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Information, guidance, and examples of best practice to support both research staff preparing narrative CVs and reviewers evaluating them for research grants and fellowships.

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Examples offered by participants on the workshop for Module 1 - 3

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Module 1 Examples:
	Example from me: I am among the pioneers that have establish mitochondrial biology research within my field of parasite research
	A technique development and validation for improving gene identification.
	ideas to a patent
	Tool - new method/application of a biological phenomenon that I realised could help quantify something - I used this to show differences with age / disease
	Developed protocol for controlled crossing in a crop, and subsequently trained staff at commercial partner's site
	I used a method used for embryo visualisation and adapted it to be able to see and quantify cell components in human arteries
	Identification of genetic mutations predisposing to cancer that are now on NHS testing panels
	I have applied terrestrial movement modelling approaches to marine ecosystems, a novel approach to exploration of animal movement in heterogenous habitats.
	Blueprint for clinical translation for hydrogels in stroke
	Made key decisions regarding an exploratory analysis of respiratory data
	Establish bioinformatics pipeline for marker discovery
	new in vitro models of stroke
	generate hypothesis of mechanism behind protein hits from proteomic dataset
	Identification of aberrant immune responses in schizophrenia
	worked with industry to develop a more environmentally friendly fishing gear
	Inoculum development for fermentation protocol.
	new method for in vitro chronic nanoparticle accumulation in cells to replace animal model and help with 3R
	Digital Object Identifier DOI
Module 2 Examples:
	supervising, mentoring
	Found funding for career re-entry post-doc
	Supported UG and PGR to achieve their next career goal (e.g. a UG getting into a good PhD program etc)
	Brought two postgrad students over with me from Canada when I started my group in St Andrews, giving them new opportunities they wouldnât have otherwise had.
	Organizing lab / institute Journal Clubs?
	I have supervised and supported undergraduate and graduate students, provided tarinings to the technical staff and intern students.
	Establishing an ECR peer-network
	Helped an UG get a job after graduation by advising how to apply and providing reference
	supported student application to create a Women in science association for PhD students
	Gave seminars on PDP for my colleagues when I was a phd
	Introduced industry partner to local academics/companies to whom routine pathogen testing was subsequently outsourced more cost-effectively
	Worked as a team leader to build a team for the startup that I worked in.
	 I acted as a bridge between international research collaborators by organising meetings, writing reports, etc, be added in this module?
Module 3 Examples:
	Review papers, participate grant panel, run an international workshop
	Editorial board member of a higher eduction policy journal
	I have played an intrumental role in knowledge dissemination between the research institutes.
	society / professional membership and contribution
	national advisory work
	grant reviews
	I am a member of a nationwide knowledge exchange group, I review papers, I am member of two nationwide research societies
	Reviewing grant applications; organised Scottish Neuro conference; Phys Soc University representative
	I was a member of the project board to develop a unified approach to due diligence and the template we produced was adopted as the recommended questionnaire by UKRI.
	Being part of the school ethics review board to provide guidance to researchers in the school
	chair working group for fisheries management at European level (ICES)
	developing GitHub pages accessible to wide researchers
	Initiated women in Science seminar series to promote active participation by women in Science
	help with organizing ECR conference in biomedical life sciences which bring people with different backgrounds from Scotland and applying for grants/sponsors to make the event possible
	STEM ambassador



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Publish Your Reports

Share papers in OSF Preprints or a community-based preprint provider, so others can find and cite your work. Track impact with metrics like downloads and view counts.

OSF is a game changer for those wanting to effectively share their research process in the spirit of collaboration.

Patricia Ayala Research Services Librarian
University of Toronto See her research

OSF is indispensable in helping me create reproducible research pipelines from preregistration through data collection and analysis. Its versatility makes it my one-stop shop for projects. The Dropbox integration effortlessly transforms my existing local workflow to public repository.

Maya Mathur Department of Epidemiology
Harvard University See her research

Because SocArXiv is a not-for-profit organization, researchers can be assured that they are sharing their research in an environment where access, inclusivity, and preservation, rather than profit, will remain at the heart of the mission. A great benefit of partnering with OSF is that this application is a free public good.

