Description: The PURPOSE program trains a diverse cohort of fellows in research with a focus on social justice in education. The goal of the program is to provide fellows with opportunities to develop the knowledge and skills they need to enter and successfully complete graduate programs in education and related fields. PURPOSE fellows will spend one year developing research skills through one-on-one faculty mentor relationships, research apprenticeships with faculty mentors (5 hours/week), coursework (5-10 hours/week), bi-weekly proseminars, and a service-learning research practicum (for example, at the local CDF Freedom Schools at FAMU DRS). Financial support for the program is provided by a grant from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Pathways Training Program (Award number: R305B210014). Mentor: The list of PI: https://purposetraining.create.fsu.edu/faculty-mentors/ Mentee: Continuous enrollment at FSU or FAMU as either an upperclassman or beginning master’s student in education or a related field (including but not limited to Psychology, English, etc.). |
| NIH T32 Program Chemosensory Training Program | Dr. Debra Ann Fadool, Principal Investigator, Professor, Department of Biological Science | Florida State University remains a rich training ground for postdoctoral scholars in the Chemosensory Sciences, initiating from pioneers in this discipline that built this scientific strength upon joining the university. Postdoctoral Scholars select a mentor from our team of faculty trainers and are encouraged to directly contact one or a number of trainers for employment opportunities. Scholars participate in semester-long rotating series of reading / practicum group with the trainers, annual special lecture series in the chemical senses, conference travel presentation of their research, and professional development activities with the CTP trainers or FSU postdoctoral association. |
| NIH T32 Program Integrated Clinical Neuroscience Training for Translational Research | Dr. Pamela Keel, Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Psychology Distinguished Research Professor |
Description: The Integrated Clinical Neuroscience (ICN) Training Program, operating in the Psychology Department at Florida State University for the past four years, seeks to train the next generation of investigators to become leaders in translational research who will make major advances across several areas of psychopathology characterized by dysregulated (?disinhibited?) behaviors including eating disorders, suicidality, trauma-related disorders, and aggression. These problems are associated with significant psychological and medical morbidity, elevated mortality, and high economic burden, underscoring the need for research that translates the neural mechanisms that underlie normal and abnormal behavior in animals into clinical studies of the causes and treatment of mental disorders. Mentor: ICN training faculty come from the Clinical and Neuroscience programs based on cross-area connections in research addressing dysregulated behaviors. Mentee: Predoctoral ICN trainees earning Ph.D.s in Clinical Psychology and Neuroscience |