But in reality, the more junior your research post, the less likely these sorts of support are to exist.
Indian centres had very limited experience in conducting clinical trials prior to 2005 and although the Principle Investigators (PIs) had some experience, training of more junior staff as well as research nurses and trial pharmacists had been far more limited.
The reason for this might be that more junior PIs and less experienced research teams were not familiar with the routine checklist for their proposal [ 1] or that the regulations surrounding genetic studies were complex and thus delayed resubmission [ 10].
"It is really difficult for more junior faculty to dramatically change their research scope and then to succeed in the hypercompetitive NIH funding world," Yacoubian says.
As the membership of the TRN grows and attracts more members that are less experienced, more junior and not currently engaged in translational research, expert status may become more closely linked with key player status.
Over the past five years Vitae's Leadership in Action training program has helped researchers at all levels explore and develop their leadership potential while the more recent Preparing for Leadership program focuses on junior research staff and the transition to independence.
Accordingly, our results might overestimate the practices of more junior investigators and those in training who submit research proposals for thesis projects.
Individuals in more senior roles are also often seen as clinical leaders in their fields and therefore may have more opportunity to become involved in university led research activities than clinicians in more junior positions.
His co-authors also bear responsibility, the panel says, although it "has some degree of understanding" for more junior authors who were dependent on Macchiarini and other leaders of the research group.
Finally, the findings suggest that the established hierarchies of research work, with the lowly work of recruitment and retention undertaken by more junior professionals and, increasingly, non-professionals, operates as a barrier to successful work.
