Everything you need for our 2025-2026 program can be found in the chart below. You will be meeting us virtually for your mentorship session on Zoom.
Make sure to keep up with your modules.
All your worksheets will be done in this workbook here. Print or download the entire workbook before your first session.
The week we are in is highlighted in orange. Check to see the resources of the week!
| Week | Session | Type | What To Prepare? | What We Are Doing? | What's The Next Step? | |
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| 1 | 1/5/26-1/9/26 | Introduction to FER and The Scientific Method | Mentorship Session 1 | Nothing!!! Just a curious mind and your workbook! | Your first live mentorship session. Review here:
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Work through Module 1:
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| 2 | 1/12/26-1/16/26 | Developing Research Questions and Finding Supporting Sources | Mentorship Session 2 | Make sure you completed Module 1 and thought about your interests | Your second live mentorship session. Review here:
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Work through Module 2:
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| 3 | 1/19/26-1/23/26 | Writing Testable Hypotheses | Mentorship Session 3 | Please Complete Module 2 and a Draft Hypothesis | Your third live mentorship sessions. Review here:
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Still figuring out a topic? Look here for some ideas:
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| 4 | 1/26/26-1/30/26 | Designing Your Experiment and Proposing your Project | Module 3 | Ensure you have selected a topic. If not look here:
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No Live Session This Week. Work through this Module:
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Finish Module 3 and Submit Your Project Proposal for Comments |
| 5 | 2/2/26-2/6/26 | Understanding Experimental Design | Mentorship Session 4 | |||
| 6 | 2/9/26-2/13/26 | Conduct Your Experiment | Experiment | |||
| 7 | 2/16/26-2/20/26 | Conduct Your Experiment | Experiment | |||
| 8 | 2/23/26-2/27/26 | Analyzing Your Data and Results | Module 4 | |||
| 9 | 3/2/26-3/6/26 | How to Analyze Your Data | Mentorship Session 5 | |||
| 10 | 3/9/26-3/13/26 | Abstract Writing | Module 5 | 11 | 3/16/26-3/20/26 | Communicating Your Findings in Presentation | Module 6 |
| 12 | 3/23/26-3/27/26 | Project Coworking Hours | Oper Door Meetings | |||
| 13 | 3/30/26-4/3/26 | Practice Research Presentations | Mentorship Session 6 | |||
| 14 | 4/6/26-4/10/26 | Practice Research Presentations | Mentorship Session 6 Continued | |||
| FER | 4/11/26 9am-4pm | Fair for Emerging Researchers | MAIN EVENT |