OPA Faculty Sponsor/Mentor by Addie Andromeda Schnirel https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty We are working to create common definitions of these fields to make them consistent for automation and process improvement. To add a comment, click on the plus circle under the prompt you wish to address and post. Responses are anonymous, and upvoting is encouraged! en-us 2020-11-17 19:23:11 UTC 2020-12-08 18:16:35 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/705906895/373dcbac8164b7f86fcf0a33a778630f/OPA_PDHeart_R300_Button__1_.eps All postdocs are required to have a faculty sponsor who is a member of the professoriate, so my definition/use of this field is to state the name of the professoriate person who is the official faculty sponsor for that postdoc. https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934319718 2020-11-17 22:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934319718 Official Faculty member who will sponsor the postdoc...may or may not be the supervisor. https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934328679 2020-11-17 22:55:36 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934328679 If the postdoc will receive career & research mentorship from more than one faculty I would state the secondary mentor here. Also, some faculty lines are not eligible to sponsor a postdoc (namely CE faculty). If the postdoc will be working closely with someone who isn't eligible to sponsor a postdoc, I would state that name here. https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934329829 2020-11-17 22:56:11 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934329829 I'd like to put the supervisor's name in this field but sometimes it is not listed, so I leave it blank. If Faculty sponsor and supervisor are same, I leave it blank as well https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934330342 2020-11-17 22:56:25 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934330342 The faculty who is supporting the postdoc financially https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934331683 2020-11-17 22:57:09 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934331683 The faculty who is going to work with the postdoc most closely (sometimes this is the same, other times this is different). Unless I am told otherwise, I put this in as the same person. https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934332206 2020-11-17 22:57:25 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934332206 Faculty- Official sponsor https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934332745 Supervisor- one who the PD reports to]]> 2020-11-17 22:57:38 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934332745 The faculty who is responsible for compensation https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934333247 2020-11-17 22:57:53 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934333247 Sponsor - the PI who is paying https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934333407 Mentor - the PI who is working most closely with the postdoc ]]> 2020-11-17 22:57:58 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934333407 https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934334215 The faculty who has authority to sponsor a postdoc position, may or may not be the PI

]]> 2020-11-17 22:58:24 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934334215 Not sure why some names are on the list and others are not. Cannot be consistent with supervisor field because of that. https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934334319 Is there a way to add names to this field?

]]> 2020-11-17 22:58:27 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934334319 N https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934334406 2020-11-17 22:58:30 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934334406 I'm not a fan of the instruction to leave the Faculty Mentor field blank if it was the same as the faculty sponsor. I tend to want to fill in both fields regardless of whether it's the same or different person. https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934334621 2020-11-17 22:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934334621 Faculty who works most with the postdoc https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934336482 2020-11-17 22:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934336482 (Cannot be a faculty member in the CE line for the MEd school--nor a research scientist, nor an instructor) https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934336886 2020-11-17 22:59:49 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934336886 https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934337296 The PI who will directly supervise the postdoc's research]]> 2020-11-17 22:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934337296 must be MCL, UTL or NDTL (member of academic council) https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934340232 2020-11-17 23:00:45 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934340232 Can be the direct supervisor including Research scientist, Clinical Educator, Instructor. https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934341093 Can also be a secondary mentor or collaborator

]]> 2020-11-17 23:01:10 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934341093 Sponsor is responsible for financial support and mentor works with postdoc on a regular basis. https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934342043 2020-11-17 23:01:37 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934342043 academic rank w/in Univ structure https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934343471 2020-11-17 23:02:18 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934343471 yes! we have some divisions that do not have UTL MCL or NDTL faculty but do conduct research and not being able to use the CE line for these appointments creates issues. https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934344121 the Sponsor must sign off on the IDP, but the mentor is the one who oversees the work--so that can also cause some issues

