Local Mentoring Resources

University of Cincinnati Faculty Enrichment Center

The University of Cincinnati Faculty Enrichment Center offers several mentorship programs including

• The New Faculty Connections Academy is a collaborative learning circle that offers both mentoring on professional and social support, focused on fostering faculty connections and promoting academic success.

• The Mid-Career Learning Circle is a highly interactive, participatory program intended for mid-career faculty. It is designed to help faculty build, share, and express knowledge through a process of open dialogue and deep reflection. The participant community provides faculty with a peer support network, strategies for navigating challenges at mid-career, as well as teaching, scholarly, and professional development.

• Research Mentoring: Optimize Your Practice is offered in collaboration with the Office of Undergraduate Research for faculty who mentor undergraduate and graduate student researchers. While many faculty report positive experiences with their mentees, negative experiences may unintentionally arise. This discipline-inclusive program uses interactive, evidence-based activities to help mentors develop productive, mutually satisfying relationships with their mentees.

• The Academy of Leadership and Practice is designed for mid-career faculty (educator and tenure-track) to increase self-awareness and confidence in leadership capabilities, enhance core leadership skills such as strategic planning, diversity appreciation and leading change to creative solutions that support evidence-based practices university-wide.  A primary purpose of this program is to help faculty identify their strengths and learn to leverage those strengths to lead others.

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University of Cincinnati Graduate College

The University of Cincinnati Graduate College offers information about program-specific opportunities, the PeerLead Initiative, best practices in mentorship, a graduate student mentoring guide for students, building your research community, and effective mentorship in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM).

Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training (CCTST)

The Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training (CCTST) serves the University of Cincinnati, its Academic Health Center partners, and the community by:

• Providing consultation to investigators on research design and implementation through Research Central.

• Providing support for young investigators (faculty and fellows) in clinical and translational research through help in preparing career development awards (e.g., K23).

• Assisting young faculty in careers in clinical and translational research.

• Assisting faculty in preparing large multidisciplinary, multi-school, and multi-institutional grants.

• Coordinating clinical and translational research.

• Spearheading efforts to write institutional training grants.

• Coordinating the MS in Clinical and Translational Research Training Program (Principal Investigator and Clinical Research Professionals tracks), Graduate Certificate in Clinical and Translational Research, the Graduate Certificate in Community-Engaged Research for Health, and the Undergraduate Certificate in Clinical & Translational Science.

• Also offered is the K12 Research Scholars mentored career development award program for highly qualified MD, PhD, DO or PharmD junior faculty pursuing careers in clinical and translational research.

University of Cincinnati Office of Research

The University of Cincinnati Office of Research provides the research community with excellent services that enhance scholarship and research, including key investments in the UC research enterprise that will impact local, national, and global partners. A list of the trainings they currently offer can be accessed here.

University of Cincinnati Staff Success Center

The University of Cincinnati Staff Success Center manages a mentorship program called Mentor Me UC that is designed for both mentees and mentors. Through an informal but structured program that lasts at least nine months, Mentor Me UC creates space where employees can connect with a larger community, gain valuable perspectives, and receive real and actionable advice.

University of Cincinnati Office of Faculty Affairs and Development

At the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, the Office of Faculty Affairs and Development promotes the excellence of all faculty by assisting at every stage of their career and providing programs and resources that support their professional goals and their contributions to the missions of the College of Medicine. This Office has created new development programming for faculty in the areas of professional development, research development, teaching and education development, and wellness. A list of their upcoming workshops is provided in OneStop. Recordings of previously held workshops are also available here.

University of Cincinnati Cancer Center

The University of Cincinnati Cancer Center offers Mentoring Morsels on the third Wednesday of each month. This series focuses on leadership topics such as feedback, strategic planning, mentorship, and more.