The main purpose of this mentoring program is to allow ISB student members, who are granted the ISB International Travel Grant and subsequently visiting other countries, to connect with ISB student members residing in those countries. This student-student interaction prior to your traveling will help you to: 

• Potentially obtain information, from the student's perspective, about biomechanics research at the institution you are visiting. We know that our experience as students may allow us to have a different outlook from our professors and mentors, which could be helpful and interesting to other students.
• Gain knowledge about the region and prepare ahead of time for do's and don'ts, cultural shock, and some other events that are involved when visiting other countries and cultures.
• Acquire advice about affordable and convenient housing, best methods of transportation, food prices and any other information that we, students, will find helpful when visiting a new place or country.
• Potentially find another ISB student who shares your native language and culture, resulting in a better chance to obtain all the information you consider important from someone who you can actually relate to.

Although this program has been created to assist ISB student members who are traveling overseas to experience biomechanics in other cultures, it is not limited to students who are located in the same country but in different cities. The latter will allow students, who are moving to other cities for biomechanics related summer internships, co-ops or any other programs that require them to leave their own town temporarily, to enjoy the same benefits as the students who travel overseas.

The student mentor will be able to assist student members by agreeing to:

• Allow communication over the phone or emails.
• Answer as best as possible any questions posted by the mentee that will help him/her to better prepare for the overseas visit.
• Provide information about the safety of the country/city to visit, housing, transportation, food, and others as requested by the mentee.
• Provide any other information or advice that the student mentor would consider important in visiting the specific region.

In order to participate in this program as a MENTOR or MENTEE, you must be an ISB student member! If you are not an ISB student member yet, you can become one NOW at the Membership page. Once you have become a member, you can check out the current STUDENT MENTORS who are willing to be YOUR MENTOR on the Mentoring page.

If you are interested in participating in the ISB Student-Student Mentoring Program, please click on the links below:

• Become a Mentor - fill in the Mentoring tab on your profile
• Request a Mentor - search the List of Mentors

If you have any questions or suggestions about the program, please contact the ISB student representative at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ,

Ediuska Laurens,
ISB Student Rep.