An academic career involves many decisions related to research, publishing, collaboration, mobility, and future career paths. The mentoring programs collected here support PhD candidates, researchers, and scientists in developing their academic careers and planning their next steps both within and beyond academia.
A mentoring offer from University of Helsinki for doctoral researchers. The University of Helsinki presents the 2026 programme as its fourteenth edition. The group format has about five mentors, with up to four mentees in each mentoring group.
Who is it for? doctoral researchers
A mentoring offer from University of Jyväskylä / FORTHEM Alliance for researchers in the FORTHEM Alliance. The 2026 programme is organised within the FORTHEM university alliance for researchers. Participation and current arrangements are described on the University of Jyväskylä programme page.
Who is it for? researchers in the FORTHEM Alliance
Langnet Group Mentoring 2026–2027 is a mentoring programme organised by Langnet / University of Helsinki network for doctoral researchers in linguistics and early-career researchers. The 2026–2027 group-mentoring programme lists three mentors and several mentoring groups for doctoral and early-career researchers in linguistics.
Who is it for? doctoral researchers in linguistics and early-career researchers
Loimu Mentoring 2026 connects Loimu members through a structured mentoring offer from Loimu. The 2026 Loimu programme runs from June to December and includes 5–6 pair meetings plus three common events.
Who is it for? Loimu members
Mentoring for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers is a mentoring programme organised by University of Turku + Åbo Akademi University for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers. The 2027 programme is planned around 5–6 meetings for each mentoring pair. Applications are scheduled for 19–30 October 2026 and the programme is organised jointly by the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University.
Who is it for? doctoral and postdoctoral researchers
Mentoring for Early Career Researchers is a mentoring programme organised by Tampere University for doctoral researchers, postdoctoral researchers and other early-career researchers. The programme information describes about five mentoring meetings together with 2–4 group sessions. The working language is English and the offer is aimed at researchers at an early career stage.
Who is it for? doctoral researchers, postdoctoral researchers and other early-career researchers
A mentoring offer from BiotechClub / University of Helsinki ecosystem for doctoral researchers in health, life sciences and biotechnology. The programme runs from January to June 2027. The documented structure includes at least four mandatory one-to-one mentoring sessions and two workshops.
Who is it for? doctoral researchers in health, life sciences and biotechnology