]]> 2020-11-17 23:02:36 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934344121 https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934344458 sponsor has authority to sponsor and pay a postdoc, while a mentor is not always the sponsor. ]]> 2020-11-17 23:02:45 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934344458 The faculty member that has hired them and typically paying their salary https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934346748 2020-11-17 23:03:49 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934346748 Academic council faculty who have invited the postdoc and who will fund the postdoc. https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934347072 2020-11-17 23:03:59 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934347072 Same as advisor https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934347862 2020-11-17 23:04:22 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934347862 I never use this field. All my postdocs come to work under 1 faculty so I use the sponsor field. https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934347973 2020-11-17 23:04:25 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934347973 I have only used the mentor field once, when the postdoc wanted to listed a co-mentor besides their sponsor/advisor https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934349499 2020-11-17 23:05:15 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934349499 Faculty who's lab postdoc will be working in, who is also financially supporting their salary https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934354870 2020-11-17 23:08:06 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934354870 https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934356035 2ndary PI who is deeply involved in the postdoc's research. Only used a couple of times]]> 2020-11-17 23:08:41 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934356035 Required https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934689493 2020-11-18 01:38:10 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934689493 The faculty sponsor is the faculty member who will sponsor the postdoc for purposes of department affiliation, will be the sponsor the visa (if applicable), and is ultimately responsible for postdoc compensation. https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934790533 2020-11-18 02:34:13 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934790533 The faclty mentor is the faculty member, instructor, research scientist/senior scientist or CE who will mentor the postdoc and will supervise the day to day work of the postdoc. The mentor will make sure the postdoc completes their career trajectory within the allowable time frame. https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934798236 2020-11-18 02:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934798236 The difference between the faculty sponsor and faculty mentor is the sponsor is responsible for the financial wellbeing of the postdoc and the mentor is responsible for the career trajectory of the postdoc, but they should both play a part in postdoc review and success. https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934805762 2020-11-18 02:42:18 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934805762 I find it important to list the sponsor and mentor even if that is the same person because it affects the PI/Postdoc listing on the CAP. Also, it would be great if a co-mentor field or joint mentor field could be added to the form. https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934820047 2020-11-18 02:49:50 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/934820047 The professor who is taking responsibility for logistical supervision: holding IDP meetings, sponsoring visa, point person for internal communication. This faculty **usually** is also the funding advisor but not always. Sometimes our postdocs are co-advised in practice but we ask the trio to select one faculty to be point person for "faculty sponsor." https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/937968998 2020-11-18 17:48:55 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/937968998 We always keep the faculty mentor and faculty sponsor the same. Internally, I want to have ONE faculty who is taking responsibility to be point person and also is taking ultimate responsibility for funding/advising, even if that burden is planned to be shared. https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/937986991 2020-11-18 17:52:15 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/937986991 No difference - we always keep them the same. https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/937992797 2020-11-18 17:53:20 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/937992797 I wish there was 1 field that was specifically defined as the primary funding advisor since that's the most important commitment. https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/938023509 2020-11-18 17:58:58 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/938023509 Mentor vs. sponsor was always a work around for units who could not appoint postdocs in my years in biology. For example, the Morrison Institute would be the "home base" for the postdoc, but they were not allowed to appt, so I would appt the person through biology, the chair of bio would be the sponsor, the PI at the Morrison Inst would be the mentor. https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/942784748 2020-11-19 18:28:19 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/942784748 A faculty sponsor if the PI (in some cases we call program director) responsible for the postdoc i.e. supervision, handling grievances, IDP, approving visa (if applicable), funding decisions, etc. https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/942788759 2020-11-19 18:29:06 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/942788759 We keep the faculty sponsor and faculty mentor the same for my postdocs. We do have mentors at a departmental level for career development, etc. but we do not include this on the rec form. https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/942799107 2020-11-19 18:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/942799107 The primary sponsor and mentor of the postdoc. This is usually the only field that I use. https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/942988995 2020-11-19 19:06:44 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/942988995 I rarely use this field. Occasionally I will have a postdoc with two faculty in the department that are collaborating. I list one PI as the primary faculty sponsor and the other as the research mentor. Mostly, this field is left blank https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/942993508 2020-11-19 19:07:35 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/942993508 Faculty sponsor is the primary mentor that supports the postdoc's training. If/when I use the mentor field, that person should have a secondary supporting role https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/943015080 2020-11-19 19:11:43 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/943015080 We rarely use this field, except when transitioning to a new faculty director who may not feel they can adequately mentor a incoming or existing postdoc in a different discipline. Often, we do not formalize the relationship with faculty mentors. https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/943714358 2020-11-19 22:25:59 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/943714358 Is it true that the Faculty Mentor field is tied to the CAP profiles? https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/944563310 5 yrs as a postdoc admin and I never knew that until reading the comment above. That's a very helpful thing to know.]]> 2020-11-20 08:04:20 UTC https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/944563310 Some faculty want to be listed as both mentor and sponsor, it would be helpful to have the roles be distinct enough to make a difference and understand the need to have these roles listed https://padlet.com/addie0/7j8kv80milnc7hty/wish/953396713


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