Mentoring Resources

Mentoring Matters

We appreciate your interest in exploring mentoring resources to help you best support the undergraduate researchers at Boston University. At UROP, we are committed to ensuring all students and mentors have positive research and experiential learning experiences. Please contact our office if we can provide assistance or further resources for mentoring undergraduates.

Salient Practices of Mentoring Undergraduate Research from Making College “Worth It” – Season 1, Episode 6

Undergraduate research is a high impact educational experience that allows students to gain critical thinking skills, improve communication, work as a team, and engage in complex problem solving. As a faculty mentor,

Researchers at Elon University have identified 10 salient practices of mentoring undergraduate researchers:

Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Resources

CUR defines undergraduate research as: “A mentored investigation or creative inquiry conducted by undergraduates that seeks to make a scholarly or artistic contribution to knowledge.”

View CUR’s Mentor Resources.

CURAH The Arts and Humanities Division of CUR

View resources for faculty mentoring students in the Arts and Humanities here.

Additional Resources

UROP has compiled a list of articles and websites with Mentoring Resources and tips.