
Find all resources that can help you advance your early career researcher experience and skills.
CDU provides support for researchers in their early careers and organises a range of programs and initiatives to facilitate staff development and performance. These activities include workshops, networking events, online modules, mentoring schemes, and reward systems that are tailored specifically to the needs of early career researchers (ECRs) to assist individuals to:
Specifically, this includes initiatives that,
increase the impact and benefits of CDU research to the community
An ECR at CDU is a staff member who is classified as research active or research focussed and who has completed their PhD within the past eight years. At CDU we also recognise that there may be other staff members, including teaching-focussed staff, VET academic staff, and technical staff, who are active in research and are eligible to benefit from accessing some of these researcher development activities.
By supporting our ECRs we can help achieve the CDU research culture framework and research strategy of CDU. As part of an annual program, activities are delivered which align with the Why, How and What CDU research culture and strategy framework (see below).
Other ECR support initiatives may also be offered from time to time through CDU Colleges, Research Institutes and Centres.
A calendar of ECR Research Enhancement initiates can be found on the calendar of ORI events.
Find resources for CDU Early Career Researchers development here. You will need to log in with your CDU staff details.
Find all resources that can help you advance your early career researcher experience and skills.
CDU Library has great resources for early career researchers, covering such aspects as planning your research proposal, managing your data, promoting your research, making grant applications, and more. Visit their website https://libguides.cdu.edu.au/research-support
ECRcentral is a central platform for early career researchers to find research fellowships and travel grants, and to share experiences, resources and feedback.
ECRcentral is a community-driven initiative which was started by eLife Ambassadors 2018. The eLife Ambassador program supports the development of new initiatives ranging from preprints, reproducibility, and funding, by facilitating local discussions and connecting communities with international developments.
Join and contribute in the conversations and opportunities. You can read more about how you can get involved. Visit their website https://ecrcentral.org/
Join the CDU ECR mailing list to receive updates and information about relevant activities and events. You can subscribe by emailing Research & Innovation by filling out this form
If you have any questions regarding the CDU ECR program you can contact the Office of Research and Innovation ECRCareerDevelopment@cdu.edu.au