We currently offer a mentorship scheme for students of the UvA AI master’s program. Each student will be assigned a mentor from the IAI programme which will be selected according to the student and mentor’s preferences when possible.

The programme lasts for one academic year with an opportunity to extend, as long as the student is enrolled at UvA.

Mentees should expect to be able to:

• Ask their mentor for advice, e.g. how to write a CV or motivation letter, where to apply for jobs, when to apply for PhDs, share their personal experience.
• Network with other students and be part of the IAI community.
• Connect with other researchers via social get-togethers, virtual/on-site conferences, invited talks, etc.

Meanwhile, as a mentor, you will be responsible for creating a safe environment where mentees feel comfortable asking for academic guidance. Furthermore, you are part of the community, and as such, we ask you to make an effort to attend our events regularly: we want to create a space where like-minded people from diverse backgrounds can interact and share, and ideally, we can offer a wide range of perspectives from different backgrounds. In the current section, we will outline the scope of what we can and cannot help our mentees with.

We ask for a commitment of at least one academic year.

Mentors are expected to help with CV writing, and motivation letters. We specialize in academic CVs, we can of course give general advice that is of use to company applications too, but again, we emphasis on academic CV writing/motivation letters. Also, mentors are expected to offer feedback on how to present research.

Mentees and mentors are expected to adhere to the UvA-IAI code of conduct.