Mentors play a key role in the career development of young adults. They serve as sources of advice, information, encouragement, and support to their mentees. In a climate where performance of U.S. teenagers in math and science trail their peers from many industrialized countries, mentors and advocates for youth in the sciences are in high demand.

The Youth Science Fair Mentoring Project is a program through Madison House , the University of Virginia community service center, which allows U.Va. students to volunteer their time at local Charlottesville schools to help students prepare for both their local science fair and the Virginia Piedmont Regional Science Fair. read more>>