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Evaluation of Narrative CVs - Irish research Council

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Dundee University - Advice on Narrative CVs

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r4r – Résumé for Research and Innovation

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University of Glasgow - Lab for Academic Culture - Narrative CV Project

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In 2021, we undertook a three-month project to review the effectiveness of the current narrative CV format (also known as résumé for researchers) from the point of view of the CV writer and the review panel.

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THES: Research intelligence: how to write a compelling narrative CV

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Shifting fields takes courage, but if a tenured professor can't take the leap to address the ecological emergency, who can, asks Adam Aron

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Shifting fields takes courage, but if a tenured professor can't take the leap to address the ecological emergency, who can, asks Adam Aron Open letter from groups representing more than 1,000 universities calls for association to be completed 'as soon as possible'

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In September 2020, UKRI announced that it would replace the many and varied formats for providing CV and track record information with a single CV format based on the Royal Society's résumé for researchers. The goal of this CV format is to help researchers to share their varied contributions to research in a consistent way and across a wide range of personal circumstances and career paths, and to move away from a reliance on narrowly focused performance indicators that can make it harder to assess, reward or nurture the full range of contributions that researchers and academics can make to their fields. An example of this new CV template, commonly referred to as a narrative CV, can be found here. This CV format is currently being piloted in several UKRI funding calls.

The Lab for Academic Culture at the University of Glasgow, in partnership with Dr Jane Alfred from Catalyst Editorial, has begun to work with early career researchers who are using this CV format for the first time. Initial feedback has highlighted the challenges that researchers face when working within this new template. Challenges include knowing where to put what information while avoiding redundancy and repetition; knowing how to document and support with good indicators their outputs, contributions and activities; and knowing how to select the types of examples that demonstrate impact, quality, wider contribution to leadership, culture and practice.

There are also likely to be challenges on the side of assessors who are using this template for the first time. How easily will they find the information they require, and what types of evidence and examples will they look for when assessing a researcher?

To respond to these questions and challenges, the University of Glasgow is launching a 3-phase project to provide researchers in the wider research community with an enhanced narrative CV template. The template will provide additional guidance to users on where specific information should go, the type of evidence to include, and to improve the template's overall structure. The project will draw on experience of adopting a narrative CV, for example, from the Dutch national research funding body ( NWO), Science Foundation Ireland, and the National Institutes of Health.

This project is being developed in collaboration with the UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN) and will involve input from a range of different institutions. A prototype CV will be available for assessing at your institution by autumn 2021.

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Opening up conversations about researcher evaluation

Résumé for Researchers has been created to support the evaluation of individuals' varied contributions to research. Find out more about the background to the tool in our blog.

Sustained excellence in research requires a range of contributions

By creating a working environment that is both challenging and supportive, researchers help improve the flow of ideas, encourage talent to join their organisations and nurture future generations of researchers. To make the decisions concerning the people that create such an environment, decision-makers need to be able to assess the previous contributions made by individuals.

Over the years, the research community has developed ways of assessing contributions to the development of new ideas often by focusing on individuals' portfolios of outputs and the impact of their work. However, a researcher's overall contribution to research goes beyond their easily attributable outputs and impact. Too narrowly focused performance indicators can make it harder to see, reward or nurture the full range of contributions that are necessary to create the environments that enable excellence and steward it for the future. To recognise these wider contributions, the Society aims to prompt conversations on the evaluation of researchers.

Showing the full range of an individual's contributions to excellent research

To prompt such conversations the Society has developed Résumé for Researchers, which is intended to help researchers to share their varied contributions to research in a consistent way and across a wide range of circumstances.

Résumé for Researchers is not designed to replace more granular information where needed. The strength of the tool lies in its ability to provide a concise overview of an individual. It draws from other established and internationally recognised biosketches, assessment matrices and application forms, as well as having the Society's own evaluation methodology at its heart.

A flexible and adaptable tool

Résumé for Researchers can be adapted for a range of different processes that require a summative evaluation of a researcher. To be effective, the tool must provide value when used by researchers in a wide variety of situations. These include those working in different disciplines, at different career stages and by those who work independently as well as those who work in large teams.

The Society has tested the Résumé with a range of different groups and organisations, including senior leaders in academia, the national academies, industry professionals, early-career researchers and career development professionals.

