Unfortunately, we will not be hosting a Fall 2025 cycle.

Due to a significant loss of funding, STEM Muse will be winding down operations and will not be able to continue hosting our mentorship program for the foreseeable future.

While our formal programming is coming to a close, we want to honor the spirit of connection that has defined STEM Muse. As part of this, we are creating a STEM Muse Mentorship Network Directory. This is a static resource with profiles of mentors and mentees' academic and professional background, as well as contact information. This directory will allow mentees and mentors to reach out for networking and guidance even after the program concludes.

We would love to include you. If you’d like to be listed, please indicate your interest below and you will be re-routed to a form that will collect your academic and professional background and contact information, including your email. Your profile will be shared with past participants, as well as others who are interested in being part of the STEM Muse community, but weren't able to participate. 

 If you have any questions, please direct them to atxprogram@STEMMuse.com. Thank you!

Thank you for joining STEM Muse in collaboration with the Society for Advancing Gender Equity in STEM at the University of Texas at Austin (SAGES) for our mentorship program supported by The University of Texas at Austin's College of Natural Sciences!

**Mentee sign-ups for the current program cycle are closed. We continue to welcome you to complete the form as pre-registration for the Fall 2025 program cycle (Sept. '25 - Feb. '26)

**Mentors who complete this form will be signing-up for the Fall 2025 program cycle (Sept. '25 - Feb. '26). In the meantime, you will be considered a Community Mentor in the current Spring 2025 program cycle and your profile (which excludes contact information) will be available to mentees for one-time informational interviews and you will receive monthly newsletters. 

Please read below for more information. The videos are optional and provide a visual of what is written below.

Eligible mentees: Undergraduate students, grad students, postdocs, and research staff of any gender in STEM fields at UT Austin and at Austin Community College. Participation is not guaranteed for mentees who are not a member of the UT Austin College of Natural Sciences. Non-CNS mentees will be automatically added to a waitlist upon sign-up. STEM Muse has established a scholarship fund to sponsor non-CNS mentees on a first-come, first-served basis, with the first 5 spots already guaranteed due to sponsorship by STEM Muse. All mentees will be contacted before the mentor ranking process begins regarding their participation status and next steps.

Eligible mentors: Academics and/or industry professionals with/pursuing STEM degrees or currently pursuing a STEM-related career: undergraduate students in their 3rd year or later, grad students, postdocs, research staff, faculty, and professionals from industry. We welcome mentors of any gender, and being local/in Austin is not required.

Deadlines

• Mentees - Sign ups for the Spring 2025 program cycle are now closed, but you may proceed to fill out a pre-registration form for the next program cycle starting in fall 2025.
• Mentors: Sign ups for the Spring 2025 program cycle are now closed, but by signing up now, you are signing up to be included in the Fall 2025 cycle, and in the meantime, you will be considered a Community Mentor in the current Spring 2025 program cycle and your profile (which excludes contact information) will be available to mentees for one-time informational interviews and you will receive monthly newsletters. 

View Frequently Asked Questions & testimonials here. Read about our history here. 

The mentorship experience:
We will supply mentees with mentor profiles and collect mentee preferences. Then, our matching algorithm uses that information to place as many mentees with their top-choice mentor as possible. Mentees are then notified of their matches and will initiate the interaction with an email (template is provided by STEM Muse) to their matched mentor introducing themselves. 

Pairs then meet for the first time at the mandatory hybrid kick-off event (on UT campus or with an option for remote attendees via Zoom, with alternatives for making it up if you have non-movable conflicts). There you fill out our pre-program survey and a program contract to re-acknowledge the commitment outlined in the document above and to set your meetings for the 6 months (you will meet once per month at a time and in a format that you agree upon as pair, or 6 times over the course of the program). There will be trainings for mentors and mentees at the kick-off in addition to resources distributed with tips for effective mentoring. 

From that point, pairs meet according to the schedule they jointly set, and program organizers will provide a monthly email to check in on progress, notify participants of optional networking events and opportunities, and to remind pairs of our conversation guides– a resource we provide with questions to lead meeting discussions around topics relevant to mentees’ career journeys. Finally, we host a mandatory hybrid wrap-up event (on UT campus with an option for remote access via Zoom) to provide an opportunity for further networking with program participants and reflecting on the mentorship journey. Participants may add all program events to your personal electronic calendar through a link provided at the end of the sign-up form.

