Participating as a Mentee

Preconditions for successful mentoring

For mentoring to be a success, it depends on the mentee’s personal contribution. Your commitment and dedication are required throughout the entire process. The FAUmentoring program ARIADNErewi enables you to develop individual strategies together with your mentor or your peer network. What you should not expect are ready-made solutions to your career questions.

Who can participate?

FAUmentoring ARIADNErewi is aimed at female early career researchers who are pursuing an academic career:

  • PhD students,
  • postdoctoral researchers and
  • habilitands at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
  • female students of the School of Law in the final phase of their studies
Sucess factors: proactive dasign of mentoring process, ambition to achieve the goals set, prepare for and follow up on meetings, giving & receiving feedback, willingness to be self-critical, confidentiality, reliability, appreciation Barriers: sense of entitlement, expectation of "ready-made solutions", lack of distance (topics too private), no assumption of responibility, violation of confidentiality & unreliability

Requirements for admission

You should meet the following personal requirements for admission to the program:

  • A formal connection to the Faculty of Law and Economics at FAU
  • Interest in further academic qualification and a university career
  • Commitment and initiative, active participation in mentoring
  • Willingness to engage with constructive feedback
  • Goals you want to achieve during the mentoring phase
  • Willingness to participate in program-related events and (self-organized) networking meetings

FAUmentoring ARIADNErewi will start its next round in May 2026!

Application deadline: Friday, December 5, 2025.

Application documents

The two-stage application process consists of a written application and a personal interview.

Please apply with the following documents:

  • In addition, send the following documents in PDF format to the program coordinator: ariadne-rewi@fau.de
    • a CV in tabular format
    • your most recent university degree certificate

Save the Date: Information session on participating in ARIADNErewi on Thursday, November 13, 2025 (in English).

When: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Where: Zoom: https://fau.zoom-x.de/j/62417633926