What does it look like?

We propose that Résumé for Researchers is a structured narrative document with four modules and space for a personal statement and personal details. An outline of the structure with guidance notes for each of the constituent sections is included below. You can also download this template of the suggested structure (PDF). The four-module narrative section has a suggested total word limit of 1000 over two pages, with the individual deciding how to distribute that across the modules. It has guidance on what could be included in each module, but the individual decides what information to include. The outputs and success measures found on a standard research CV, such as publications, funding and awards, fit naturally within the modules. However, the Résumé for Researchers tool allows these achievements to be put in the broader context of the researcher's activities.

The Résumé for Researchers structure

Personal details

Provide your personal details, your education, key qualifications and relevant positions you have held.

MODULE 1 - How have you contributed to the generation of knowledge?

This module can be used to explain how you have contributed to the generation of new ideas and hypotheses and which key skills you have used to develop ideas and test hypotheses. It can be used to highlight how you have communicated on your ideas and research results, both written and verbally, the funding you have won and any awards that you have received. It can include a small selection of outputs, with a description of why they are of particular relevance and why they are considered in the context of knowledge generation. Outputs can include open data sets, software, publications, commercial, entrepreneurial or industrial products, clinical practice developments, educational products, policy publications, evidence synthesis pieces and conference publications that you have generated. Where outputs have a DOI please only include this.

MODULE 2 - How have you contributed to the development of individuals?

This module can be used to highlight expertise you provided which was critical to the success of a team or team members including project management, collaborative contributions, and team support. It can include your teaching activities, workshops or summer schools in which you were involved (for undergrads, grads and post-grads as well as junior colleagues), and the supervision of students and colleagues. It can be used to mention mentoring of members in your field and support you provided to the advancement of colleagues, be it junior or senior. It can be used to highlight the establishment of collaborations, from institutional (maybe interdisciplinary) to international. It can be used to describe where you exerted strategic leadership, how you shaped the direction of a team, organisation, company or institution.

MODULE 3 - How have you contributed to the wider research community?

This module can include various activities you have engaged in to progress the research community. It can be used to mention commitments including editing, reviewing, refereeing, committee work and your contributions to the evaluation of researchers and research projects. It can be used to mention the organisation of events that have benefited your research community. It can highlight contributions to increasing research integrity, and improving research culture (gender equality, diversity, mobility of researchers, reward and recognition of researchers' various activities). It can be used to mention appointments to positions of responsibility such as committee membership and corporate roles within your department, institution or organisation, and recognition by invitation within your sector.

MODULE 4 - How have you contributed to broader society?

This module can include examples of societal engagement and knowledge exchange. It can include engagement with industry and the private sector. It can be used to mention engagement with the public sector, clients and the broader public. It can be used to highlight positive stakeholder feedback, inclusion of patients in processes and clinical trials, and other impacts across research, policy, practice and business. It can be used to mention efforts to collaborate with particular societal or patient groups. It can be used to highlight efforts to advise policy-makers at local, national or international level and provide information through the press and on social media.

Personal statement

Provide a personal statement that reflects on your overarching goals and motivation for the activities in which you have been involved.

Additions

Mention career breaks, secondments, volunteering, part-time work and other relevant experience (including in time spent in different sectors) that might have affected your progression as a researcher.

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The Résumé for Research and Innovation (R4RI) is a flexible narrative CV template. It's designed to help you, or your team, evidence a wider range of skills and experience (than a traditional academic CV) when applying for UKRI funding opportunities.

R4RI is halfway between a CV and cover letter, and provides the space to explain the context of your achievements.

Throughout 2022 and 2023, UKRI are rolling out the format across all funding opportunities that require track record information.

The guidance to support you in completing your R4RI may differ slightly between funding opportunities and research councils. However, the headings are used by UKRI consistently. You should consider the information on this page as general guidance.

R4RI is based on the Royal Society's Résumé for Researchers (R4R) but has been adapted to be more inclusive of UKRI's research and innovation communities.

If you are an applicant or assessor who has used R4RI before, we invite you to provide feedback on R4RI through this survey.

When to use R4RI

The funding opportunity you are applying for will include information on whether you must submit an R4RI or a traditional CV.

