Investing in the interdisciplinary skills needed by early career researchers

Posted on 22 March 2013

Three early career researchers are to take up 'discipline-hopping' internships funded by C2D2

It is becoming more and more the consensus that a multidisciplinary approach is needed to generate the most effective therapies and treatments for chronic diseases and disorders and research funders are consequently increasingly looking for evidence of a wider interdisciplinary perspective in those they fund.

In the light of this, C2D2 has appointed three early career researchers to its new 'discipline-hopping' internship scheme. For the period of a year they are being given the opportunity to pursue a project on a chronic disease or disorder that matches their existing research interests but is based in a new academic area for them. By enabling them to develop a new range of skills and knowledge to complement their expertise in their original discipline, these internships offer the post-holders the chance to construct a stronger platform from which to launch their research careers.

Read more about the interns and their projects

Investing in the interdisciplinary skills needed by early career researchers

Read more about the interns and their projects

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