Introduction
Since April 2021, the German-Syrian Research Foundation (DSFG e. V.) has offered its Academic Mentoring Program to support students and researchers striving to continue their academic journey in Europe. The program connects students with mentors who have already walked this academic path and are eager to help others overcome challenges such as language, bureaucracy, and cultural adjustment.
At its core, the program is driven by solidarity and shared ambition. Our mentors generously contribute their experience so that every aspiring academic has the chance to move forward with confidence, purpose, and a strong community beside them.
At its core, the program is driven by solidarity and shared ambition. Our mentors generously contribute their experience so that every aspiring academic has the chance to move forward with confidence, purpose, and a strong community beside them.
Mentroing Team:
3 volunteers until 30.09.2022,
7 volunteers from 01.10.2022
Mentors: 70 volunteer mentors by the end of 2022
Report date: 05.02.2023
Prepared by: Dr. Yamen AlSalka (Manager of mentoring team)
Mentorship cases:
From 01.01.2022 to 31.12.2022, 118 mentees have applied for our program. With the help of our mentors, 66 mentees have successfully completed their mentoring process. Unfortunately, due to a shortage of mentors in some fields, we were unable to offer mentoring to 52 mentees, mainly in IT, automation, and AI.
Data from the completed cases:
The successfully completed cases mainly involved mentees from engineering fields (31 %) and pharmaceutical & medical fields (26 %). The majority of mentees (approx. 69.5%) have applied to our program for mentoring in order to apply for a Master’s degree in Germany. Of these mentees, approximately 32 % were women helped by DSFG mentoring program.