Fundamentals of Functioning in the Scientific World - workshops 1700-SZD-PFSN
Ethics
During the course, students learn the key concepts and standards in research ethics and scientific
integrity, and acquire skills to identify and seek solutions to ethical problems that arise in scientific
research.
Grant applications
This part of the course aims to discuss the most important external sources of funding grants and
general principles of grant application. National and international grant agencies, types of grants, and
general principles of applying for funding for a research project will be discussed. Particular attention
will be paid to grants financed by the National Science Center and the European Commission. The
classes will present and analyze the process of the grant application and evaluation, including:
building the CV, project proposal preparation, its evaluation and interview with the panel of experts,
and reporting and final evaluation. Detailed rules for applying for selected NCN and ERC grants will
be presented.
Knowledge transfer
During the class, students learn what intellectual property protection is, what knowledge assets can
be legally protected and how. They learn how to identify potentially valuable ideas in research and
learn how to deal with them.
Scientific presentations
This part prepares students to present scientific research (concepts, results) in the form of talks at
conferences, seminars, meetings with journalists or investors. During the classes, participants learn
how to speak (at a scientific conference, at a meeting with a company interested in cooperation with
scientists, during a job interview) in an understandable and interesting way about difficult things, in
particular about science and research.
The framework structure of the class:
1. Introduction, or some myths about scientific presentations
2. The purpose, or why I need it
3. The plan
4. The project
5. How to start (and how to finish)
6. Slides and props, or extras
7. In front of the audience, or your five minutes
8. Posters, or presentation in two dimensions
Scientific publications
The classes prepares students to write and publish articles, mainly in scientific journals. The market
for scientific publications, as seen from different perspectives (author, editor, publishing house
owner, reader) and the process "from results to publication" will be presented, with the focus on the
elements that often prove most difficult.
The framework structure of the class:
1. Publish or perish?
2. What, why and how to write, or the purpose
3. From idea to article, or the process
4. Preparation, or you too will become a writer
5. Preparing for submission, or before you click submit
6. Reviews, or how to survive rejection
7. Other activities, or when the excitement subsides
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Ethics
Upon completion of the course, the student knows and understands:
- basic concepts of research ethics and research integrity,
- the most important ethical principles of conducting scientific research,
- the relationship between methodological and ethical requirements in scientific research,
- the importance of ethical standards for public confidence and trust in science and scientists,
- ethical standards in scientific research with human participants,
- the process of fair obtaining and use of research data,
- basic standards of ethics of scientific publications.
Upon completion of the course, the student is able to:
- identify basic ethical standards in scientific research,
- apply ethical standards to specific cases,
- identify ethical problems that occur in scientific research,
- build trust in scientists and science.
After completing the course, the student is ready to:
- shape their behavior in accordance with the standards of research ethics and research integrity,
- cooperate with other researchers to implement ethical standards of scientific research,
- make efforts to build confidence in scientists and science.
Grant applications
The student knows:
- what research grants are,
- types of research grants,
- what is the process of preparing a grant application and its evaluation.
The student is able to:
- select an appropriate grant agency and program,
- prepare a grant application.
Knowledge transfer
The student knows:
- what intellectual property is and how it can be protected,
- where one can come across intellectual property worth protecting in scientific work and what to do
in such cases,
- what are the basic paths of knowledge transfer from academia to industry.
Students can:
- analyze the structure of a simple patent and identify its essential parts,
- prepare a brief description of an invention for a patent application.
Scientific presentations
The student knows:
- what are the goals of scientific presentations and how they can be achieved,
- what are the most common mistakes made when preparing and presenting talks at scientific
conferences, seminars, etc. and how to avoid them,
- how to analyze the purpose and goal of his/her next presentation, and then use the knowledge to
prepare and deliver an effective speech,
- how to prepare a professional poster for a scientific conference.
The student is able to:
- analyze a scientific presentation, identify its parts, structure, weaknesses and strengths,
- prepare a scientific presentation, taking into account its time, place of presentation and audience,
- present his/her presentation in front of the audience in the most effective way.
Scientific publications
The student knows:
- what the purpose of scientific publications is, what is the publishing ecosystem in which scientists
operate,
- what the publication preparation process looks like: from research results to "post-publication"
activities,
- what to pay attention to when preparing the text of a publication, a letter to the editor, responses
to reviews.
Students can:
- identify the quality of a scientific journal,
- prepare the basic plan of an article for a journal,
- write a professional abstract of an article.
Additional information
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