The first step in project risk planning and management is identifying what the potential positive and negative risks are for your project and capturing these in the risk register.

Communication of your science is core to your science having impact, and the well-established way to present scientific findings is in the form of an abstract.

At the beginning of your project, you should clearly understand what the project is planning to achieve as the primary outcome.

Scientists want to create positive changes and do work that is impactful.

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

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.

A proposal is usually used for requesting funding to do research.

A pitch is a presentation, either formal or informal, that you give when you want or need something from someone. It could be money, expertise, support, time etc.

A scientist is one of the few professions where failure means progress. No one wants their project or experiments to fail, but a large part of science is failing and learning it.