Currently, we are only piloting R4RI for some of our funding opportunities. You must refer to the specific guidance for the funding opportunity for information on which CV format to use.

You must not use R4RI unless you are asked to do so.

Download the R4RI template for applications through Je-S

The Résumé for Research and Innovation template is available as a DOCX file.
Download the R4RI template.
Only use this template if you are required to upload an R4RI to an opportunity being run through the Joint Electronic Submissions (Je-S) system.

You do not need to use this template if you are applying on the UKRI Funding Service as R4RI information is captured through the digital application.

How to fill out your R4RI

The Résumé for Research and Innovation is designed to be flexible. Your R4RI should be unique to you and to the funding opportunity.

R4RI replaces the track record section of the case for support.

Filling in the four modules

The four modules are designed to make you think about the breadth of your experience in the context of your application.

You can include as much information as you like within each module (or leave modules blank), so long as it follows the format requirements below and specific funding opportunity guidance. You should also look at the funding opportunity guidance for any specific instructions for your R4RI.

The modules are:

contributions to the generation of new ideas, tools, methodologies or knowledge

the development of others and maintenance of effective working relationships

contributions to the wider research and innovation community

contributions to broader research or innovation-users and audiences, and towards wider societal benefit

The module headings are to be used as a guide. Information on what to include can be found in the 'What you should include' section.

Format requirements in Je-S

In Je-S you must fill in the R4RI template using a single-spaced font in Arial 11 or another sans serif font of equivalent size.

The content should be written as an evidenced narrative, including both qualitative and quantitative evidence. You should avoid using lists where possible.

We usually limit the R4RI page length to two sides of A4 (not including the introduction and team composition table) for individual applicants. The margins used in the template are standard margins and should not be changed.

Please refer to the funding opportunity for specific guidance on page limits for teams. Any embedded help text may be deleted and does not count towards the page limit.

You must not add additional modules or tables to the template, unless you have been told you can do so. Footnotes should not be used.

You must not attach a separate publications list.

Format requirements in the UKRI Funding Service

In the UKRI Funding Service fonts and word count checking are automated. The standard word limit is 1000. Please refer to the funding opportunity for specific guidance on page limits.

You must not attach a separate publications list.

What you should include

R4RI is used across a diverse range of different funding opportunities. Therefore, you must refer to the specific funding opportunity guidance for information on what and who you should include.

Traditional CVs tend to focus on a narrow range of outputs, such as publications and successful funding. In your Résumé for Research and Innovation, we encourage you to share a wider range of skills and experience.

Primarily, your R4RI should focus on evidencing your ability and potential to carry out the proposal. This could mean using examples of previous outputs to demonstrate how you have been successful before or that you have expertise in a critical methodology.

When referring to outputs such as publications, please provide these as a digital object identifier (DOI) which can be hyperlinked to the publication where possible. This will also help you to save space in the R4RI template.

You should also describe other relevant skills, such as experience of managing collaborations or teams.

Additionally, R4RI gives you the opportunity to include evidence of other activities. These may be less relevant to the proposal itself, but demonstrate your experience of delivering UKRI's broader aims (for example, in UKRI's strategy, transforming tomorrow together). These could include activities such as public engagement, your contributions to peer review and research assessment, and data curation.

Other information to include if applying as a team

Teams should submit a single R4RI (not individual R4RIs for each team member) when applying to a funding opportunity. Only one R4RI should be submitted even for large teams across multiple organisations. Specific funding opportunities may change page limits for team R4RIs.

The team R4RI should describe only a selection of their past contributions that best evidence their ability to carry out the proposed project.

An individual's specific achievements can be fore fronted where appropriate, but the contributions described across the modules should demonstrate the appropriateness of the overall team. Different team members may be able to demonstrate complementary skills.

As a general rule, we would expect that anyone who would have previously been required to submit a traditional CV should be included in the team R4RI. But please refer to funding opportunity-specific guidance for who you must include.

A table is included at the beginning of the template to allow you to refer to team members by their initials throughout the document.

Providing additional information

There's also space to provide additional information to describe any factors which may provide context for the rest of your R4RI (for example, details of career breaks if you wish to disclose them). However, you are not required to provide this information.

