It takes a certain kind of person, commitment and perseverance to be a successful scientist, in any field or application…but take a moment to think about all the skills that you have developed as a scientist.

Once you’ve identified your risks you can then set about putting things in place to minimise or avoid negative risks, increase chances of an opportunity arising or its impact, and working out which risks should just be accepted.

The first step in risk planning and management is identifying the risks.

The old adage, ‘you’ve got to be in it to win it’ applies to awards in science just as much as it does in any other context.

Being a scientist is one of the most rewarding careers. You will work on solutions to problems with real world application and impact.

‘Collaboration’ is powerful when there is diversity of opinion involved, as opposed to working together on someone else’s idea which would be ‘cooperation’.

There are several different types of risk that should be thought about when you’re setting up a project, but one of the most common risks are those related to internal communications within your project team

The scope of your project is what you are contracted or obliged to do with the time and funding provided, this is what is considered ‘in scope’ for your project.

Regardless of whether your project was a success, ended badly, or fell somewhere in between, there should always be a proper wrap up of the project.

Risk management is what you do when a ‘risk’ becomes an ‘issue’, which puts you in the situation where you have to work out how you are going to manage this issue to keep the project on track.