Early career researchers
The Faculty of Medicine (FoM) combines medical education with two research intensive schools, three clinical medical schools and five hospital-based institutes and centres. The Faculty of Medicine Early Career Research Committee (FoM-ECR) is a faculty-wide committee representing (self-identified) ‘early career’ research, teaching and research and teaching-focused academics in the Faculty of Medicine
The FoM-ECR was established on 15th June 2017 to:
- Provide cohesiveness and collaboration for ECRs within the different Schools, Centres and Institutes of the Faculty
- Facilitate and advance ECR professional development by organising professional development events (e.g. workshops and panel discussions)
- Facilitate and provide opportunities for ECRs to interact across the Faculty and foster collaborations
- Develop online platforms for distributing ECR relevant information and events (e.g. ECR page on Faculty intranet)
- Act as contact point and liaison for ECR key issues
Upcoming ECR events
Facilitating Collaboration between ECRs and Clinical Colleagues (14 August)
Dr Anna Henningham
Org Unit: CHRC
Committee Role: Treasurer
Email: a.henningham@uq.edu.au
Dr Bronwyn Clark
Org Unit: SPH
Committee Role: Chair
Email: b.clark3@uq.edu.au
Dr Kelly-Anne Masterman
Org Unit: MRI-UQ
Committee Role: Secretary
Email: kellyanne.masterman@mater.uq.edu.au
Dr Kylie Tucker
Org Unit: SBMS
Committee Role: Secretary
Email: k.tucker1@uq.edu.au
Dr Magid Fahim
Org Unit: CHSR
Committee Role: Program co-ordinator
Email: magid.fahim@health.qld.gov.au
Dr Meghna Talekar
Org Unit: UQDI
Committee Role: Vice Chair
Email: m.talekar@uq.edu.au
Dr Tracey Bjorkman
Org Unit: UQCCR
Committee Role: Mentoring program co-ordinator
Email: t.bjorkman@uq.edu.au
- Career progress and appraisal for academic staff - including information on annual appraisal forms. Form A, B & C to be filled in and completed annually. Form A will need to be up to date when you wish to apply for promotion. Other forms (e.g. D, E & F) may be required for academic promotion.
- Applying for Academic Promotion up to Level D - Please note that there is only one round of promotion to Level C & D per year. Please see the above website for information regarding the deadlines.
- When considering applying for academic promotion it is strongly recommended to familiarise yourself with the following sections of the UQ policy:
- 5.80.12 Promotion of Academic Staff Levels A – D
- 5.70.17 Criteria for Academic Performance
- 5.41.12 Academic Categories
- There are a number of staff development courses run to assist individuals in preparing for academic promotion. Please refer to the “Academic Career Development” page on the UQ Staff Development site
- The Early Career Academic Development Program may be relevant for ECRs who are considering applying for promotion in the future.
Many of the skills you learn as a PhD student are still relevant during the early stages of your academic career. Below are links to several sites that you may still find helpful as an ECR. The university also offers staff development programs specifically designed for ECRs to assist with everything from grant writing and research supervision to guidelines on authorship and how to manage a team (and even finance!).
Mentoring is key to navigating your career path and is part of every stage of your academic career. And its not just about the mentoring you receive or from who, but learning how you can become an effective mentor and help guide the next generation of ECR UQ academics.
- Early-career academic development program
- Staff development – research courses
- Mentoring Guidelines
- Information regarding career planning including bookings portal for appointments with a career advisor
- Research skills aimed at PhD but relevant also to ECRs - including grant writing, publishing and research integrity
To be added to the weekly Faculty Research Alert please email med.research@uq.edu.au.
Access to the Faculty of Medicine Research Alert page is available by logging in to the intranet.
Commonly accessed schemes
- National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
- The Heart Foundation of Australia
- National Breast Cancer Foundation
- Cancer Council Queensland
- Australian Research Council
- Children's Hospital Foundation (CHF)
Funding databases
These are valuable to search for appropriate grants. The UQ Medical Library provides courses on making the most of these funding databases.