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PhD Society : the value of your PhD Towards an academic career (@ K.U.Leuven)

PhD Society : the value of your PhD Towards an academic career (@ K.U.Leuven). Veerle Bruggeman Research Coordination Office December 1th, 2010. Research Coordination Office (DOC) (vice-rector research : prof. P. Marynen). I. Service : inform / encourage / support

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PhD Society : the value of your PhD Towards an academic career (@ K.U.Leuven)

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  1. PhD Society : the value of your PhD Towards an academic career (@ K.U.Leuven) Veerle Bruggeman Research Coordination Office December 1th, 2010

  2. Research Coordination Office (DOC) (vice-rector research : prof. P. Marynen) I. Service : inform / encourage / support • information on research funding www.kuleuven.be/gedoc • lectures and workshops on research funding opportunitieshttps://www.kuleuven.be/gedocumenteerd/k/d/info/workshops.html • trainings on research proposal writing • research databasewww.kuleuven.be/onderzoek/onderzoeksdatabank • publication data https://lirias.kuleuven.be • helpdesk on funding opportunities • support on project proposal writing for external research funding Postdoc day presentations sept. 2010: https://www.kuleuven.be/gedocumenteerd/k/d/postdocday/presentations.html

  3. Research Coordination Office II. Funding • Special Research Fund: BOF • CREDO • SPERO • Industrial Research Fund: IOF Onderzoeksraad (Research Council) IOF council III. Research Policy

  4. What after my PhD ; Postdoc Important period in scientific career ; transition phase • Valorisation of PhD results (if applicable) • Development of research profile • defining research field • acquiring expertise • international network • Development of professional career • acquiring other skills and competencies He has a postdoc phenotype This mouse is running in circles

  5. Ready to move on...work further on your skills and competences High visibility of your research (publications, books, symposia,…) Acquired skills & competences: Teaching and mentoring students Critically reviewing papers Presentation skills Teamwork Project and budget management Self-management: flexibility, coping with stress, planning and organizing, confidence and assertiveness,… Grant writing and fund raising: Ideas, concepts Build your own expertise (branching out from mentor) Collaborations, connections From testimony Christa Maes, Postdoc day sept. 2010

  6. (International) mobility • We want you to go… • Get (more) independent • Become (more) excellent • …but do come back • Fresh blood • Fresh insights in sciences • Complementary expertises • International network

  7. What after my postdoc ? professorship

  8. Never a guarantee.. Source: postdoc survey 2008, www.aaas.org http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine List your options, prepare backup plans!

  9. Career trajectories @ K.U.Leuven Regular ZAP BOFZAP Academic professorship (ZAP) Postdoc PhD Research staff (BAP)

  10. Career trajectories @ K.U.Leuven Research manager Research expert Academic professorship (ZAP) Postdoc PhD Research staff (BAP)

  11. Academic professor (ZAP) Professor (Hoogleraar) Full professor (Gewoon Hoogleraar) Assistant professor (Docent) Associate professor (Hoofddocent) Regular ZAP Academic professorship (ZAP) BOFZAP jr. Regular ZAP BOF-ZAP sr. ‘Tenure Track’

  12. Tenure Track, what ? • Appointment as docent (assistant professor) (at least 50%) = tenure track • Educational or research oriented • Evaluation after 5 years according to • General criteria : applicable for everyone ; concerning research, education, service, internationalisation, … • Specific criteria : specified for each profile by deans, departments ; approved by ‘Groepsbestuur’. Indications of excellence • All TT (regular ZAP, BOFZAP) are evaluated after 5 years according to these criteria • Ifpositive evaluation : automatically tenured as associate professor

  13. BOFZAP (research professor) https://www.kuleuven.be/gedocumenteerd/k/s/oproep/34705.html

  14. Regular ZAP (‘Profiel vacatures’) • http://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/vacancies.html

  15. Academic professor 1. Allocation Dept./Fac. Faculty advisory committee (fac. Beoordelingscommissie) 2*. Alloc. Dept./Fac. BOF Faculty advisory committee BOF Alloc. Dept./Fac. Alloc. Dept./Fac. 2*. Extra Tenure Track mandates of Flemish Government

  16. Some websites … • http://www.kuleuven.be/research/career/ • http://gbiomed.kuleuven.be/postdoc/ • http://set.kuleuven.be/phd/career.htm

  17. Career paths Research manager (incl. IOF) Research expert Academic professorship (ZAP) Postdoc PhD Research staff (BAP)

  18. University Research Staff (BAP) • Background: • Increase of external funding for research and creation of a new research environment • Increase of researchers with consecutive contracts with limited duration • No career management for these type of researchers in the past • Creation of research management careers in “BAP” • Own finality, but final responsibility remains with ZAP

  19. Keep enjoying research • Add value to your academic degree by working on your other skills & competences ! Plan your career

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