Team science

Funders are turning to a format that probes societal impact and acknowledges contributions from non-academic colleagues.

If you’re working with indigeneous researchers, citizen scientists or local communities, find out about their expectations, including ones around payment and authorship.

Support staff should speak up more about how their skills drive scientific discovery, says glassblower Terri Adams.

Some researchers thank admin colleagues with chocolates or wine. But deadline pressures, and the need to generate research income, can sometimes result in bullying.

Research managers, citizen scientists, librarians and technicians rarely make it onto author lists. But an initiative to assess their hidden contributions to team science moved some judging panel members to tears.

Science benefits when there is mutual respect between academics and research managers. Team Science, a six-part series, begins by examining a key workplace relationship.

Olga Lehmann made sense of challenges she faced in teamwork by analysing how she and her colleagues behaved and what she could have done differently.

Street children in Africa and a site engineer at a marine-biology research station are among those recognized in an alternative to the United Kingdom’s Research Excellence Framework.

I found job satisfaction and exciting opportunities in supporting other academics — but it’s a career path that many don’t consider. Try it.

Helping with grant applications, ensuring compliance and coordinating with funders is all part of the job.

Simon Hettrick tells Julie Gould about the role of research software engineers, what they do and how you can become one.