AMP-UP Mentorship Volunteer Form

The 2020 Decadal Survey has emphasized the need for astronomers to take an active role in removing barriers to pursuing careers in astronomy. For example, the 2021 NASA Hubble Fellowship Program Review has highlighted the importance of broadening the participation of prospective applicants beyond the typical small subset of institutions that usually host fellows, as well as encouraging the expansion of fellowships awards among many different types of institutions, independently of their resources.

The purpose of AMP-UP (Astronomy Mentorship Program for Upcoming Postdocs) is for current and previous postdoc prize fellows (from all prize fellowship programs, e.g. NHFP, AAPF, MPS-ASCEND, 51 Peg, institution-hosted, etc) to provide professional and academic advice and support to PhD students and early-career postdocs performing astronomy-related research, especially those who may not otherwise have access to the resources and connections that many prize fellows have benefited from. We seek to expand the pool of competitive and qualified recipients of independent prize fellowships, which have traditionally served as a key stepping stone for leadership positions in astronomy. AMP-UP invites applicants and mentors of all nationalities and affiliated with US-based or international institutions. If insufficient mentors are available to support a large number of international applicants, these will be triaged alongside US-based applicants to accommodate a balanced applicant pool.

A description of the AMP-UP program is available at https://amp-up.space/mentorship.html.

If interested in volunteering as a mentor for the 2026/2027 application cycle, please fill out this form by Friday, June 26, 2026. 

If you have any questions or technical difficulties, please contact amp.up.contact@gmail.com. The information you provide will be used by the organizers to facilitate matches with mentees and to help plan mentorship training sessions, but will otherwise not be distributed.



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Email *
Full name *
Current position and affiliation *
Timezone where you will be working this year, as well as preferred work hours if outside the typical 9--5 for that timezone *
Check this box if you were a previous AMP-UP mentor. If you were previously a mentor, you may just note this in all remaining questions instead of answering them again. *
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Please provide a brief description of your background and areas of interest and expertise (both scientific and non-scientific topics may be included).
<300 words
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Please describe your goals, experience and mentoring approaches that align with the AMP-UP objectives, especially considering increasing the competitiveness of prospective mentees from less-resourced institutions or face different application barriers. <300 words *
By default, we plan to assign each mentor one student. Are you willing to mentor two students if need be?
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Throughout the year, we will provide a series of (virtual) mentorship training sessions. Are there any particular topics that you would like to be included in these sessions?
Our program goals and rough timeline can be found at http://amp-up.space/mentorship.html. We would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions on the mentorship program. 
(1) How can the program be made more impactful for the mentees and for the mentors? 
(2) Are there any activities for which you think it would be worthwhile for us to seek funding in the future? 
(3) Other than the mentorship training, are there any activities would you like to see throughout the year?
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