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The enriching ESCMID Mentorship Programme provides participants with the opportunity to network with and learn from experts in the fields of Clinical Microbiology (CM) and Infectious Diseases (ID). ESCMID's esteemed mentors are eager to share their knowledge, experience, and skills!

Objectives

Together with your mentor, you will define the goals and outcomes of your mentorship and develop a plan that outlines your criteria for success. Mentorships aim at providing you with valuable experience and concrete outcomes such as career planning, scientific development, presentation skills and academic publishing, data analysis, application for grants/fellowships, as well as opportunities for networking and collaboration.


1 Find a mentor

  • Choose and reach out to an available mentor through the “Contact Mentor” form at the bottom of each EMC description (login required).
  • Agree on a partnership and develop a mentoring plan together.
  • Request a positive written agreement from your mentor.

Find a mentor


2 Submit your application

  • Log in with your ESCMID member credentials (Full, LMIC, or YSM) and submit your application.
  • Attach your mentor agreement and mentoring plan.
  • The ESCMID Professional Affairs Officer will review your application, and you will be notified of the decision by the ESCMID Executive Office.

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Requirements & Resources

Please be aware you can only apply for one mentorship. Mentorships are handled via email, phone, video conference tools or face-to-face sessions at the ESCMID Mentorship Centre (EMC). To qualify for the ESCMID Mentorship Programme, please make sure you meet the eligibility criteria:

  • Young Scientist Members (YSM) or members from low- or lower-middle-income countries (LMIC)
  • Inside-of-country and/or outside-of-country mentorship
  • Not previously received funding for the mentorship programme
  • Not from the same institution and does not have an existing collaboration with the chosen mentor
  • No age restrictions

The application window opens once a year, please check back for updates on the specific application period.

ESCMID will provide mentorship funding of up to 1K EUR (€) annually, available for a period of two years. Submit your final report and original receipts to qualify for a reimbursement reaching 2K EUR (€) per mentorship. ESCMID will reimburse the following expenses within the 1K EUR (€) yearly budget: 

  • Remote interactions between mentor and mentee: telephone bills, telephone conference invoice, and internet bills 
  • One face-to-face meeting per year: travel and accommodation during the visit to an ESCMID Mentorship Centre (EMC)
  • Attendance of ESCMID events and congresses (registration fees, transportation, and accommodation), as well as article publication fees for CMI and CMI Communications. 

If additional expenses are expected during the mentorship programme, they need to be specified in the application and will be reviewed accordingly. Please note that after your application is approved ESCMID will only cover the expenses mentioned above, provided you submit the original receipts.

After completing your mentorship, you will need to document the outcomes for your final report, highlighting the valuable experience gained from this unique opportunity. Reports are an important step to ensuring a mentorship is on the right track. They are requested halfway through the programme, and at the end to share results. More details on how and when to submit your report are available here: 

Submit report

ESCMID strongly encourages you to publish outcomes from your mentorships in peer-reviewed journals. Publications from research projects that have directly benefited from mentorships are specially acknowledged with the following: “[Name of mentee] has received input for the study/project through ESCMID Mentorship Programme by [name of mentor].” You are invited to send the published scientific articles resulting from your mentee-funded projects to the ESCMID Office. Even if the project has officially been closed, or the mentorship already complete, your accomplishment will still be shared through ESCMID channels.