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Unlocking opportunities: crafting award-winning proposals - insights for early career researchers

Duration
1 h
Funding
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Unlocking Opportunities:  Crafting Award-Winning Proposals –  Insights for Early Career Researchers

Step-by-step guide to publishing your research

Duration
35 m
Fundamentals of publishing
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Step-by-Step Guide to Publishing Your Research

Dealing with the rough and tumble of communicating in practice

Duration
1 h
Confidence in Communicating Research
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Dealing with the rough and tumble of communicating in practice

Learning path

  1. Research preparation

    5 topics

    25 modules

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  2. Writing for research

    3 topics

    28 modules

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  3. Publication process

    5 topics

    48 modules

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  4. Navigating peer review

    4 topics

    26 modules

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  5. Communicating your research

    3 topics

    13 modules

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Lean Startup Principles

Duration
48 m
Career planning

The temptation to work in the industry while not wanting to leave academia is a common contention for many researchers in their career trajectory.

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Illustration

Plagiarism: Decision making & dealing with grey-zones across academic Fields

Duration
1 h
Ethics

Plagiarism is often considered a classic form of scientific misconduct.

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Plagiarism

Managing mental health: dealing with imposter syndrome and more

Duration
23 m
Career guidance
This module draws on latest psychology to look at evidence-based strategies you can use to stay well while you research.
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Mental health

How to write a lay summary

Duration
1 h
Social impact

Journal articles are written with researchers in mind, so the content isn’t always easy to follow for people outside academia…or even

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Lay summaries

Why Researcher Academy

Master essential skills

Master essential skills
Pick up practical skills and solid professional development advice.

Learn from the best

Learn from the best
Access high quality content developed by leading research experts.

Maximize your impact

Maximize your impact
Learn how to make your research stand out & garner those all-important citations.

Building a research career these days is not simple or straightforward. Researcher Academy provides excellent resources for researchers who face funding, communication, and professional development challenges in a constantly evolving and increasingly competitive academic career environment.

Natalie Lundsteen

Dr. Natalie Lundsteen

Assistant Dean for Career and Professional Development & Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Researcher Academy is a great and very lively medium. The quantity and quality of information provided are instrumental for early career researchers, helping them establish a strong publication record, correctly adhering to stringent publication ethics.

Bert Blocken

Prof. dr. ir Bert Blocken

Full Professor, Department of the Built Environment, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) & Department of Civil Engineering, KU Leuven

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