Product guide

For Students & Trainees

PositionScale Alpha helps universities improve research culture, mentorship quality, and operational support — so labs become healthier places to train and work.

Modules you’ll interact with

Tools that support training goals, project clarity, and healthier lab culture.

Growth Planner

What it is: A place to align your annual goals and document progress.

How you use it: Work with your supervisor to set goals, submit progress reports, and keep development oriented to real-world readiness.

Outcome: Clearer expectations and stronger training outcomes.

Lab Pulse

What it is: Short micro-surveys to understand how the team is doing.

How you use it: Respond to quick prompts about workload, sentiment, and burnout risk so labs can improve support over time.

Outcome: Earlier intervention and fewer issues going unseen.

Project Hub

What it is: A project tracker with shared documents in one place.

How you use it: Follow project status, access key documents, and keep project context from getting lost across rotations.

Outcome: Less confusion, fewer missing files, smoother collaboration.

Lab Management (context)

What it is: The module labs use to manage membership.

How you experience it: Your access and lab context comes from being added to the lab roster.

Outcome: Cleaner access and less confusion about “who’s in the lab.”

Typical workflow

What a good cadence looks like when the lab uses PositionScale Alpha.

Setup Lab Management

Your lab context comes from being added to the roster.

Plan Growth Planner

Clear goals and progress reports support real-world readiness.

Execute Project Hub

Projects and documents stay organized and discoverable.

Pulse Lab Pulse

Micro-surveys surface sentiment and burnout risk trends.

Improve Trends + Progress

Signals drive better mentoring, workload, and support pathways.

Your experience stays lightweight: align goals, contribute to projects, and respond to quick pulse check-ins. The loop helps labs and institutions strengthen mentorship and reduce preventable burnout over time.

What you do

  • Set goals and share progress
  • Use project docs and context
  • Answer brief pulse prompts

What you get

  • Clearer expectations
  • Better support signals
  • Healthier lab culture

Common questions

How this works in practice.

Is Lab Pulse anonymous?
Lab Pulse is designed for safe, privacy-respecting feedback and trend visibility. Institutions can configure how results are aggregated and shared.
Who sees Growth Planner goals and reports?
Your goals and progress are used to support training and development. Visibility depends on institutional configuration and your lab’s workflow.
What is stored in Project Hub?
Project Hub stores project context and shared documents so teams don’t lose key files when people rotate through the lab.
Why does the institution care about these signals?
The goal is to improve training environments, reduce preventable attrition, and strengthen mentorship quality at scale.

Questions about privacy?

We can provide institutional-ready documentation and summaries.