Research support
We have a range of activities at the College designed to support staff and students with their careers, projects, and pathways to impact.
Imperial offers expert support for the research process, from supporting idea generation at the beginning of the research journey by holding hackathons and community building activities, to helping to disseminate research impact at the end of the research journey, through commercialisation support and policy forums. Along the way, we provide support to staff to help them meet compliance requirements for funders, and other legal regulations.
The image to the left shows the following: Research Project Support includes a lifecycle of Ideas, Funding, Research and Sharing which includes Building Networks, Hackathons, User Engagement, Project Costing, Proposal Peer Review, Funder Relationship Management, Ethical Review, Data Management, Financial Reporting, Policy Forums, Open Access Publishing and Commercialisation.
Noura Zamzam is a PhD student in the Department of Life Sciences, and is supported by a Leverhulme Trust grant awarded to Professor Jasper van Thor. Noura works on ultrafast measurements of photosynthesis.
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Postdoc and Fellows Development Centre
The Early Career Researcher Institute (PDFC) offers an extensive programme of professional skills and career development training, support and opportunities, to enable postdocs and fellows to succeed in their current position while planning their next step.
The PFDC aims to support postdocs with a variety of initiatives, including one-to-one advisory sessions, popup briefings following a new announcement or funding stream, leadership courses, residential away days, and much more.
Centre for Academic English
The Centre for Academic English (CfAE) provides a wide range of STEMM communication courses, workshops, retreats and consultations to support the research output of the College. We work with doctoral students, researchers and academic staff in areas such as writing for publication, preparing for conference presentations and writing for the REF. The Centre also offers tailored support to departments, for example training on writing impact case studies and consultancy on writing effective research funding proposals.
Graduate School
The Early Career Researcher Institute (ECRI) enriches the postgraduate student experience via a tailored programme of professional skills training, cohort building and coaching which enhances the professional impact of Imperial students and helps to ensure that their personal ambitions are realised.
In 2017, the Graduate School was awarded a Guardian University Award for Supporting the Student Experience through the Researching Well Together Project. A package of support was developed as a partnership between staff and students and for the first time aligned tailored support for doctoral students with continuing professional development for supervisors. The project has resulted in the establishment of a residential Writing Retreat, the creation of a doctoral student coaching programme, and the development of an online course for supervisors focusing on supporting the mental health and wellbeing of Imperial’s doctoral students.