Early and Mid-Career Researchers (EMCRs) are new and emerging researchers usually within their first decade of academic or other research-related employment, following completion of postgraduate research training.

Mentoring for early and mid-career researchers (EMCR) has been identified as an area of need for academic professional development purposes. The purpose of mentoring is two-fold: to build research capacity of academic staff and to enhance the human capital of our organisation.

Our EMCR Mentoring Scheme was established to help meet this need, with established academics making themselves available to James Cook University, Singapore's academics to provide guidance on EMCR development according to a mutually agreed-upon plan.

Here we introduce some of our EMCR Mentors, each of whom responded to several of the following questions:

1. Who are you and what’s your line of research?
2. As a mentor, what are some of the major benefits of mentoring from your own experience?
3. What could early career researchers expect from a mentoring experience?
4. What do you see as the major differences between early career and mid-career concerns for researchers?
5. What is your approach to mentoring?
6. What’s the most important thing to know about the person you’re mentoring?

We encourage EMCRs at James Cook University, Singapore to get in touch with a mentor of your choice. A full list of mentors and the EMCR Mentoring Plan form are available in our JCU Singapore Research organization in LearnJCU. Contact Research Support for access if necessary.