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Monday 18 July 2016 Brought to you by the IoPPN Postdoc Network Committee

Honorary Lecturer

Education route and research fellowship route

Professor Edgar Jones and Dr Ying Chen

Honorary Lecturer Scheme – Education Route

Formally recognises an individual’s contribution to the teaching and education of King’s College London students The application includes:

• A short CV
• Your Education Database Report (summary of teaching load detailing the

amount and type of teaching, examining and other student-facing activities)

• evidence re: the quality of your teaching, the way in which you support

students’ learning and students’ overall experience of studying at King’s (be sure to include the diversity of your activity, and innovation and administrative roles where appropriate)

• A plan, agreed with your Head of Department, of how you will contribute to

education for 10% of your time.

• A statement of support from your Head of Department.
• Evidence of successful completion of the Statement of Teaching Proficiency
• An application form

'IoPPN initiatives for postdoc career progression' event

• Dr. Ying Chen

IoPPN Research Support Manager

1.40pm: Honorary Lecturer status (Education route and Research fellowship route) – Professor Patrick Leman (Dean of Education) & Dr Ying Chen (Research Support Manager) 2.45pm: IoPPN policy on selecting applications for personal career awards and fellowships requiring institutional salary support e.g. NIRG – Dr Ying Chen (Research Support Manager) 3.30pm: Procedure for career support for individuals on personal fellowship awards i.e. (consideration for a permanent post) - Dr Ying Chen (Research Support Manager)

Honorary Lecturer (Research Fellowship route)

• RIC’s Fellowship Honorary Titles Procedure
• Recognition to individuals who succeeded in securing

prestigious personal fellowships or similar awards

• Recognition of career stage (honorary senior lecturer)
• Eligibility: ≥3yrs postdoc at the IoPPN + personal

fellowship with salary for ≥3yrs

• Process: award of a fellowship HoD

application letter to the Dean (CV and fellowship offer letter, copied to the HR) (contact: gill.dale@kcl.ac.uk)

• Webpage: Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology &

Neuroscience | For staff | Academic, Educator & Researcher Development https://internal.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/staff/Academic-Educator- Researcher-Development

MRC Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Wellcome Fellowships (<2yrs) Sir Henry Dale Fellowships (2-7yrs)

Investigator Award

NIHR Postdoc Fellowships (<3yrs) Clinical Scientist Fellowship Senior Research Fellowship (independent researcher) Career Dev Award (<7- 8yrs) Transitional Research Fellowships (<5yrs)

Q & A

Progression from Grade 6 to 7

Mr Stuart McLellan

Research Promotions: Grade 6-7

General Principles:

• Grades are applied to job roles
• A permanent and substantial change to an existing role must:
• Arise out of a genuine business need
• Take account of fixed budgets

The following are not sufficient grounds for regrading:

• Future of possible development of the post
• An increase in the volume of work
• And increase in the capabilities of the post holder

Research Promotions: Grade 6-7

Requirements for proposing a promotion

• A clear need identified for the new role
• Available funding such as to enable the proposed change
• The individual meets the requirements associate with the proposed

grade

Research Promotions: Grade 6-7

Process The application should be submitted to the Executive Dean and includes:

• A short CV
• HoD statement about future funding arrangements, as well as a brief

explanation of the business case for the change

• The name of two external referees (to be taken up at the discretion of the

Dean) The Executive dean will make the final decision in consultation with the Vice Principal (Health)

Research Promotions: Grade 6-7

Summary of Criteria To achieve promotion to Grade 7 a researcher must demonstrate:

• Expertise in research (as publicly evidence by successful research

programmes supported by publication and/or reports)

• Active participation in the planning of research projects
• The ability to co-ordinate the work of other staff
• The ability to obtain funding for his/her work

The research profile of a Grade 7 researcher will be at least as great as that of those appointed to Lecturer Grade 7.

