As a mentor, I strive to balance hands-on guidance and facilitating independence so that students can become confident and competent in their research skills and knowledge. When a student first joins the lab, I like to have a one-on-one meeting with them to discuss goals for the term, as well as long-term goals. I believe it’s important to set mutual expectations of each other for the time they are in the lab. I also believe that undergraduate research is meant to build skills. We have tutorials in the lab for processing data, creating figures, and using machine learning. These are meant to provide students with important and widely applicable skills. We are a relatively new lab (Spring 2023) but have a solid team that includes 2 research associates, 3 PhD students, 1 MSc student, and 4 undergraduate students. To date, our undergraduate students have contributed to 3 first-authored conference abstracts, 4 co-authored conference abstracts, received $3,900 in salary and travel grant funding. We believe in providing opportunities for our hardworking undergraduate students so that they can be as successful as possible in their next endeavors. As an undergraduate student in the NERVES Lab, students can expect: • One-on-one meetings with me to discuss your research interests, goals for the program, broader goals, and action items to reach your goals • Project group meetings to present research updates and receive help from myself and other students working on related projects • Lab meetings where we take turns presenting interesting papers, giving tutorials, or practicing presentations • Honest and constructive feedback • Close mentorship from a graduate student • Support to complete the requirements of the SPUR program.