If you choose to provide additional information, this will be seen by the panel and reviewers, even if it references a sensitive issue. We encourage you to focus on how the issue has affected your career, rather than expanding on the issue itself.

Do not use this section to describe additional skills, experiences or outputs, as this information will not be assessed.

When using R4RI in Je-S, additional information does not count towards the page limit.

In the UKRI Funding Service you will be given an extra 500 words to provide additional information.

How to submit your R4RI

Submitting your R4RI via Je-S

You should upload your R4RI in the Joint Electronic Submission (Je-S) system under the CV attachment, unless the funding opportunity guidance tells you otherwise. You should not upload a traditional CV when submitting a R4RI.

Submitting your R4RI via the UKRI Funding Service

In the UKRI Funding Service your R4RI will be included under the section where you describe the teams capability.

Typically we will ask you for this information via a digital textbox, rather than asking you to upload a copy of the template.

Assessment process

R4RI is used to inform the assessment of the proposal overall and will not be viewed in isolation. Assessors will never be asked to score individual modules.

Your R4RI will form part of the proposal documentation, and will be used to support your application in showing how your skills and experience make you the best person (or team) to carry out the proposed project. It is not an assessment of your writing or language skills.

As part of UKRI's commitment to support the recommendations and principles set out by the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), UKRI reviewers and panel members are advised not to use metrics, such as journal impact factors:

as a surrogate measure of the quality of individual outputs

to assess an applicant's contributions

to make funding decisions

Sharing of information

Your completed R4RI will be seen by both reviewers and panel members and won't be anonymised. It will be treated in the same way as traditional CVs and shared with UKRI colleagues for evaluation purposes.

All personal data provided to UKRI in connection to funding applications will be processed in accordance with current UK data protection legislation and the EU General Data Protection Regulations 2016/679 (GDPR) where appropriate.

Find out more about how we use information provided in research funding applications in our 'Use of Grant Proposal and Training Grant information addendum'.

Further information on how we use personal data, and how you can exercise your rights as a data subject, can be found in the UKRI privacy notice.

Why we've introduced R4RI

UKRI committed to adopting a narrative CV based on the Royal Society's Résumé for Researchers (R4R) for all funding opportunities requiring track record information in April 2021. We officially launched R4RI in December 2021, and will be rolling out the format across UKRI throughout 2022 and 2023.

R4RI is one part of a wider ambition to create a more inclusive and supportive research and innovation culture.

Traditional academic CVs are often narrowly focused and tend to include limited information beyond education history, publications and successful funding. R4RI gives applicants the opportunity to:

showcase the many other contributions they make to the research and innovation community

highlight essential skills, such as managing teams or collaborations, as well as outputs.

The format also allows better description of varied career paths, reduces focus on continuous productivity and enables a greater diversity of people to be recognised.

Applicants are able to put their skills and experience in context to aid reviewers or panel members who may be less familiar with the discipline or sector to understand the significance and impact.

R4RI also reduces focus on lists and quantity of outputs, and increases focus on quality of outputs, in line with UKRI's commitment to DORA and to responsible research assessment.

Supporting the research and innovation community adoption of R4RI-like narrative CVs

To support the sector-wide adoption of R4RI-like narrative CVs, UKRI has created communities of practice.

The Joint Funders Group explores shared approaches towards adoption of R4R-like CVs in funding decisions. Members are co-developing a range of resources that support its use, including training and evaluation.

Browse the Funding uses Résumé Resources Library.

The Alternative Uses Group, co-developed in partnership with Universities UK, complements the efforts of the Joint Funders Group. Members explore the alternative applications of R4RI-like CVs in a range of processes, from recruitment and promotion, to personal and professional development.

Browse the Alternative uses Résumé Resources Library.

Contact us

For queries on how to use R4RI, please use the contact details on the funding opportunity you are applying for.

If you are an applicant or assessor who has used R4RI before, we invite you to provide feedback on R4RI through this survey.

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The Résumé for Research and Innovation (R4RI) is a flexible narrative CV template. It's designed to help you, or your team, evidence a wider range of skills and experience (than a traditional academic CV) when applying for UKRI funding opportunities.