Beyond the Post-Doc…. Dr Oscar Ces Department of Chemistry Imperial College London UK

What will employers be looking for on a CV? Tutorials Student supervision Demonstrating Lecturing Fellowships Research ownership “ Impact factor First authorship Corresponding author Patents Grant writing Travel grants PoC grants Creativity/research income Publication Track Record Teaching Independence The more things you can tick off in this figure the less you have to prove

Publication Track Record Obvious Quantity and quality 2.Impact factor/citations 3.First authorships (or joint) 4.Corresponding author (or joint) 5.Patents...often overlooked but emphasize novelty of your research Talk to IC Innovations Protect before you publish!! (talks/presentations/web/non-IC staff) Some journals have specific sections where you can specify each persons contribution (e.g. Science and Nature); make sure your contribution is acknowledged. 6. Conference presentations Refereeing papers/proposals

Teaching 1.Tutorials or small group teaching 2.Lab demonstrating (+help design an experiment) 3.Undergraduate project supervision (BSc/MSci/UROP/Socrates) 4.MRes/PhD supervision 5.Lecturing (e.g. Masters module?)

Teaching-Training Post-doc Development Centre offers excellent resources rkshops Courses that cover everything from PhD student supervision to small group teaching to grant writing Excellent quality Free Looks good on CV-shows you are pro-active and might mean you don’t have to do them somewhere else.

Independence-Fellowships College has generated list of a wide variety (+50) of Fellowships for PDRAs at different levels. Does not cover university specific fellowships at other institutions (equivalent to IC JRFs There is no fellowship season-run all year round. Don’t just apply once-learning experience (ask for feedback) Start early-some fellowships such as EPSRC Postdoctoral Fellowship require no PDRA experience Get other PDRAs/academics to read your application. No matter how experienced someone else’s viewpoint can be crucial. Be bold-current climate is very competitive and “safe” may not sell.

NameWeblinkDetails BBSRC David Phillips Fellowshipshttp:// html Up to 10 per year. Scientists with 2- 6 years postdoc experience EMBO Long term fellowshipshttp:// year awards for recent PhD EPSRC Postdoctoral fellowshipshttp:// llowshipsCall2008.htm (5) in Theoretical Physics (supported by the Physical Sciences Programme. (5) Theoretical Computer Science. (7) Mathematical Sciences (10) Postdoc Fellowships at Life Sciences Interface (supported by the Cross-Disciplinary Interfaces Programme, C-DIP) Recently completed PhD. Award is for a period of up to 3 years EPSRC Career Acceleration fellowships with 3-10 years postdoc experience Humboldt Fellowshipshttp:// international collaboration. Awards range from young postdocs to established academics Imperial College Junior Research Fellowships years postdoctoral experience with support of a sponsor at Imperial College Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships career_fellowships/ Under 35 This is a small selection.....

Grants Not just for lecturers Publication track record does not necessarily prove you can get your research funded-one of the big unknowns when hiring someone Many mechanisms for PDRAs to apply for research funding (1)Appear as a co-researcher on a research council grant –Acknowledges your contribution to the grant writing process –Includes a salary contribution (minimum 50%, up to 100%) –Not the same as a named researcher –Effectively says you are a Co-I but because of your contract status can’t appear as a Co-I –Need to discuss with PI as appearing on the grant as a co- researcher has a cost implication for the grant

Appear on the RCUK websites as a Researcher Co- investigator

Grants Lots of other schemes where you do not have to have a permanent post to apply: (1) Travel grants e.g. International Travel Grants (typically up to £5k) (2) Funding for experiments: Brian Mercer Feasibility AwardsBrian Mercer Feasibility Awards (up to £30k) - Allow researchers to test the economic and/or scientific feasibility `of a project for commercialisation Paul Instrument Fund (up to £75k) ((3) Large scale facility access: ISIS, Diamond, ESRF, Equipment transfer

Miscellaneous 1.UCAS interviews 2.Organising symposia/colloquia 3.Outreach activities (Chemistry Taster Days/Pimlico Connection) 4.“Ownership”-discuss with your supervisor/PI if you can do your own research within the framework of your post-doc (10% of your time?) 5.AWARDS-put yourselves forwards or ask to be nominated by your supervisor!!