WORKSHOP 1: Advice and tips to improve your CV
The motto of this workshop is to provide advice and tips in a practical setting to help young researchers to compose a more effective and tailored scientific Curriculum Vitae. A scientific CV is the most common communication tool used to self-marketing your expertise when applying for fellowships and grants, academic positions or research jobs. Evaluation committees have many applications to read through, thus scientific CVs should be concise and focused on relevant experience. You should make all efforts to help the readers to better assess your profile and make a good impression. Remember, the first impression is the one that matters the most, so your CV needs to be perfect!
This workshop will be organized by the Research Funding Affairs Unit, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal - rfaunit@igc.gulbenkian.pt
Lecturers:
Sheila Vidal
Dr. Sheila Vidal heads the Research Funding Affairs Unit at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC). She has dedicated the last 14 years of her career to Research Management, having a long standing experience in the conception & implementation of pre-award grant management strategies at both the individual and institutional level.
She created and organizes a grant application training programme for IGC researchers and, regularly coordinates/lectures advanced training modules on grant development at several Masters and PhD programmes.
In addition, Sheila holds a PhD in Innate Immunity from the University Paris XI (France).
Teresa Costa
Dr. Teresa Costa works as a Pre-award Grants Advisor at the Research Funding Affairs Unit of Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência. She has over 5 years of experience in supporting successful applications for individual and institutional competitive funds from many national and international funding agencies in the Life Sciences domain.
Teresa also organizes and lectures in several training sessions and workshops for grant applications targeted to in-house and external researchers at all career stages.
Teresa holds a PhD in Biology from ITQB–NOVA (Oeiras, Portugal) and was a postdoctoral research fellow both at Yale University (USA) and at ITQB-NOVA (Oeiras, Portugal).
WORKSHOP 2: Students Well-being in Academia
“We just don’t have the bandwidth –"
This workshop will look at work life balance, maintaining momentum, managing and minimizing stress and being happy during your PhD.
The workshop is designed to be as interactive as participants want it to be.
Lecturer:
Zi Parker
Zi Parker is a Doctoral College Manager at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).
Zi is a historian by training and spent a number of years working as a researcher in both UK and Irish academic institutions before moving in to providing professional support for PhD students.
PGR Mental Health and Wellbeing support is a cause very close to Zi’s heart. Zi is passionate about helping people to enjoy life; which, to her mind, is best achieved when people have the skills to navigate its turbulent ups and downs, and can support others to do the same. Zi has spent the last 4 years working at QMUL developing support systems and training for PhD students, including working on a programme with colleagues across the university supporting PhD students with well-being, work life balance and better pastoral support.
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