Support for ECRs

ECRs frequently navigate an unfamiliar and demanding academic landscape. SSM provides support for ECRs in a number of ways to support them in their research careers. This includes offering mentorship from a researcher who is later in their career, organising researcher development workshops, and a pre-conference event.

SSM Membership for ECRs

SSM offers a free 2nd year of membership to any early career researcher joining the Society. Valuable benefits of membership include:

• Become part of a professional organisation and interact with a wide range of people with similar research and policy interests
• Reduced registration costs for the Annual SSM conference, one-day meetings and workshops
• Support for early careers researchers through networking, mentoring, and academic opportunities
• Mailing list announcing SSM news, events, relevant conferences and training courses
• Quarterly newsletter consisting of articles on topical issues and events relating to social medicine
• Membership of the European Public Health Association, with reduced registration costs for the Annual EUPHA Conference and free access to the European Journal of Public Health

Past ECR workshops 

See below some examples of previous ECR-specific workshops delivered by SSM for an idea of what you can expect to see in future!

SSM Annual ECR pre-conference days: 

• Policy and your research: Dissemination and impact
• Developing as a writer
• Inter- and transdisciplinarity in your research

Webinars: 

• Getting Creative: Public Engagement
• Exploring the options: non-academic career pathways

In-person Workshops: 

• An Introduction to Funding Applications
• Developing Independence in Research