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.
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Researcher Management and Leadership Training
University of Colorado SystemAbout this Course
Experience with externally-funded research, or plans to join a scientific team or to lead funded research projects.
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Try Coursera for BusinessWhat you will learn
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.
Skills you will gain
- Mentorship
- Resource Management
- Clinical Research
- Team Management
- Leadership
Experience with externally-funded research, or plans to join a scientific team or to lead funded research projects.
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Researcher Management and Leadership Training
Leadership
Finance and Administration
Management - Part 1: Starting a Research Team
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TOP REVIEWS FROM RESEARCHER MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING
Thoroughly liked the whole course curriculum. It is very important for everyone seeking leadership skills.
very nicely organized and very good topics. All faculties are explained very well. once again thank you to coordinator.
It was a very elaborate course for individuals joining the academia as a faculty. Highly recommended one!!
Thank you very much for an inspiring and exceptionally helpful course. This course goes beyond teaching and learning about research management and leadership within an introspective framework.
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