{"id":35989,"date":"2024-08-05T12:50:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T12:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/?page_id=35989"},"modified":"2025-10-17T12:30:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T12:30:29","slug":"volunteer-as-an-alumnus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/volunteer-as-an-alumnus\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer for EMBL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Alumni are making a huge difference by supporting EMBL as mentors, facilitators and advisors. Find out how you can volunteer.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Mentoring<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An informal mentorship scheme<\/a> for all members of the EMBL community (staff and alumni) where we encourage three meetings over a six month period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alumni mentors can contribute to the betterment of the life sciences community by supporting and inspiring scientists, science communicators and administrators at all stages in their careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alumni interested in becoming mentors should take a moment to update their profile and select to receive mentoring requests<\/a> from the Alumni Relations team.  <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Contribute to our YouTube channel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are keen to capture the stories of our diverse and talented alumni community through our YouTube channel.<\/a> If you would like to be considered for an interview as part of our Alumni Chats series we’d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’d also be keen to explore new ideas for content on the channel, that engages our alumni community and the wider public on EMBL’s five missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have a passion for creatively communicating science with the public and want to contribute, please contact us.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Write an article for our website<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also have a growing library of articles<\/a> from our alumni on our webpages showcasing the outcomes of their fundamental research, reflections on EDI initiatives or new career directions after EMBL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can work with interested alumni to produce articles and share them through our LinkedIn Page and monthly newsletter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have a story to tell about your achievements since EMBL, please get in touch.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Provide your message of support to EMBL graduates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each year, EMBL holds a ceremony to celebrate its newest group of PhDs who graduated during the last 12 months from all six sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a gift to them, we create a display of well wishes, words of advice and congratulations from former predocs to give the graduands a sense of the generous and talented alumni community they are now formally a part of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are an alumnus of the PhD programme you can provide your own quote. <\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Thank you to all of our alumni volunteers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you to all members of the alumni community who have supported EMBL in some way. From our EMBL Alumni Association Board<\/a> members, to alumni organising events, supporting training, speaking at conferences, mentoring, contributing to our media channels, serving on working groups or evaluating and selecting award recipients. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2023, over 700 alumni<\/strong> have volunteered in a meaningful way to support EMBL. Thank you once again!<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you would like to find out more about any of these initiatives or wish to contribute, please contact Ruairi<\/strong> McEvoy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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