At the conclusion of this program cycle, another 6 month cycle will kick-off, such that mentees and mentors can transition into that program for an additional 6 months of mentorship if you mutually decide to do so. Alternatively, participants can join the program again and be matched to a new mentor or mentee at that point. The wrap-up event for this cycle will coincide with the kick-off event for the following cycle to enable participants to go conveniently from one to the next.

All participants have access to a google folder (linked at the end of the sign-up forms), including training materials, email templates for mentees, the program commitment document with important dates, and conversation guides.

If you have any questions, please direct them to atxprogram@STEMMuse.com or enter them in the final question of the sign-up form. Thank you!

Thank you for joining STEM Muse for our mentorship program at Rice University designed to support the professional and academic development of higher education students and researchers in STEM fields, supported by the Rice George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing!

**Mentee and Mentor sign-ups for the current program cycle are closed. We continue to welcome you to complete the form as pre-registration for the next program cycle (Oct '25 - Oct '26)**

Once you are ready to sign up, go to the next page to start the sign-up form as pre-registration for the next upcoming program cycle (October '25-October '26) program cycle. Please read below for more information. The videos are optional and provide a visual of what is written below.

Eligible mentees: Graduate students of any gender at the Rice George R. Brown School of Engineering.

Eligible mentors: Academics and/or industry professionals with/pursuing STEM degrees or currently pursuing an engineering-related career: graduate students in candidacy, postdocs, research staff, faculty, and professionals from industry. We welcome mentors of any gender, and being local/in Houston is not required.

Deadlines:

• Mentees - Sign ups for the October 2024 - October 2025 program cycle are now closed, but you may proceed to fill out a pre-registration form for the next program cycle starting in Fall 2025.
• Mentors: Sign ups for the October 2024 - October 2025 program cycle are now closed, but you may proceed to fill out a pre-registration form for the next program cycle starting in Fall 2025.

View Frequently Asked Questions & testimonials here. Read about our history here. 

The mentorship experience:
We will supply mentees with mentor profiles and collect mentee preferences. Then, our matching algorithm uses that information to place as many mentees with their top-choice mentor as possible. Mentees are then notified of their matches and will initiate the interaction with an email (template is provided by STEM Muse) to their matched mentor introducing themselves. 

Pairs then meet for the first time at the mandatory hybrid kick-off event (on Rice University campus or with an option for remote attendees via Zoom, and options to attend a make-up event if you have conflicts with the original). There you fill out our pre-program survey and a program contract to re-acknowledge the commitment outlined in the document above and to set your meetings for the 12 months (you will meet once per month at a time and in a format that you agree upon as pair, or 12 times over the course of the program). There will be trainings for mentors and mentees at the kick-off in addition to resources distributed with tips for effective mentoring. 

From that point, pairs meet according to the schedule they jointly set, and program organizers will provide a monthly email to check in on progress, notify participants of optional networking events and opportunities, and to remind pairs of our conversation guides– a resource we provide with questions to lead meeting discussions around topics relevant to mentees’ career journeys. Finally, we host a mandatory hybrid wrap-up event (on Rice University campus with an option for remote access via Zoom) to provide an opportunity for further networking with program participants and reflecting on the mentorship journey. Participants may add all program events to your personal electronic calendar through a link provided at the end of the sign-up form.

At the conclusion of this program cycle, another 12 month cycle will kick-off, such that mentees and mentors can transition into that program for an additional 12 months of mentorship if you mutually decide to do so. Alternatively, participants can join the program again and be matched to a new mentor or mentee at that point. The wrap-up event for this cycle will coincide with the kick-off event for the following cycle to enable participants to go conveniently from one to the next.

All participants have access to a google folder (linked at the end of the sign-up forms), including training materials, email templates for mentees, the program commitment document with important dates, and conversation guides.

If you have any questions, please direct them to htxprogram@STEMMuse.com or enter them in the final question of the sign-up form. Thank you!

Thank you for joining STEM Muse for our mentorship programs at both Rice University and UT Austin + ACC. Our programs are designed to support the professional and academic development of higher education students and researchers in STEM fields, supported by Rice George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing and The UT Austin College of Natural Sciences!

Rice University: Mentee and Mentor sign-ups for the current program cycle at Rice University are closed. We continue to welcome you to complete the form as pre-registration for the next program cycle at Rice University that starts October 2025.

UT Austin: 

• Mentee sign-ups for the current program cycle are closed. We continue to welcome you to complete the form as pre-registration for the Fall 2025 program cycle (Sept. '25 - Feb. '26)
• Mentors who complete this form will be signing-up for the Fall 2025 program cycle (Sept. '25 - Feb. '26). In the meantime, you will be considered a Community Mentor in the current Spring 2025 program cycle and your profile (which excludes contact information) will be available to mentees for one-time informational interviews and you will receive monthly newsletters. 

