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.