(1) evaluate whether graduate student and transfer student mentors and transfer student participants could be successfully recruited and participate in optional seminars and one-on-one mentoring sessions, and (2) provide a framework for the setup of similar programs for transfer students at comparable institutions with a heavy research focus but low faculty to undergraduate student ratio. We also aimed to understand whether this program would increase research participation among transfer students, and whether it would result in changes in sense of belonging among both transfer students and graduate student mentors.