AdvanceScience

AdvanceScience is a two-year mentoring program in a 1-on-1 format for postdocs, habilitation candidates, and junior research group leaders. It usually starts annually in spring. In 1-on-1 mentoring, a mentee is brought together with an experienced mentor from the areas of academia, business, or society for a hierarchy-free, regular exchange. Mentee and mentor define bilaterally how to work together during the mentoring. The program is planned to start annually in the future.

• Awareness of their own strengths and impact.
• Gaining clarity about their own career path.
• Access to relevant networks.
• Support in career-relevant decision-making processes.
• Inspiration for the implementation of their own goals.
• Insights into work structures and processes.
• Participation in networking activities of the Graduate Academy.
• Support from the mentoring team during the whole mentoring program.
• Certificate after successful participation (kick-off, reflection and closing event).

Step 1: In the application, including a personal interview with the Graduate Academy, the mentee indicates preferences regarding the mentor and his/her working background: 1) Academia, 2) Business or 3) Society.

Step 2: According to these preferences, a suitable mentor is searched and mentee and mentor are brought into contact by GRADUS.

Step 3: After successful matching, the mentee takes the initiative. At the beginning of mentoring, mentee and mentor jointly define the conditions for their mentoring (how to meet, frequency of meetings, topics, etc.). In the mentoring, the mentee is the driving force.

The program lasts two years. It starts with a Kick-off and ends with a Closing Event. A reflection meeting takes place after one year.

Note: For those who are uncertain about which career to pursue or about the mentor’s working background, our decision workshop "Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft - welcher Karriereweg ist der richtige für mich? (25 September, 2023, 9:30 am-03:00 pm, in German, for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, registration closed) can help to get a clearer idea.

Advance Science round 2023/1

AdvanceScience round 2023/2

The mentee should be willing to proactively establish and maintain a mentoring relationship. Participation in the kick-off and closing event, as well as the reflection meeting is mandatory.

The group size is limited to 20 participants, therefore individual interviews with each mentee are conducted. The University of Stuttgart would like to significantly increase the proportion of women in all status groups, which is why half of the places are reserved for women.

A general willingness to act as a mentor in the future is required.

Interested candidates apply with 1) the completed profile form and 2) CV by email.