SECTION I: GETTING STARTED
Preparing for a Research Career / Planning and Project Management / Responding to a Call / Getting Funded for the First Time / Winning Large Grants / Developing a Project and Choosing a Funder
SECTION II: DEVELOPING THE PROPOSAL
Developing and Managing / Supporting Management with Technology / Incorporating Gender and Diversity / Securing Access / Considering Ethics for Social Science Research / Managing Researcher Safety
SECTION III: GETTING ORGANIZED
Organizing and Managing Research / Engaging the University Administration / Collaborating Across Disciplines / Developing and Executing Cross-National Projects
SECTION IV: MANAGING IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS
Succeeding in a European Research Environment: Eleven Lessons from Denmark / Negotiating in a US University Environment / Managing Research in a Developing Country / Promoting Research and Development in Large Organisations / Working Outside Universities / Managing the Private-Sector Research Project
SECTION V: MANAGING THE PEOPLE
Promoting Teamwork, from Within and from / Enacting Leadership in Research Programmes / Surviving and Progressing as a Research Fellow / Making Best Use of Research Administrators / Hiring, Integrating and Removing Team Members / Mentoring, Appraising, Ensuring Professional Development and Evaluating Performance
SECTION VI: PLANNING FOR IMPACT
Achieving an Impact / Exchanging Knowledge in the Humanities and Social Sciences / Marketing the Team / Planning for Publications / Mobilizing and Disseminating Research Findings Through Informal Mechanisms
SECTION VII: DELIVERING IMPACT
Planning and Executing “the Book” / Working with Print and Online Journalism / Working with the Broadcast Media / Crafting Strategic Events to Strengthen Research Outputs and Disseminate Results / Using Graphics in Print and Presentations
SECTION VIII: BEYOND THE CURRENT PROJECT
Developing a Research Strategy at a Research Intensive University: A Pro Vice Chancellor’s Perspective / Using Research Process to Improve Research Practice / Moving on?