Who is eligible to be a mentor?

An eligible US mentor must be:

• a faculty member at a US graduate level university.
• conducting research related to or complementary of the student's research topic.
• eligible at his/her institution to supervise graduate students.
• eligible at his/her institution to serve as Principal Investigator on the fellowship award.
• willing to make the time commitment to mentor the student.

An eligible CGIAR mentor must be:

• a research scientist at one of the 15 international research centers in the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Consortium.
• conducting research related to or complementary of the student's research topic.
• eligible at his/her institution to supervise graduate students.
• willing to make the time commitment to mentor the student.

Post-graduate (Post-doctoral) researchers are ineligible to be mentors.  All mentors must have a PhD.