Welcome to the home page of the MSU-CHM Early Mentors for Research Program (EMR-P). EMR-P is a program designed to match first or second year medical students at the MSU College of Human Medicine to research mentors. Please read below for more detailed information:
Student Eligiblity: Students must be a first year (ECE) or second year (MCE) medical student enrolled at MSU-CHM who have not been placed by the EMR-P with an MSU-CHM research mentor and is not currently conducting research or engaged with a research mentor.
Mentor eligibility: Research mentors must be a Chair, Director, Faculty, Clinician, Resident, Fellow, Post-Doc or Staff at the MSU College of Human Medicine who has an affiliation with a CHM department. Mentors do not have to be paid by MSU and can be primary employees of non-MSU institutions, as long as they have an MSU affiliation (an @msu.edu email). Register TODAY! Please contact Erica Farr (farreric@msu.edu) if you have any issues with accessing, utilizing, or submitting the Mentor Intake Form.
How the program works:
In the Fall of each year, research mentors (Chair, Director, Faculty, Clinician, Resident, Fellow, Post-Doc or Staff) are matched to medical student(s) who have signed up to be part of the Early Mentors for Research Program. Intentions are to match every student to signs up for the program to a research mentor, which is why we ask for your participation.
Timeline:
Late summer through the Fall semester: Research mentors interested in participating must complete Mentor Intake Form - https://msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aWWafU05EyEsTmC
In late Fall, students will be offered a chance to register for the program to be matched to a research mentor. When student sign-up closes (early January), students will be matched to our pool of research mentors. We expect over 100 students to register for the program.
Important information:
Mentors who register for the program and complete all requirements (see below) are eligible for $500 reimbursement for research costs per student OR 10 hours of educational credit per student mentored.
Requirements:
All Research Mentors seeking eligibility for $500 reimbursement for research costs per student OR 10 hours of educational credit per student are required to:
1. Complete the EMR-P Mentor Intake Form to register as a Mentor.
2. Complete the EMR-P Learning Agreement in conjunction with their assigned mentee(s) and turn in the document to the responsible party by May 15, 2024.
3. Complete EMR-P Evaluation Survey when prompted to do so via email toward the end of the program cycle.
NOTE: Funds are processed through CHM-affiliated departments and/or programs. You must speak with your department and/or program administrator on how to access funds for reimbursement of research-related expenses. Funds may NOT be paid out directly or used for salary support/summer salary.
Mentors must register using the Intake Form each year if they want to be eligible for funding or educational credit. If mentors would like to be matched to a medical student researcher outside of this program, please contact Erica Farr (farreric@msu.edu), Mark Trottier (trottie1@msu.edu), or Angie Zell (zell@msu.edu).
