More and updated information is on the website: https://euracoustics.org/products/mentoring/.

·         This is a volunteering activity.

·         Mentoring pairs are

o   preferably trans-national.

o   1-on-1 pairings.

·         During EAA conferences, mentoring meetups will be organized by the YAN to enrich the mentoring connections.

·         Organization and content within the mentoring pairs are highly individual.

·         We recommend continuous (online) meeting in the first year with intervals of max. two months between meetings to establish and strengthen the mentoring connection.

The Mentors/ Seniors apply by sending an email to eaa@euracoustics.org providing the following information:

• Subject: “Mentors’ application for EAA mentoring program”
• Name
• Email
• Short CV (5-10 lines)
• Specialties/ Technical topics

The Mentees/ Juniors apply by filling out and sending the PDF form (download it here: https://euracoustics.org/products/mentoring/) to eaa@euracoustics.org with the subject “Mentees’ application for EAA mentoring program”

Deadlines

Matching periods (every year):

• Winter period: October 1^st – 15^th
• Summer period: May 1^st – 15^th

Registration deadline to the mentoring program before the matching period:

• Winter period: September 20^th
• Summer period: April 20^th

Registration to conference events, specifically FA2023 (In-person kick-off/ evaluation): Forum Acusticum 2023: August 31^st (via the conference registration system)

o   Intro + Summary from previous year’s participants

o   Information (How Tos/ examples)

o   (if available) Evaluation of the mentoring program

o   Get-to-know/ Meet-up

·          Evaluation starts after the first year (1 month before the next EAA conference) via a questionnaire (evaluation via YAN, distributed and collected by EAA permanent secretary)

·          Proposed individual meetups

• • Meetup for lunch
  • Meetup for poster sessions and walk around
  • Join technical tours together
  • +1 & +1 meetup (senior brings another senior & junior brings another junior)

·         Give human and career advices (no liability)

·         Give technical advices (if requested)

·         Promote EAA products

·         Participate to mentoring meetups organized during EAA conferences (when participating to the conference)

·         Prepare for each meeting: e.g., sending questions in forehand, have report ready if where tasks were defined in the previous meeting

·         Participate to mentoring meetups organized during EAA conferences (when participating to the conference).

·         Do not expect the mentor to be a “door-opener” or similar.