Early Mentors for Research Program

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 has not yet been placed by the EMR-P with an MSU-CHM research mentor.  

Mentor eligibility:  Research mentors may be a Chair, Director, Faculty, Clinician, Resident, Fellow, Post-Doc or Staff with an affiliation with the MSU College of Human Medicine and 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).  Please contact CHM.Research@msu.edu if you have any questions.  

How the program works:

In the Fall and Spring 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 who signs up for the program to a research mentor, which is why we ask for your participation.

Timeline:

Late summer through the Spring semester:  Research mentors interested in participating must complete the Research Mentor Registration form. This form can be found here: https://chm-studentresearch.infoready4.com/.  The form is "MSU CHM Research Mentor Registration."  

In early Fall, second year students will be offered a chance to register for the program to be matched to a research mentor.  These students will be matched to our pool of research mentors in mid-Fall.  In late Fall, first year students will be offered a chance to register for EMR-P.   These students will be matched to mentors in November/December.  We expect over 100 students to register for the program each year.  In the Spring, a third research matching period will occur in which remaining first year students and second-year students who have not yet participated in EMR-P may be available for research matching. 

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 $500 reimbursement for research costs per student OR 10 hours of educational credit per student are required to:

1. Access the Research Mentor Registration Form to register as a Mentor.
   1. Create an account on InfoReady (use your MSU NetID to log in OR use the email address you use most frequently)
   2. Locate the form "MSU CHM Research Mentor Registration."
   3. Indicate on the Registration Form that you would like to participate as an EMR-P mentor.
2. After being matched to a student, the student and mentor complete the Mentor/Mentee Research Learning Agreement
   1. The student will fill out the Research Learning Agreement in InfoReady and add the mentor as a reviewer. The mentor will then be able to review and "agree" to the agreement, marking the Learning Agreement as complete.  
3. Complete the Quarterly Check-in form when prompted to do so via email at 1-3 months after matching to a student.  
4. The above items must be completed by the end of the fiscal year (in June) in order for $500 to be processed.

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 Mentor Registration Form each year if they want to be matched to other students in subsequent years and be eligible for funding or educational credit.