MAPS Early Career Researchers Forum

The purpose of MAPS Early Career Researchers(ECRs) Forum is to lead on the provision of support for the wellbeing, professional development and career progress of ECRs.

The purpose of MAPS Early Career Researchers(ECRs) Forum is to lead on the provision of support for the wellbeing, professional development and career progress of ECRs, including postgraduate research degree students, postdoctoral researchers and academics up to 6 years after PhD award, or anyone who considers themselves as an ECR.

Who we are and what we do

The MAPS ECR Forum currently consists of departmental ECR Leads, ECR Reps and PhD Reps, and is co-chaired by volunteers from the Forum. It is dedicated to the support for the wellbeing, professional development and career progress of all ECRs. Find out the goals, responsibilities and structure of the Forum and its current members.

Funding and Fellowships

BEAMS Research Coordination Office

The BEAMS RCO can help you to identify research-funding opportunities, develop strong research proposals, and develop grant-writing skills. You can also book one-to-one appointment for proposal review and mock interviews. See also the other two research coordination offices if your research area strides across the schools: SLMS (Law, Arts and Humanities, Education) and LMS (Life and Medical Sciences).

MAPS ECRs Newsletters

These newsletters provide news on funding opportunities, fellowships, training and events, as well as links to both internal and external resources for MAPS ECRs. They are published every other month and distributed by your departmental ECR Leads or Reps. The Faculty Research Coordination team also publish monthly Funding Alert Bulletins (FABs) for all MAPS colleagues and they are available on the faculty intranet and circulated by your departmental research support officers every month.

List of Early Career Fellowships

The list of Early Career Fellowships is updated every half year. It provides an overview of all the fellowship opportunities to help ECRs plan their application in time and career development.

For more information on funding opportunities and research support, please click on Research Funding and Support.

Networking

The Festival of Early Stage Researchers (FESR) across UCL

UCL holds an annual week-long festival, the Festival of Early Stage Researchers (FESR) to celebrate the invaluable contribution from UCL’s early-stage research community to research and innovation. It is usually held in the spring term every year. For more information and access the recorded talks and workshops, please visit the UCL FESR webpage.

Connect with Other ECR Groups

There are many ECR networks within and outside of UCL. You can join the networks which may be relevant to you depending on your research area. We have listed just a few here for your reference.