IMPLEMENTATION OF A MENTORING MODEL FOR YOUNG RESEARCHERS (AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR SCIENTIFIC CAREER) AT REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN TO UNLOCK SCIENTIFIC POTENTIAL

In order to overcome the critical situation associated with a decrease in the influx of young researchers into science, measures are being taken in the Republic of Kazakhstan to provide state and university support to young researchers. The purpose of the study is to propose a new measure in the form of developing a more effective mechanism for unlocking the scientific potential of young researchers. The main method of its development was the modeling of mentoring program for its implementation in regional universities of Western Kazakhstan (Uralsk, Aktobe, Atyrau, Aktau). A feature of the author's mentoring model is its focus on young researchers who are at the beginning of their scientific career (master’s students/doctoral candidates). The results of the mentoring model implementation are the increase in the individual scientometric indicators of young scientists, the development of scientific reputation and ethics of young scientists, an increase in the level of formation of the career orientation of the personality of a young scientist, etc. The theoretical significance of the study consists in substantiating the process of implementing the mentoring model (its goals, objectives, conditions and results), the practical significance is presented in the form of a visual and detailed reflection of three years of experience in implementing the proposed mentoring model on the project website (https://yresearch.kz/). The new mechanism developed by the authors is designed to provide active assistance in unlocking the scientific potential of young researchers, which will allow this additional measure to take a special place among other measures of state and university support in unlocking the scientific potential of young reseachers.

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