SIS6 - How do we design professional development in the context of the GCRF?

The challenges facing researcher developers are becoming increasingly complex and the environments demanding. The Global Challenges Research Fund exemplifies some of these challenges – developing researchers who are interdisciplinary, international and collaborative.  How should we approach this complexity and yet still design and deliver relevant and impactful interventions?  This session will share the experience of capacity building in a GCRF project comprising 14 partners, with 65 researchers across 8 countries. We will share our experience of designing development interventions for the research group alongside that of individuals. We will explain the strategies we have put in place, the iterative approach we have adopted and our ambition to leverage the internal expertise of the group, all to meet a diverse range of needs as impactfully possible.