TOPMINDS - ACADEMIC MENTORING, WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING
TopMinds is a six-month mentoring program dedicated to PhD students, as well as final-year master students. The program allows the young researchers to participate in regular workshops and training and develop their competencies through cooperation with a selected mentor. It is a unique program on a national scale, co-organized by the Polish-American Fulbright Commission and the Top500 Innovators Association, dedicated to young researchers.
TopMinds program was a great opportunity for me to build an interdisciplinary mentoring relationship with Professor Beata Bochorodycz. When I came to the first meeting with Beata, I was only at the stage of planning my first steps in the international scientific community, but I missed someone with whom I could share my fears, doubts and countless questions. During our weekly meetings, we discussed the highlights and shadows of my potential research career. We considered possible scenarios for the internationalization of my research now and after my PhD. We also charted possible paths that I should follow as a young researcher. After less than 7 months, thanks to our regular meetings over coffee and delicious Japanese tea, I have clearly defined professional and scientific goals. I know how I can internationalize my research in the future. I am most grateful to Beata for her constant support at every stage of preparing and submitting an application for a foreign research internship, which was one of the goals of our mentoring. Despite the official end of the program, we still maintain our mentoring relationship, which is a constant source of inspiration and motivation for scientific development.
TOPMINDS 2021 FINAL MEETING (JUNE 2021)
![Presentation of the most important principles of our mentoring cooperation with prof. Beata Bochorodycz at the end of the TopMinds 2021 program (June 2021).](https://pawelbrusilo.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Topminds1-1-300x200.jpg)
![During the presentation, we shared our experiences and recalled the most interesting stories.](https://pawelbrusilo.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Topminds2-1-300x200.jpg)
![Our speech was also an opportunity to summarize the goals that we set for ourselves at the initial stage of building a mentoring relationship.](https://pawelbrusilo.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Topminds3-1-300x200.jpg)
![Topminds is also an opportunity to discuss diverse issues with other PhD students from various fields and disciplines.](https://pawelbrusilo.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Topminds4-1-300x200.jpg)
![Together with me and Professor Beata Bochorodycz, over twenty other couples cooperated as part of academic mentoring and participated in regular TopMinds training.](https://pawelbrusilo.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Topminds6-1-300x159.jpg)
![The June TopMinds 2021 summary meeting was also an opportunity to receive diplomas from the completion of the program from the representatives of the Top500 Innovators Association and the Polish-U.S. Fulbright Commission.](https://pawelbrusilo.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/topminds2021-2-300x200.jpg)