About our Mentorship Program

Our mentorship program aims to:

Increase the availability of support in all stages of marine science careers.

Foster relationships between mentors and mentees outside of the academic or work setting.

Build a network within the SWMS community.

How it Works

  • Both mentees (those receiving advice/guidance) and mentors (individuals giving advice/guidance) must be registered SWMS Members to participate.

    Mentees can be in high school and above.

    Mentors must have finished an undergraduate degree.

    You can both serve as a mentor, and be a mentee.

  • Matches are made on a rolling basis using the information provided in the enrollment forms linked below.

    Please note that it make take our mentorship co-chairs up to 1 - 2 months to match you with someone, based on availability.

    NOTE: Mentorship match emails sometime will go into the spam boxes, particularly for .edu and .org accounts. Please add swmsmentorship@gmail.com in your list of recognized email contacts upon completing the sign-up forms to ensure that you receive your matches! 

  • Mentors are responsible for initiating contact with mentees after matching. If you have not been contacted by your mentor within a reasonable time frame after receiving your match, please get in touch with the Mentorship Co-Chairs.

    If mentors do not respond after 2 contact attempts, mentees will be rematched and mentors will be removed from the program. 

Become a mentor or a mentee!

Please note that you will need a membership to access the application.

Still need to transfer your membership to our new platform but want to join the mentorship program? Please contact us.

More information

Read the Program Description and Agreement

Check out our Mentoring Resources sheet!

Questions?

Our Mentorship Program is led by our Mentorship Co-Chairs:

Tia and Breanna!

For questions about the mentorship program, please contact them at: swmsmentorship@gmail.com