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Resume for researchers (R4RI)

Resume for Researchers (R4RI)

Many funders, including and , are now using , a flexible narrative CV template, across funding opportunities that require information about the skills and expertise of researchers. The R4RI is designed to help you, or your team, evidence a wider range of skills and experience than a traditional academic CV when applying for funding opportunities. It is part of a wider ambition of the funders to create a more inclusive and supportive research and innovation culture, and as such many schemes are now using the R4RI instead of a traditional 2-page CV.


Although the R4RI is a new approach for funding applications, it is not that dissimilar to writing a cover letter or personal statement; writing a narrative that explains how researchers contribute and have impact. This approach seeks to move beyond traditional metrics-based CVs, which are primarily publication lists with employment and education history with little context. The R4RI is a content-rich approach which the claims will 鈥減rovide a more rounded picture of an individual鈥檚 career, their achievements and overall contribution to R&D.鈥

 

The prompts you to detail how you have contributed to the:

  • Generation and flow of new ideas, hypotheses, tools or knowledge 鈥 for example, skills acquired from past research, projects, key outputs such as data sets, software, conference presentations and research and policy publications and published works.

  • The development of others 鈥 for example, project management, supervision, or mentoring, line management, contributions to the success of a team or its members, collaborations and or leadership in shaping the direction of a team, organisation, company or institution.

  • Wider research and innovation community - for example collaboration across disciplines, institutions, and/or countries, commitments such as editing, reviewing and committee work, positions of responsibility, aiding improvement of research integrity or open research culture, or strategic leadership in influencing a research agenda.

  • Broader society 鈥 for example, engagement across the public and/or private sectors or with the wider public, research which has contributed to policy development or public understanding, other impacts across research, policy, practice and business, and other research users.

 

The R4RI is supported by a personal statement offering the opportunity to detail any career breaks, secondments, volunteering, part-time work, and other relevant experience (including time spent in different sectors) that might have affected progression of a researcher.

 

How to prepare a R茅sum茅 for Researchers and Innovation (R4RI)

  • Always refer to the application guidance for the specific funding call you are applying to.

  • Use active words (led, managed, developed); write in the first person to describe how you have contributed to achievements 鈥 when talking about different projects/achievements make sure your role is clear.

  • Provide evidence to support your statements - this evidence will be exemplified in the application guidance but can include papers, datasets, conference presentations, posters, collaborations established, software developed and more.

  • Reflect upon how you complete appraisal and promotion documents, or personal statements, for prompts on your broad range of achievements. Writing a R4RI takes a similar approach.

  • Use detail to describe your contributions. UKRI have identified 鈥榠nvisible鈥 contributions as well as the more 鈥榲isible鈥 ones, stating all would be welcome in a R4RI.

  • You may wish to prepare your own longer non-project specific R4RI which covers all of your responses to the questions. This could be used as a bank, from which you can draw the points most relevant to the proposal that you are developing.

  • The R4RI does not need to cover everything you would normally include in a CV. Pull out the experience, skills and evidence that is most relevant to the project and the funding call.

 

How to prepare an R4RI for a team

  • Some funders require one R4RI to be submitted for the whole project team. You should aim to include all named staff on the team, including co-investigators, research assistants, technical staff, knowledge exchange fellows, project partners, etc.

  • With more people to write about, individuals鈥 responses to each R4RI question will need to be brief. Not all team members will have a response for every R4RI question, but you should ensure that all team members are represented in the R4RI somewhere.

  • You may wish to ask each team member to provide a few sentences/phrases to respond to each question, making sure that each person pulls out the experience, skills and evidence most relevant to the project and the funding call.

  • If you are collaborating on a proposal, bear in mind that the PI will need to prepare a single R4RI for the whole team. You can help them by sending the most relevant bits of your experience (as above) for each R4RI question, rather than your entire experience!

 

Why has R茅sum茅 for Researchers and Innovation (R4RI) been introduced?

The R4RI approach has been introduced as part of wider efforts to improve research culture and reform research assessment. The aim of the R4RI approach is to support culture change ambitions set out in the . This approach is consistent with the key principles of the  and the 伊人直播app鈥檚 responsible metrics statement. Rewards and incentives are drivers of change and, as one of the , the R4RI approach aims to help drive change in Open Research practice and improvements to the wider research culture by through the:

  • Reduction in emphasis on narrow metrics, focusing instead on quality, significance and impact of researchers鈥 contributions (see our Responsible Metrics statement for more information).

  • Opportunity to describe a breadth of outputs (e.g., data sets, software, policy publications and other published works). With the aim to:

  • Improve inclusivity 鈥 reducing focus on linear, continuous careers and opening up career pathways and transitions between academia and other sectors.

  • Reduce barriers between sectors 鈥 allowing applicants to provide context for assessors to understand the significance and impact of their work.

  • Build a stronger research and innovation system 鈥 encouraging researchers to invest time in a wide range of activities, such as developing others and public engagement which contribute to the wider system and ensure these often-invisible activities are visible, recognised and rewarded.

  • Adoption of a single, flexible framework to reduce bureaucracy.

 

UKRI R茅sum茅 Resources Library: support for adopting narrative CVs

The hosts a range of materials designed to support people and organisations in the adoption and use of narrative CVs. These resources have been co-created by members of the research and innovation community to help share best practice and to align approaches.

The R茅sum茅 Resources Library is organised into two main areas:

  • , where narrative CVs are being used in decisions about awards, grants or investments, and which may be of most use to funding organisations or those who make funding decisions

  • , where narrative CVs are being used in processes beyond funding decisions, including recruitment, promotion, personal and professional development and web profiles, which could be of use to any research and innovation organisation.

 

R4RI Resources

  • Royal Society background and structure for R4RIs: . Royal Society Resume for Researchers Tool:

  • UKRI background:

  • UKRI R4RI general guidance:

  • .

  • A recording from the R茅sum茅 for Research and Innovation (R4RI), a Narrative CV Approach: The what, why and how organisations can engage with it event 21 March 2022, can be accessed via the .

  • You can also register for the Peer Exchange Platform for Narrative-style CVs (PEP-CV) ( online resource. The PEP-CV is a resource for the research and innovation community developed by a partnership between funding agencies and researchers. The goal of PEP-CV is to become a platform for everyone active in the research and innovation sector to engage in simple peer mentoring exchanges to discuss how to best present a diverse range of experiences, achievements, and career paths in all types of narrative-style CVs.

 

Training Materials

Resources produced by the University of Glasgow including a in conjunction with the , and online course to help those considering writing a narrative CV: . The 25 minute course looks at:

  • The thinking behind a move towards narrative CV and assessment formats: how the research landscape and research assessment practices are evolving and efforts to develop fairer assessment approaches

  • Advice and tips on what to include in a more narrative format

  • Examples from real narrative CVs, written by early-career researchers

 

UoRLearn Courses

There are two regular courses available on the UoRLearn platform:

  • "Resume for Research & Innovation (R4RI) 鈥 What, Why and How?" - 
  • "Short Introduction to Resume for Research & Innovation (R4RI) Narrative CVs" - 

 

Blog Posts

 

If you have any questions about R4RI, please contact your Research Development Manager.

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