Program Overview

AoC Mentor Program

The AoC Mentor Program is designed for students ready to lead as near-peer mentors, offering professional development, networking, and stipends while helping others pursue biomedical/health careers.

Goals of Program

The program aims to:

• Provide professional development for AoC Mentors to share resources and pathways to health careers as near-peer mentors
• Connect students to a wider network of professionals and students working within biomedical/health fields
• Provide mentorship for AoC Mentors to pursue their professional goals in biomedical/health career paths
• Create systems and programs to make resources accessible and visible
• Build community among students pursuing biomedical/health careers

Benefits of the Program

The AoC Peer Mentoring program will benefit participants in their careers by:

• Supplying financial support for academic and professional development activities
• Providing networking, peer mentoring, and community building
• Offering a stipend award (contingent upon approval of funding)
  • $5000 Summer
  • $7500 Fall
  • $7500 Spring

Program Requirements and Expectations

Summer '25

• Attend in-person Summer Training June 9th-13th and June 16th-18th and 20th, 10am-1pm
• Attend biweekly zoom planning check-in in July and August

Fall '25/Spring '26

• Create partnerships, cultivate relationships, and coordinate with external partners
• Create and deliver one event/workshop per semester (2 total)
• Support cohort members' events/workshops
• Facilitate 1-on-1 check-in with mentees per semester
• Lead small peer mentor group once per month
• Attend in-person 90-minute monthly Check-ins in Fall and Spring with SF BUILD Mentors

Eligibility

The program is open to:

• Currently enrolled Junior or Senior undergraduate or master's student at SFSU in a biomedical major, or recently graduated from SFSU within 1 year
• Students actively pursuing a biomedical/health career path
• Students who can commit to the program for 1 year (June 2025- May 2026)
• Students with 1 year of research, clinical, or community-engaged experience
• Students majoring in a biomedical or health career field (e.g., biology, chemistry, engineering, social science, nursing, dentistry)
  • Preferred Qualifications: Previous leadership experience, experience and/or participation in clubs or organizations, experience navigating biomedical/health career pathways

Non-Discrimination Notice

In accordance with Federal and State Law, the program does not discriminate on the basis of age, gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, health, or disability.