[SMDP] Biotech/Medtech Mentoring Program - Info Session

Come learn about the one-year SMDP mentoring program. Students and postdocs from disadvantaged backgrounds are invited to apply for a year-long mentoring program. To qualify, applicants must be interested in a career in biotechnology, medical technology or consumer healthcare industries and seek to receive career mentoring and training from industry leaders.

Both year-long programs begin with a 5-day training session. SMDP Biotech will be June 20-25, 2026, in San Diego and SMDP MedTech will be October 16-21, 2026, in Boston. Participants will also attend a major industry conference.

During SMDP, Scholars will be paired with industry mentors to learn about career opportunities in industry and receive career development coaching. As part of the program, Scholars and their mentors create personalized mentoring plans, which they implement over the course of the year following the training session. The mentor-mentee teams communicate regularly by telephone and email, aided by ICPD staff and the internet-based SMDP Mentoring Portal.

Apply for the mentoring program online at http://smdp.icpdprograms.org/ and before April 3rd, 2026.

When 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm on 5 December 2025
Building Zoom (online)