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Supervisor Specific Questions
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How would you define your mentorship style? How often do you meet with your students?
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Do you have a time-in-lab commitment preference or requirement? What is your time-off / vacation policy?
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What is your professorship and funding status?
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How many grants does the lab currently house?
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Do you encourage students to apply to grants /or fellowships?
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Do you offer constructive criticism along with positive feedback?
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do you encourage students to pursue low and high risk/high reward projects?
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How was your experience as a trainee (PhD and postdoc)? Whas there anythingn you disliked or take-home messages that you would like to share?
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Will I get experience writing grants? What resources are available to help students write grants? Do you expect students to write grants or is it a case by case option?
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How do students develop project milestone questions? (ex. first year project, thesis, dissertation, etc.) Do students typically choose their own question/explore their own research interests or extend your line of research?
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What role do you see me having in this lab if I come here? Is there a grant or project on which I would work?
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Lab Specific Questions
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What are your expectations for rotation students (eg. work ethic, personality, development, background experience/knowledge?
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What are your expectations of new to senior graduate students?
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Do you have rotation students lined-up for all rotation periods/sessions?
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How many graduates students are you planning on taking this year?
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Have your trainees previously applied/received fellowships?
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what is your lab meeting's structure (journal clubs, progress reports, joint meetings)?
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Where have your previous students gone on internship?
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How does one earn authorship in this lab? What is the writing process in the lab like?
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How are your grad students typically funded? RA, TA, T32? Opportunities for summer funding?
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What are opportunities for professional development within the lab? What conferences do you normally go to? Do you let students assist with journal review?
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Within the lab or department is there any formal/informal training in mentorship and supervision?
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Research Specific Questions
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What are your research interests?
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What big questions do you want to answer?
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What projects do you have coming up? What research direction do you see the lab going in over the next 5 years?
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Who do you frequently collaborate with in the department? What opportunities for collaboration are there within the department?
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What methodologies do you use in your projects?
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What is the theoretical orientation of your work?
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