Mentor program

Goal of the Mentoring Program

The goal of the mentoring program is to support young researchers in the Dutch neuromuscular field in reaching their full potential and accelerate progress and innovation in neuromuscular research. Topics that may be addressed include awareness; education; talent grants (eg. advice regarding Rubicon/VENI/VIDI and ERC grants); postdoc opportunities outside of the Netherlands (do’s/don’ts); further establishing an (inter)national network; etc. The mentor’s role is to help further extend the mentee’s perspective on his/her career opportunities. 

For whom?
PhD students in 3-4th year of PhD-studies and Postdocs.

Summary of program

• Mentee and mentor work in different institutes in the Netherlands
• Mentee has 1-1 contact with mentor.
• Match is based on the skills the mentee aims to develop/improve.
• Mentee and mentor meet at least 3x per year by video call or in person.
• The topics addressed stay confidential unless both mentee and mentor agree to share with other parties.
• The program runs 2-3 years, with a maximum of 3 years.
• After completion, the program is evaluated by both mentee and mentor. (Note:this information is used for periodical – 3-yearly – evaluation of the mentoring program).

Interested?

Please contact the Mentoring Program coordinators Coen Ottenheijm and Christiaan Saris and indicate what kind of support you are seeking and if you have preference for a mentor (see below). Based on your input, Christiaan and Coen will introduce you to an appropriate mentor.

Mentors

Amsterdam UMC:

• Coen Ottenheijm
• Filip Eftimov
• Eric Voorn
• Josine de Winter

Maastricht UMC:

• Karin Faber
• Ingemar Merkies

Erasmus MC:

• Pim Pijnappel 
• Gerben Schaaf
• Atze Bergsma

Radboud UMC:

• Dirk Lefeber
• Nicole Voet
• Christiaan Saris

UMC Utrecht: TBD

Leiden UMC:

• Maaike van Putten
• Hermien Kan
• Erik Niks
• Pietro Spitali