The Mentored Advanced Project (MAP) offers participants the opportunity to explore a topic of interest to them by completing a longer project in NBM under the supervision of a faculty member. It may be creative, reflective, curriculum-based, or scholarly. The 20 hour MAP consists of 16 hours of independant work, and 4 individual 1 hour meetings, with an assigned mentor. Writing projects developed within a MAP are typically 4,000 – 7,000 words in length.