Thursday, 25 July 2019

career path - Sign of researcher's professional maturity


When one applies for an academic position (especially for a permanent one) or for a significant funding, (s)he is often asked to show his/her professional maturity in research in the motivation letter/research proposal (or sometimes one is asked to indicate how (s)he would reach this maturity).



The questions is: what are the signs of professional maturity in research that might be mentioned?


My background is theoretical mathematics but the question has little to do with a particular field as usually the positions and funding in question are for researchers from a broad range of scientific areas.



Answer



Signs of professional maturity in a researcher:



  • Having written and administered a grant proposal

  • Having been invited to sit on a review panel

  • Having been an invited speaker

  • Having guided or mentored students

  • Having organized a conference session


  • Having published a review paper


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