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EEB Mentor Match is a mentor-matching program for students in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB). Its goal is to help students apply to graduate programs and fellowships. It is not a standard online course or paid training program; it is closer to an academic, nonprofit-style mentoring service. The project has been running since 2017 and is currently managed by the Diversity Committee of the American Society of Naturalists. It has completed 300+ mentee-mentor matches.
The program asks students and volunteer mentors to fill out separate forms, after which the organizers manually review mentor availability and student needs to make matches. It does not use an algorithm. Its scope mainly covers EEB in the broad sense, including organismal biology, animal behavior, conservation biology, wildlife management, forestry, entomology, botany, marine science, and some related areas of microbiology or physiology. Its main target users are students applying to graduate programs and fellowships who lack high-quality application guidance, with particular attention to groups marginalized within the EEB field.
The main text does not mention any fees. Given the references to “volunteer to mentor” and the fact that the program is run by a committee, it appears to operate as a volunteer-based service. Note that matching for 2025 has already closed, and the page says information for the next round will be updated in June 2026, so matching is not currently available immediately.
The strengths are its clear disciplinary focus, its backing by the American Society of Naturalists community, and its years of operating experience. Manual matching may also allow for more nuanced judgment based on a student’s background and application needs. The FAQ also provides basic explanations of how U.S. STEM PhD funding works, as well as the differences between fellowships and TA/RAships.
The limitations are that service availability is unstable: the page clearly states that there are usually fewer volunteer mentors than needed, so not every mentee can be guaranteed a match. The program’s scope is also relatively narrow, making it unsuitable for applicants in medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, or fields that are clearly molecular/cell biology or neurobiology. Geographically, it mainly focuses on U.S. graduate programs, with limited support for international application systems.
It is suitable for students planning to apply to EEB-related graduate programs in the United States or North America who want guidance on applications and fellowships. It is especially valuable for those from less-resourced institutions or without strong mentor networks. The main text does not state whether it is accessible from mainland China, so this remains unknown.
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