Workshop I: Research Communication Training

Workshop already held for 2023

This workshop is designed to give researchers an understanding of how to effectively communicate their research and its potential impact.

Topics include:

• Understanding your research and its potential impact from an outsider’s perspective
• Communicating your work without jeapardising your intellectual property
• Leveraging social media to grow your profile
• Creating a communication ‘pitch’

This workshop is primarily aimed at individual early to mid-career researchers, but it's valuable for researchers at any stage of their career who want to improve their ability to communicate their research. 

Places available: 30

Workshop II: An introduction to research translation

Date:  6 June 2023
Time: 10:00am – 2:00pm
Location: TRI Seminar Rm 2003

Cost:
TRI researcher/partner clinicians: $0
External participants: $370

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Tickets close: 2 June 2023

This interactive workshop will help researchers and clinician-researchers understand the translational pathways available for research. Key topics covered:

• Understand the wider ecosystem around your research
• Get an insight into how you can evaluate if your project has translational potential
• Identify the translational value of your research
• Start to understand the stakeholders you need to engage
• Begin crafting your stakeholder pitch.

This workshop is primarily aimed at individual early to mid-career researchers, but it's valuable for researchers at any stage of their career who want to understand translation and its application to their research. 

Places available: 50

Workshop III: Developing translational research: project design, stakeholder engagement & alternative funding sources

Date:  27 July 2023
Time: 9:00am – 2:00pm
Location: TRI Seminar Rm 2003

Cost:

TRI researcher/partner clinicians: $0
External participants: $850

This intensive, highly interactive workshop will help researchers and clinicians identify clearly what their research translation offering is, what they want to achieve and who they need to work with to achieve this.

You will also have support creating an elevator pitch and be upskilled in engaging with critical stakeholders.

Participants in this workshop are also given a 1:1 coaching session.

Places are only available by invitation to graduates of the Introduction to Research Translation workshop.

Places available: 20

Fellowship value:  $20,000

Fellowship duration: 1 year

Applications open:
Monday 13 March 2023

Applications close:
Friday 12 May 2023

Fellows Announced:
May 2023   

To apply please fill in the attached form and email it to: [email protected]

TRI is offering four Translation Fellowships to provide high-impact support and training to further develop future research leaders at TRI.

The Fellowship provides:

• Six months 1:1 translation coaching to further a translational project (must be undertaken in 2023) -- please note, the Fellow will have access to a set number of hours of professional coaching over a six-month period, with the timing and frequency of the coaching sessions chosen by the Fellow to best suit their availablility
• Up to $4000 to attend a training program to help advance their translational development (must be undertaken in 2023)
• Automatic acceptance into TRI Translational Pathways 2023 workshops (required participation if haven’t already attended) and consumer training workshops (optional).

Application Process:

• Interested EMCRs must complete this Application Form and submit it via email to TRI: [email protected] by 5:00pm AEST, Friday 12 May 2023.
• There are only four (4) spots available for this module – one per TRI partner.
• Preferential selection will be given to researchers with the more immediate need and/or demonstrable translational clinical outcome. Each of TRI’s partner Directors will review and approve the selected candidate from their institution.

Applicants will be notified of the outcome by email within 15 business days. TRI’s decision will be final.

The successful Fellows will be required to meet with their tech transfer office to brief them on their project.

• Early to mid-career researcher (up to 15 years post PhD being granted allowing for career interruption) based at TRI (at least 20% time spent at TRI), and
• Metro South Health, Children's Health Queensland and Mater early to mid-career clinicians (15 years post undergraduate clinical qualification e.g., MBBS, BN), including early to mid-career clinicians undertaking a higher degree research based at TRI

 To be succesful, applicants must be able to demonstrate they have a research project with translational potential (commercial or non-commercialisable).

 Fellowship is contingent on attending Translation Pathways workshops and 1:1 coaching. Failure to participate will see the Fellowship withdrawn.

One Fellowship will be awarded to applicants from each of our four partners: UQ, QUT, Mater Research and Metro South Health.

Fellowships available: 4

To access this service, please fill in this short form and email: [email protected]

TRI-based researchers can now access professional consultation, at no cost, to progress translational research.

When to use this service:

• Not sure if your project has translational potential?
• Need help deciding on a pathway, engaging with industry or what to do next?
• Have a project that could improve patient outcomes but isn’t commercialisable?

Please note: this service is for projects which are not commercialisable or too early for UniQuest or our other partners’ tech transfer offices.

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