Application for the SMS SHC IG Pre-Tenure Mentoring Program 2025-2026
Deadline: December 19th, 2025
The Strategic Human Capital Interest Group is now accepting applications for the Pre-Tenure Mentoring Program for the 2025-2026 Edition.
This year-long program aims to provide opportunities for mentoring pre-tenure faculty from senior faculty and peers doing research in the strategic human capital space. We just had a successful sixth year of the program, and we thank our incredible mentors who provided life-changing mentorship and support to our pre-tenure faculty last year.
This year's program will kick off in December. The format for the mentoring program will be small groups consisting of 2 senior faculty mentors and 3/4 pre-tenure faculty. The groups are matched on mutual preferences, and the groups will stay intact for a year, connecting on quarterly calls via teleconferencing throughout the year. We provide sufficient structure for the quarterly calls, but also offer enough flexibility for groups to organize themselves as best serves their needs.
This year's program will have the following structure (all meetings will be over Zoom):
● Program kickoff and orientation (December)
● Four quarterly group calls – Jan, Apr, July, Sept/Oct – exact dates to be determined by groups
● Two topic calls "Mind of an Editor" and "Tenure Letter Writers" featuring journal editors and senior scholars
● Brownbag series
Application Requirements:
To apply to participate in the program, please complete the short Google form accessible via the following link by December 19th, 2025: https://forms.gle/iJS2WuJMsqhkdzyr5
The application is open to all pre-tenure scholars doing research in the strategic human capital space. The participants will be invited to join the Strategic Human Capital Interest Group at the SMS if they are not members already. Participants are expected to attend all mentoring program meetings.
As we aim to maintain a good ratio of mentors to participants, the size of the program may be limited by the number of mentors. Should we need to select applicants, we will give priority to those who have not participated yet and, if needed, draw randomly among them.
Please send any questions to Federica De Stefano (federica.destefano@sbs.ox.ac.uk).
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Federica De Stefano
Associate Professor of Organisation Studies
Research Fellow, Green Templeton College
Saïd Business School | University of Oxford
https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/about-us/people/federica-de-stefano------------------------------