Honors Thesis Advisor Mentoring Agreement

Thank you for mentoring a thesis candidate in the Biological Sciences Honors Program!

We could not have a successful program without you.

As an honors thesis advisor, we depend on you to play an active role in the thesis research and manuscript preparation of the candidate. While the day-to-day mentoring of the candidate may come from a graduate student, post-doc, or other senior lab member, we expect that you will work closely with your candidate during manuscript preparation in the coming months.

Please fill out the following mentoring agreement, which is required for students to participate in the biological sciences honors program.

Full name

Cornell emaill address

Honors Candidate First Name

Honors Candidate Last Name

I confirm that I have read the honors proposal written by the student named above.

I am aware that all honors candidates must have a cumulative GPA of >3.0 the semester prior to graduation in order to be eligible for honors.

As an honors thesis advisor, I agree to to the following:

Serve as the supervisor for this student's honors research project.
Provide feedback to the honors committee via a survey form in March.
Review my students progress report during the fall semester.
Review my student's thesis and provide feedback before the final thesis submission in either November (Dec. grads) OR April (May grads).
Not be on sabbatical or other leave the semester of thesis submission.
Serve as a reviewer for ONE other honors thesis.
Cover the cost of printing my students poster for the honors poster session in May.

Name of day-to-day supervisor

Day-to-day supervisor's Cornell email address:

Position of day-to-day supervisor:

Given that the honors candidate has multiple mentors, how will you ensure that the student is making sufficient progress towards honors?

Provide recommendations for 3 reviewers outside of your group to serve as readers of your mentee's final thesis. One graduate

You do not need to get their permission. Suggestions only. We will reach out to them.

Please upload a letter of support for the honors applicant

Please upload a letter of support for the honors applicant using the file name “StudentLastName_StudentFirstName” as either a .pdf, .doc, or .docx file. The letter should address 1) why the applicant is a good candidate for the honors program, 2) an assessment of the feasibility of the proposed honors project, and 3) explain any concerns you have about the honors applicant or any challenges you expect the student to face while working towards honors.

One file only.
100 MB limit.
Allowed types: pdf, doc, docx.