The UiO Research Leadership Programme – Starting Level (RLP-Start)

RLP-Start is a leadership programme for researchers who are in the very beginning of their careers as research leaders. The aim of the programme is to provide a basis for reflection and leadership training in the beginning of the process of developing good practice as a research leader.


Target group / participant profile

The target group of the UiO Research Leadership Programme – Starting level is researchers with the following characteristics:

  • A talented researcher who is in the very beginning of a career as a research leader. The researcher may recently have succeeded in attracting funding (a larger project) and thereby given the responsibility to build a research environment within his/her field, or may recently have been given responsibility as a leader of a research environment (group/larger project/centre/section/programme)
  • We require all participants to be in a situation where they have something and someone to lead whilst they are taking part in RLP-Start
  • All applicants should be qualified beyond PhD level (e.g. post doc, researcher with PhD, associate professor).
  • It will strengthen the application if the applicant has received a highly competitive grant (e.g. ERC grant or Norwegian FRIPRO grant).

The programme has a capacity of 40 participants. A number of places (up to 15) are available for applicants from other institutions than UiO.

Completion of this programme provides a good foundation for future participation in the Research Leadership Programme – Consolidating level, but is not a requirement.

Course dates for 2024

This is an intensive development programme. Therefore, participants are expected to attend both joint events (3+2 days). 

  • First joint event: 19–21 March, 2024 
  • Second joint event: 29–30 October, 2024 

The events include overnight stays at a hotel in the greater Oslo area.

Content

The programme aims to give participants

  • A basic understanding of  reflective research leadership and relational aspects of research leadership
  • An introduction to the development of research groups/teams/environments
  • Knowledge of some tools that can support good research leadership in practice

Using a combination of experience sharing, case work and exercises, the programme will have a clear focus on the individual participant’s situation and development as a research leader. It is therefore important that each participant has a leadership role to relate to and draw experiences from in the learning activities.

Detailed programmes and learning objectives will be developed for each event.

Application process

  • The individual applicants must submit their applications for RLP-Start 2024 to their own faculty/museum/centre. More information about the process is provided in the invitation letter.
  • The application deadline is 1 February 2024. NB: please note that your unit may have set a different internal deadline.
  • Due to the limited capacity of the programme, not everyone who applies may be admitted. The programme team at the University of Oslo is responsible for admission. Ensuring diversity in the participant group is an important part of the admission process.
  • Admitted participants will be notified by the middle of February 2024. Prior to the first joint event, they will also receive an invitation to an individual preparatory dialogue. This dialogue is an important component of the programme, both for the individual participant’s preparations and to ensure that the programme team is well acquainted with the participants.

Course fee

  • The course fee is NOK 23 000 per participant from UiO.
  • For external participants the course fee is NOK 40 000 per participant.
  • Invoice information must be included in the application form.
  • The course fee covers board and lodging between course days. The cost of overnight stays before or after the joint events is not covered by the course fee and must be arranged separately.

Programme team

Lars Christian Lassen (course leader)

Else Marie Lingaas

Erlend Kristiansen Haavardsholm

Linda Therese Sørensen Westgaard

Elina Vinberg

Anna Kolberg Buverud (team leader)

 

 

Published Oct. 31, 2022 2:57 PM - Last modified Jan. 15, 2024 3:25 PM