Early and Mid-Career Researchers

Early and Mid-Career Researchers (EMCRs) are emerging researchers within their first eight years of academic or other research-related employment, following completion of postgraduate research training. There is no age limit on who can be an EMCR as the definition is dependent on where the researcher is in their career progression. The resources located here are targeted towards EMCRs who work at The University of Queensland (UQ).

EMCR-focused training and development

• Orientation at Academics new to UQ
• Early Career Academic Development Program - series of experiential workshops
• Research Integrity Module - Online training
• Communicating research in media and social media 
• UQ Library offers a variety of workshops and training
• HHMI - Resources for the development of early career scientists
• Visit the External Resources page for additional resources.

Engagement, Impact and Entrepreneurship

• UniQuest training and workshops
• ilab - business incubator and accelerator
• Create Change Masterclass - UQ site linking to entrepreneurship and innovation education opportunities available at UQ, including three online masterclasses:
  • Ideas to Impact
  • Power to Change
  • Engage to Innovate

Key EMCR grants

• UQ Early Career Researcher Grants Scheme
• UQ Amplify
• ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRAs)
• NHMRC Early Career Fellowships
• ARC Discovery Indigenous

UQ EMCR committees

• Early and Mid-Career Researcher Committee (EMCR@UQ): This committee represents all EMCRs across the University. 
• Australian Institute Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
• Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
• Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences
• Institute for Molecular Bioscience
• School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
• School of Biomedical Science
• Queensland Brain Institute
• Queensland Alliance Agriculture and Food Innovation
• UQ Centre for Clinical Research
• TC Beirne School of Law ECR Reading Group