Researcher Management and Leadership Training
This course is for early career researchers and mentors who believe that modern scientific careers require management skills and want to be research leaders. This curriculum gives you skills to effectively implement funded projects, thereby enhancing your career success. Research leaders take on a number of new roles, rights, and responsibilities–as scientific leaders, financial administrators, managers, and mentors. In this course, we explain how to optimize the people, teams, projects, and finances for which you are responsible. Despite your research training, you are probably facing an urgent training gap in leadership and management skills. Scientific careers falter for non-science reasons when researchers fail to execute a scope of work: struggle to track expenses and returns substantial unspent grant funds; or run out of funds by spending on the wrong people or mismanaging the right people. Consequently, projects close with inadequate progress on aims, thus compromising successful competition for future funding. This course will help avoid these traps.
Leadership and management are essential skills for researchers. Several early career researchers, senior scientists, and administrative leaders are eager to share their expertise and experiences with you.
Assess the importance of management and leadership skills, and identify approaches to optimize resources when building a research career.
Identify key financial and administrative responsibilities for researchers, including regulatory compliance, financial reporting, and budgeting.
Understand how to effectively manage a research group: hire new people, manage existing employees, and engage teams to cultivate a positive culture.
Compare key responsibilities for mentors and mentees, strategically build mentorship teams, and enhance mentorship using coaching and sponsorship.
Syllabus
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week 1
Researcher Management and Leadership Training
Week 2
Leadership
Week 3
Finance and Administration
Week 4
Management - Part 1: Starting a Research Team
Week 5
Management - Part 2: Growing and Maintaining a Research Team
Week 6
Mentorship
FAQ
When will I have access to the lectures and assignments?
Access to lectures and assignments depends on your type of enrollment. If you take a course in audit mode, you will be able to see most course materials for free. To access graded assignments and to earn a Certificate, you will need to purchase the Certificate experience, during or after your audit. If you don't see the audit option:
What will I get if I purchase the Certificate?
When you purchase a Certificate you get access to all course materials, including graded assignments. Upon completing the course, your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile. If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free.
Is financial aid available?
Yes. In select learning programs, you can apply for financial aid or a scholarship if you can’t afford the enrollment fee. If fin aid or scholarship is available for your learning program selection, you’ll find a link to apply on the description page.
Can I get specific feedback from the Course Directors on my professional development goals?
Please post your goals to a discussion forum for that module, and course directors will periodically respond. Make it clear you would like feedback. Alternatively, you are welcome to email course directors for feedback, although if volume is high you may not get feedback more often than weekly. We want to support your goals! Please watch for announcements for real-time mentoring events, and in-person or virtual training events.
Reviews
It was a much needed course for me. Learned old things from new point of view.
very nicely organized and very good topics. All faculties are explained very well. once again thank you to coordinator.
Excellent course, nicely organized, very knowledgeable speakers, and very useful to develop these skills which are beneficial at all levels. I recommend this course to others.
Fantastic course! My gratitude of thanks to all professors and speakers for sharing their knowledge and ideas . You are all brilliant and very inspiring. You did excellent job. More power!
