Becoming a PI
Becoming a PI
Research vision
- Creating your research vision - synchronous workshop (not currently available)
- Achieving your vision for the future - LinkedIn Learning material. Includes approaches to developing a vision. Think about you as a research leader and your research projects when this resource talks about organisation, division, company etc. Think post docs, colleagues and collaborators when this resource talks about employees, team etc.
Working with others (networking and collaboration)
- Collaboration - OD&PL Leadership and Professional Practice self guided resource
- Professional networking - LinkedIn Learning material
- Managing globally - LinkedIn Learning material. Includes cultural agility and will help you think about how you work with collaborators and people in your network who come from different cultural contexts. Whilst the course talks about managing people the similar principles apply to working with collaborators especially when it comes to understanding and working with people’s motivations.
- Creating your personal brand - LinkedIn Learning material. Will help you think about how you present yourself to potential collaborators.
- Increasing your research visibility - Library presentation recording taking you to do different website
- Networking - University of Bristol self guided resource
- Horizons Institute - connects academics and organisations to tackle societal challenges - Research and Innovation Service (RIS) information source
Challenge based research
- Horizons Institute, headline and challenge themes - Research and Innovation Service (RIS) information source
- Leeds Crucible - A programme provided by the Horizons Institute giving you an opportunity to think about how you collaborate (information currently on the Research and Innovation Service (RIS) website).
Research impact
- Research impact resources - self guided resources, development opportunities and information sources (some of which are included below)
- Research impact: an introduction - self guided resource
- Impact in grant applications - self guided resource
- Building impact momentum (BIM) - synchronous programme
- Impact - Research and Innovation Service (RIS) information source which included links to the following
- What is IP - Research and Innovation Service (RIS) information source
- University's commercialisation process - a Research and Innovation Service (RIS) managed process
Winning funding
- Funding opportunities - Research and Innovation Service (RIS) information source
- Applying for funding - Research and Innovation Service (RIS) information source and guidance including Resources and tips and Submission checklist
- Naming people on research grants - Human Resources (HR) - information source
Research data management
- Research data management workshops are provided by the Library, see Library workshops - synchronous workshops and webinars
- Research data management - Library information source
Research integrity and ethics
- Research integrity - self guided resource
- Safeguarding in research - self guided resource
- A toolkit to support researcher wellbeing (RES-WELL), practical strategies for UK research institutions, funders, and researchers in the context of emotionally or ethically challenging research - self guided resource
- (Responsible research innovation and inclusive research design to be added under this heading as material is identified or becomes available.)
Expectations of a research leader at Leeds (Leadership excellence behaviours)
- Discovering your leadership - OD&PL Leadership and Professional Practice programme
- Leadership toolkit and resources - OD&PL Leadership and Professional Practice self guided resource
- University values and responsibility - expected of people who work at the University of Leeds
Research culture
The focus here is on the environment within which research is done rather than a focus on winning funding, managing and administering work and producing output. How do you create and help others to create a supportive, inclusive and collaborative environment for research?
- Research culture at Leeds - self guided resource
- What research culture do you want to create? (not currently available)