Science Fair Mentoring

Concept

Visiting a commercial, career or scientific fair is often overwhelming. Finding ones way through the large number of offers, meeting the right people and getting the right contacts that you can use later is not always easy. As a “fair” mentee you will have a senior scientist at your side – your mentor – who will share her/his experience, give you insights and introduce you to the right people. It can be particularly enriching when mentor and mentee have different scientific backgrounds.

Procedure

If you are interested in visiting a fair and would like to avail of a mentor, you may respond to the calls we periodically put out, or alternatively you may ask us to seek a mentor for you from the cluster senior scientists.

List of upcoming Science Fairs

Application

Please fill out the application form to apply for funding to the fair. Please clearly have your supervisor state what proportion of the funding would be available from project funds, and enclose a rough calculation of costs. Please attach a short accompanying letter stating your particular interest in the fair and what you hope to gain from your participation and submit the signed application to info@isos.uni-kiel.de

Reports from previous Science Fair Mentorings

Tim Stöven at the ANALYTICA 2014 in Munich

Lucía Villar-Muñoz at the Oceanology International 2012 conference

Tom Kwasnitschka at the Oceanology International 2012 conference

Nasser Bani Hassan at the Oceanology International 2010 in London

Peer Fietzek and Monika Krivickaite at the Offshore Technology Conference, Texas

Kilian O'Brien at the SMM Fair in Hamburg