Mentoring can improve access to knowledge, networks, and development opportunities for people who face additional social or professional barriers. This category includes programs focused on diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity, including initiatives for migrants, refugees, people with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups.
Supports doctoral candidates and advanced master’s students from non-academic family backgrounds through long-term mentoring, networking and training to improve access to informal knowledge in the academic system.
Who is it for? Doctoral candidates and advanced master’s students from non-academic family backgrounds
firstgen at Humboldt‑Universität zu Berlin pairs students from non‑academic family backgrounds with experienced master’s or doctoral students to build confidence, navigate university life and expand access to academic networks.
Who is it for? Students from non-academic family backgrounds
Volunteer mentors support queer refugees in individually tailored one-to-one mentoring partnerships, helping with settling in and promoting social participation.
Who is it for? Queer refugees
A University of Bremen mentoring programme for female scientists and trans, inter, non-binary, and agender people in qualification phases; combines one-to-one mentoring with workshops, coaching and networking to support career planning, positioning and coping with structural barriers.
Who is it for? Female scientists as well as trans, inter, non-binary, and agender people in qualification phases