Collaborative Research Program
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Collaborative Research Program
Bringing Researchers Together
The ISSS Collaborative Research Program provides an opportunity for doctoral students and early career researchers (less than 5 years post PhD) to work with a leading NSSI researcher, who is not their supervisor, on a dedicated research project.
The aims of the program are to:
Provide mentoring to junior ISSS members
Support junior researchers in expanding their professional networks
Afford additional opportunities for publication and conference presentations for junior researchers
Foster new collaborations within ISSS
Advantages for junior researchers include:
The opportunity to be actively mentored by an academic who is not your supervisor (i.e., exposure to other ways of working)
Collaboration with an internationally renowned researcher
Introduction to potential postdoc supervisors
Potential networking in a new lab group (at least virtually)
Potentially learn new research techniques/analyses and/or working in a slightly different area of research, thus broadening your repertoire of skills
An additional publication
Certificate of participation
Presentation of your work at ISSS, and to the broader self-injury community
Advantages for the supervisor include:
Opportunity to mentor a junior researcher (demonstrated leadership)
An additional research output
Meet new doctoral students who might make good postdocs
How will we choose the successful applicants?
Junior researchers are selected based on:
Having completed more than 1 year of their PhD, or be less than 5 years post PhD
Not having previously worked with the project supervisor
Ability to commit the necessary time to the project, and complete in a timely manner
Skills and knowledge that match those required for the project (project dependent)
If you are a PhD student, you will also need to submit a letter of support from your supervisor.