Faculty Mentor Workshop

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Faculty Mentor Workshop

• Session 1
• Building A Research Career
• June 29, 2009

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Introduction

• Resources available
• Dr. Ros Sydie
• Dr. Gurston Dacks
• Dr. Bruce Dancik

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The Research Program

• Funding agencies award grants to researchers who
  show a strategic vision and who have the skills
  necessary to carry it off.
• What subject area fascinates you, where do you
  think you can make a significant contribution to
  your discipline?

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Planning

• Reconnaissance
• Targets
• Placement of Articles
• Research/teaching/service balance

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Seeking Grants

• Importance of Pursuing Grants--gt personal
  benefits
• --gt institutional benefits
• --gt HQP

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Successful Research is a Social Process

• Interaction
• Feedback
• Re-thinking
• Revising
• Retesting
• All of these are essential for your ideas to grow
  in clarity, rigour and sophistication.

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Networking

• Networking Locally
• Networking at conferences
• Networking within your discipline and the
  granting agencies

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Working with Graduate Students

• The training of Highly Qualified Personnel (HQPs)
  - Tri-councils see this as one of their primary
  tasks
• Involving grad students will increase the odds of
  the council funding your research

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Conclusion

• Research is a process of social interaction
• Plan your process as you plan your research