PSRL
Is the Professional Skills for Research Leaders programme for you ? If you’re an early-career academic or postdoctoral researcher looking to establish yourself as a leader in your field, increase funding for your research and develop your research team, invest in your future with the PSRL seminar.
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esigned to help researchers enhance their leadership, management and impact, the Professional Skills for Research Leaders (PSRL) programme will enable you to identify a broad range of strategies and skills to establish yourself as a research leader.
Together with other researchers, you will explore relevant themes such as recruiting, hiring and managing a research team, communication and publications, maximizing budgets and producing successful grant applications.
Interactive and engaging in-person activities compliment the online course modules to provide a rich learning experience.
The programme features :
5 online courses
- Developing and consolidating your research career
- Funding your research
- Managing a research team
- Research collaboration
- Communicating your research
Personal portfolio developed through the online course.
6 Workshops which include case studies, interactive activities, exchange of best practices and networking opportunities with experts and research peers.
Target Audience
This programme is designed for independent postdoctoral researchers and early-career academics. PhDs must have been obtained no later than 2023.
Maximum : 12 participants (min. 6)
Organization and schedule
Workshops are held monthly from 10:00 am - 13:00 pm, from Tuesday October 21st, 2025 through March 17th, 2026 (15/10, 21/11, 10/12, 14/01, 13/02, 18/03).
- Workshop 1 - 21/10/25 Reflections on an academic research career
- Workshop 2 - 18/11/25 Career planning & profile development for research leadersr
- Workshop 3 - 16/12/25 Importance of collaboration
- Workshop 4 - 20/01/26 Funding your research
- Workshop 5 - 24/02/26 Managing your research team
- Workshop 6 - 17/03/26 Communicating your research
Registration
Register via ULIS Web
For more information on Professional Skills for Research Leaders
For more info, please contact psrl@uliege.be
