{"id":7599,"date":"2026-08-21T07:53:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T07:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/?p=7599"},"modified":"2026-08-21T07:53:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T07:53:53","slug":"activate-mentee-applications-are-now-open-apply-by-18-oct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/2026\/08\/21\/activate-mentee-applications-are-now-open-apply-by-18-oct\/","title":{"rendered":"Activate Mentee Applications are now open (apply by 18 Oct)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-institute\/individual-support-and-wellbeing\/mentoring\/activate-student-mentoring-programme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Activate<\/a> is an 8-month<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0mentoring programme that supports under-represented groups at Imperial, including both\u00a0current students and prospective\u00a0PhD\u00a0students. It offers a welcoming space to connect, grow, and feel supported as you navigate your\u00a0PhD journey.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:210,&quot;335559739&quot;:210,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Activate is open to individuals within the following groups:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:210,&quot;335559739&quot;:210,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"12\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Recipients of Imperial\u2019s Scholarships for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/study\/fees-and-funding\/postgraduate-taught\/grants-scholarships\/presidential-scholarships-black-heritage-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Heritage<\/a>\u00a0and Minority Ethnic PhD Students<\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"12\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Recipients of Imperial\u2019s Scholarships for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/study\/fees-and-funding\/scholarships-search\/masters-scholarship-supporting-disabled-students-20242025.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disabled Master\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0and Disabled PhD Students<\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"12\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Minority Ethnic PhD students at Imperial<\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"12\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Disabled PhD students at Imperial<\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"12\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Prospective Black Heritage PhD students<br \/>\nIndividuals who identify as Black heritage and are considering applying for a PhD at Imperial<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Activate matches mentees with mentors who bring insight and understanding of the experiences of under-represented students, including the challenges that can arise within education and at Imperial. Mentoring provides a supportive space to reflect, share experiences, and explore your goals.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:210,&quot;335559739&quot;:210,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mentee Applications for 26\/27 are now open.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/e\/M25t7M3wQv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apply here (by 18 Oct)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Activate is an 8-month\u00a0mentoring programme that supports under-represented groups at Imperial, including both\u00a0current students and prospective\u00a0PhD\u00a0students. It offers a welcoming space to connect, grow, and feel supported as you navigate your\u00a0PhD journey.\u00a0 Activate is open to individuals within the following groups:\u00a0 Recipients of Imperial\u2019s Scholarships for\u00a0Black Heritage\u00a0and Minority Ethnic PhD Students Recipients of Imperial\u2019s Scholarships [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[320786],"tags":[320929],"class_list":["post-7599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-news-updates","tag-doctoral-students"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7599"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7600,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7599\/revisions\/7600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}