As a research infrastructure (RI), ELIXIR relies upon a diverse range of roles, such as trainers, data stewards, project managers, software engineers, developers, community managers. By highlighting the career options within a research infrastructure, we aim to promote interest in these roles to support the career development of researchers beyond the traditional academic paths of, for example, Principal Investigators.

As well as supporting the research community by recognising infrastructure career paths, this Focus Group will actively contribute to ELIXIR's commitment to diversity and inclusion within the research ecosystem.

Goals of the group

Initially, the Focus Group will conduct a comprehensive survey of existing job advertisements channels (including the past activity) within ELIXIR in order to classify roles (assessing function, hierarchical position, required skills, etc). The planned outcome of this mapping exercise will enhance the compatibility of job titles and clarify the relationships among different roles within ELIXIR.

The Focus Group will also collaborate with external projects with a related aim, such as ARISE, Technician Commitment, BioNT, CTLS, SciLifeLab Training or EOSC projects as well as internal ELIXIR projects and entities like ELEAD, ELITMa, RItrain(Plus), the RDM Community and RDA Focus Group , eRImote, the Impact Focus Group and the Training Platform.

Mailing list

ri-career-paths [at] elixir-europe.org

Group chairs