Please read below for more information. The videos are optional and provide a visual of what is written below. 

Eligible mentees: 

• Rice University: Graduate students of any gender at the Rice George R. Brown School of Engineering.
• UT Austin & ACC: Undergraduate students, grad students, postdocs, and research staff of any gender in STEM fields at UT Austin and at Austin Community College. Participation is not guaranteed for mentees who are not a member of the UT Austin College of Natural Sciences. Non-CNS mentees will be automatically added to a waitlist upon sign-up. STEM Muse has established a scholarship fund to sponsor non-CNS mentees on a first-come, first-served basis, with the first 5 spots already guaranteed due to sponsorship by STEM Muse. 

Eligible mentors: 

• Rice University: Academics and/or industry professionals with/pursuing STEM degrees or currently pursuing an engineering-related career: graduate students in candidacy, postdocs, research staff, faculty, and professionals from industry. We welcome mentors of any gender, and being local/in Houston is not required.
• UT Austin & ACC: Academics and/or industry professionals with/pursuing STEM degrees or currently pursuing a STEM-related career: undergraduate students in their 3rd year or later, grad students, postdocs, research staff, faculty, and professionals from industry. We welcome mentors of any gender, and being local/in Austin is not required.

Deadlines:

Rice University:

• Mentees - Sign ups for the Fall 2024 - Spring 2025 program cycle are now closed, but you may proceed to fill out an interest form for the next program cycle starting in Fall 2025.

• Mentors: Sign ups for the Fall 2024 - Spring 2025 program cycle are now closed, but you are welcome to complete the form as pre-registration for the next program cycle starting in Fall 2025.

UT Austin & ACC

• Mentees - Sign ups for the Spring 2025 program cycle are now closed, but you may proceed to fill out a pre-registration form for the next program cycle starting in fall 2025.
• Mentors: Sign ups for the Spring 2025 program cycle are now closed, but by signing up now, you are signing up to be included in the Fall 2025 cycle, and in the meantime, you will be considered a Community Mentor in the current Spring 2025 program cycle and your profile (which excludes contact information) will be available to mentees for one-time informational interviews and you will receive monthly newsletters. 

View Frequently Asked Questions & testimonials for the UT Austin & ACC program here and Rice University program here. Read about our history here. 

The mentorship experience:
We will supply mentees with mentor profiles and collect mentee preferences. Then, our matching algorithm uses that information to place as many mentees with their top-choice mentor as possible. Mentees are then notified of their matches and will initiate the interaction with an email (template is provided by STEM Muse) to their matched mentor introducing themselves. 

Pairs then meet for the first time at the separate mandatory hybrid kick-off events (on Rice University campus and UT Austin campus, or with an option for remote attendees via Zoom). There you fill out our pre-program survey and a program contract to re-acknowledge the commitment outlined in the document above and to set your meetings for the 6-month UT Austin & ACC program and 12-month Rice University program (you will meet once per month at a time and in a format that you agree upon as pair, or 6 times UT Austin & ACC and 12 times for Rice University over the course of the program). There will be trainings for mentors and mentees at the kick-off in addition to resources distributed with tips for effective mentoring. 

From that point, pairs meet according to the schedule they jointly set, and program organizers will provide a monthly email to check in on progress, notify participants of optional networking events and opportunities, and to remind pairs of our conversation guides– a resource we provide with questions to lead meeting discussions around topics relevant to mentees’ career journeys. Finally, we host separate mandatory hybrid wrap-up events (on Rice University campus and UT Austin campus, with an option for remote access via Zoom) to provide an opportunity for further networking with program participants and reflecting on the mentorship journey. Participants may add all program events to your personal electronic calendar through a link provided at the end of the sign-up form.

At the conclusion of this program cycle, another 6- and 12-month cycle will kick-off, such that mentees and mentors can transition into that program for an additional 6- or 12-months of mentorship if you mutually decide to do so. Alternatively, participants can join the program again and be matched to a new mentor or mentee at that point. The wrap-up event for this cycle will coincide with the kick-off event for the following cycle to enable participants to go conveniently from one to the next.

All participants have access to a google folder (linked at the end of the sign-up forms), including training materials, email templates for mentees, the program commitment document with important dates, and conversation guides.

If you have any questions, please direct them to atxprogram@STEMMuse.com for UT Austin & ACC program or htxprogram@STEMMuse.com for the Rice University program, or enter them in the final question of the sign-up form. Thank you!