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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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What is plagiarism and how to avoid it

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Duration
13 m
Ethics

Plagiarism not only negatively impacts your career, it is also easy to detect.

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Plagiarism

Fundamentals of open access

Duration
15 m
Open science

In this module, Victoria Eva, SVP of Global Policy and Industry Relations at Elsevier, explains the basics of open access as a publishing model: It

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What is open access and how does open access benefit authors?

How to build empathy in research

Duration
1 h
Social impact
In this webinar, our experts focus on three tools for building empathy in research: interviewing, journey mapping and Photovoice. Also, they discuss ways of adapting these tools across sectors; including academia, industry and clinical settings.
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Empathy

Generative AI: New policies, opportunities, and risks

Duration
1 h
Fundamentals of manuscript preparation

The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies has triggered

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Generative AI in research evaluation

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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