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Dr Ying Chen

Selecting applications for personal award schemes

• For schemes such as MRC NIRG (currently only 50% salary covered),

ESRC Future Leader (40-80%) and Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships (50%)

• No other funding sources (Department, research unit, PI) to cover the

shortfall and to comply with the funders’ Terms and Conditions

• If “institutional contribution toward salary” is required, apply to the RIC

with an advanced draft of the proposal (>70% completed) and a support letter co-signed by the Heads of Department and Division

• RIC will review your application and offer feedback and

recommendation

• Only two attempts allowed
• Policy document:: https://internal.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/ps/randd/IOPPN-Research-

Policies/IoPPN-Grants-Policy.aspx

Personal awards that do not cover 100% salary Have no additional salary support but HoD support Submit to the RIC but not selected this time Submit to the RIC and selected to go forward! Have other eligible salary support Contact your BM and R&D

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Submit to the funder Resubmission to the RIC one more time

Format of the application

• A RIC subgroup pf senior academics will review the

application

• 3 months before the funder deadline

– MRC NIRG internal deadlines in Dec, March and July for funder deadlines in Feb, June and Oct. – Application form as complete as possible – CV in the final format – case for support as developed as possible (>70%) – A letter of support jointly signed by the Divisional Vice- Dean and HoD

• Contact Dr. Gill Dale (gill.dale@kcl.ac.uk)

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Dr Deepak Srivastava

Independent Researcher Award

IOPPN Post-Doc Career Progression Event

• Dr. Deepak P. Srivastava,

Lecturer, Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

What is it?

 Joint initiative of the IOPPN Research Innovation

Committee (RIC) and Postdoc Network Committee

 Only for Postdocs (junior researchers)  Support of independently-developed grant proposal  Six awards per year of £2,500

 2 awards funded by NIHR BRC

Can I apply?

 Postdoc at the IOPPN  Must be contracted for the period of the proposed work  No previous fellowships or grants (excluding travel and

conference awards) (not previous recipient of IOPPN- IRA)

 Support of Supervisor/Principal Investigator

What does it fund?

 New idea – can be based on current project, but

independent from current work

 Consumables; travel; training; animal costs; participant

costs; equipment costs

 Cannot be used for salary costs  Aim to provide support for a pilot study for a future

fellowship

How do I apply?

 Application form (intranet)  Short CV (MRC template)  Short description of:

 applicants career stage  How application is independent from current (and supervisor’s) work  What the funds are for  Expected outcomes (including how it will help you)

 Letter of support from Supervisor

What not to do when applying?

 Not meeting the eligibility criteria (i.e. already have

funding; too early in career trajectory)

 Too much overlap with current/supervisor’s project  Unclear applications (e.g. too much jargon)  Incomplete applications (missing supervisor letter)  Unrealistic or vague costing estimates

How can I maximise my chances of being funded?

 Demonstrate independent thinking  Clear description of work – accessible to non-specialists  Strong Supervisor support  Realistic cost estimates

Any other tips?

 Read the eligibility  Time!!!  Discuss your ideas  Don’t Give Up!  Good Luck!

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Procedure for career support for individuals on personal fellowship awards

• Consideration for a permanent post for individuals

who have secured their own mid/senior personal award from a recognised external research funder

• To provide a standard and transparent mechanism

for the consideration of “open ended” institutional positions for those individuals who are on a personal research fellowship

• Policy document:

https://internal.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/ps/randd/IOPPN- Research-Policies/IoPPN-Grants-Policy.aspx

Criteria

• High level academic performance
• Clear evidence of independence

– Applied for research funding beyond the fellowship ends – Compelling and sustainable future research plan

• Strategic importance of research programme &

robust business plan

• Planned contribution to the IoPPN’s educational

mission

• Letter of support from the HoD with supporting

business case

Procedure

• Procedure: contact the Research Support Manager in the

R&D office (ying.chen@kcl.ac.uk) ~18 months before the funding ends to check eligibility and application timeline

• Discussion with HoD & BM
• Complete the application form and submit
• Reviewed by at least two senior academics as independent

reviewers

• Panel meeting (the Dean, Dean of Education, Head of

Division, a RIC chair) to decide the outcome (at least 6 months before funding ends)

• The Dean will communicate the outcome:

– An offer of open-ended contract – A qualified offer – A fixed-term extension – No further offer

Summary of RIC initiatives and support

https://internal.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/staff/Academic-Educator-Researcher-Development/Index.aspx

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Dr Nigel Eady

Q & A

Close Drinks and networking