Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A professor 25 years post-PhD with sustained funding, 15 PhD students supervised to completion, and a recognised research school
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
An administrator who left active research 10 years ago to manage research strategy is no longer a senior researcher in the active sense
Editorial commentary
Often coincident with full professorship, research-director roles, or chair positions, but the criteria are about research record rather than institutional title. ERC Advanced Grants target senior researchers with 10+ years of major research contributions.
References
- ERC Advanced Grant Eligibility Criteria
- UKRI Career Stage Framework
Also known as
Established senior researcher · Senior investigator
Machine-readable encodings
Use in your systems
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