Sci.STEPS - Mentoring Program for Scientists

Happy New 2026 Year from Sci.STEPS 💙 Our team is enjoying a final bit of our holiday break. We're excited to return in January to start matching process and preparing for #mentorship Season 2026! We have so much planned for the coming months and can't wait to share the journey with you.🎄

The call for mentees for Season 2026 is closed! We are so grateful for the incredible response and enthusiasm and can't wait to get to know all the applicants through your submissions. We'll be excited to start on the matching process in the new year. Stay tuned - you will hear back from us!

The mentor call for 2026 #mentorship season is closed! Big #thankyou to everyone who applied 💙 In November we're meeting our new #mentors, preparing a #mentee call, and getting ready for another productive season🤩 Stay tuned - we can't wait to introduce our 2026 mentor cohort and open mentee call!

🥳 Wrap-up of #mentorship Season 3! Yesterday’s we reflected on 3 months of insights and achievements. Thanks to #mentors for their support and dedication 🙏 and good luck to #mentees with their career path! Our community is there for you beyond this season! 💙 Hope to see many in the next seasons 🤗

📣 Job Alert: Hiring a scientist with data management skills to integrate AI-based tools into our publishing workflows and assist further adoption of open science initiatives. Position based @springernature.com and working in partnership with @embo.org. Further info: bit.ly/3GuDhdq

Happy International Women's Day! Shoutout to wonderful women who make Sci.STEPS - mentees, mentors, organizers and supporters! 💙 Celebrating resilience, intelligence, wisdom, strength of amazing women 💪 💙 Together, we are a powerful force! #InternationalWomensDay2025

Interested in pursing a PhD in infectious disease dynamics, artificial intelligence, and behavioural science? Come and join myself and Professor Stefan Flasche at the Charité Center for Global Health in Berlin: karriere.charite.de/en/job-vacan...

☝️Soft skills are essential for #PhD success from application to #thesis defense. Job ads often prioritize hard skills, but #SoftSkills like #CriticalThinking, #teamwork, #projectManagement are as important! 👀See the new #SciTIPs on Soft Skills for a #scientist: www.scisteps.org/in-sights/sc...

🔬🌐 Happy #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience! Women and girls have historically faced—and continue to face—barriers in accessing education and pursuing careers in #STEM. We celebrate the achievements and #persistence of women and girls who are shaping the future of science and innovation!💡🌟

😎we had a kick-off meeting for our (third!) season 2025! We have 56 awesome mentor-mentee pair and many more participants joining our community! Cheers to the third #Mentoring Season kickoff! 🤩 We wish all the participants a productive three months (net😉)working, webinars and mentoring! 💙

It was #InternationalMentoringDay on Friday and we want to celebrate our mentors and mentees 🤩 #Mentorship isn't one-directional - it is a dynamic exchange where both mentor and mentee evolve together! As organizers - we are also constantly learning from the amazing Sci.STEPS community 💙

🎉 Happy Holidays from Sci.STEPS team! 🎉 We hope all of you had a restful holiday time and ready to embrace the new year and (soon!) new Sci.STEPS #mentorship season! #Thankyou for being with us in 2024! 💙 💫 Here’s to all the next seasons being better than previous ones!💫 #NewYear2025

🔊 Only a few days left to apply as a MENTEE for the 3rd Mentorship Season! 🌟 Submit your application by DECEMBER 15th! 🌟 Apply to gain access to helpful resources, personalized skill development, and networking opportunities that can support your scientific career path. www.scisteps.org/call-2025

📢We have opened the call for #mentees! Apply and become a mentee: scisteps.org/call-2025 Sci.STEPS mentors share with you their knowledge and insights on studying abroad, navigating relocations, building careers, and transitioning between fields!💙 @phdvoice.bsky.social @dragonflymh.bsky.social

Are you doing a #PhD and asking: "Should I continue or leave?" - you are not alone💙 It's a unique and demanding journey: to move forward, you need to pause and reflect deeply - even if that means considering to quit. Our new #sciTIPS story about navigating this tough decision: tinyurl.com/e36wawcu

I am recruiting graduate students to join my new lab at the University of Alberta in Fall 2025! The application deadline is December 1st. If you're interested in neuroscience, endocrinology, animal behavior, and/or seasonal biology, please reach out! 🐟🧠🧬🍂

Great news! We got a lot of great scientific #mentors for 2025 #mentoring season and closed our call! 😎 Now, our team is interviewing each mentor and preparing a pool for #mentees' preliminary choice🙏 Stay tuned! Application round for mentees opens soon! #Academia #mentorship #career #SciCareer

My goal is to understand the regulatory role of every nucleotide in the genome, and how this changes across every cell in the human body. If you are interested in doing a Ph.D. with me at UMass Chan Medical (Genomics and Comp Bio Department), see the links below. Deadline is Dec 1st.

PhD Funded Position in Modelling Plant-Environment and Plant-Plant Interactions https://botany.fyi/ma4pot The student will join a stimulating and dynamic research environment and have access to an extensive national and international network

Hello Bluesky! We're thrilled to announce an open PhD position on exploring controlling condensate membrane attachment and exocytosis! Collaborate across Europe in the ComeInCell EU network. Apply now! Details: www.comeincell.org & www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

Please repost. We are offering a rare opportunity to work as a postdoc or PhD within an international network pushing the boundaries of developmental biology. Please contact me ASAP if interested. www.sydney.edu.au/science/news...

Last day to apply as a mentor to the Sci.STEPS program! @academic-chatter.bsky.social #mentoring #science

🌟 if you're thinking about becoming a #mentor but unsure: Your unique experiences can guide and #inspire others! 💙 It might be intimidating to label oneself a "mentor", but mentoring is about sharing your journey, not having all the answers, and you can help at any stage of your #ScientificCareer