BECC Membership

Principal investigator (PI)

A PI in BECC is a permanently employed researcher (as researcher, lecturer, or Professor) or associate senior lecturer, at LU or UGOT. A BECC-PI demonstrates scientific leadership through pursuing an independent research programme closely related to BECC’s research strategy and significantly contributes to the strategic development of BECC as a research environment.

Nomination and application

To become a PI, a researcher must be nominated by a current BECC PI to the BECC Board. Nominations are made twice a year (deadlines 1 April and 1 November) followed by a selection process by the BECC board. A PI may nominate maximum 2 researchers per year. 

Benefits

• Invited to contribute to the development of BECCs  strategic documents. 
• Invited to use BECC support functions (for example related to outreach), given available capacity. 
• Can apply for all BECC’s funding mechanisms: Incubator grant, Actions, workshops, guest researchers etc.
• Invited to participate in BECC activities
• Can use BECC as affiliation in applications, publications, and presentations.

Requirements

• Participates in BECC activities, including PI meetings.
• Contributes by reporting activities (for example publications, conference participations, outreach activities etc) in line with BECC’s research delimitation, regardless of funder. 
• Contributes to the development of BECC by proposing research, and by engaging in communication and dissemination of BECC-related findings. 
• Highlights BECC affiliation (and funding when applicable), for example in relevant applications, talks, reports and scientific publications. 

Membership renewal

BECC PI-membership is renewed every three years by the Board.

A membership can be discontinued due to inactivity, change of research direction, move outside LU/UGOT, or retirement. The Board can choose to change status from BECC PI to BECC researcher or BECC friend or a final termination of association

BECC researcher

Research leader, researcher, post-doc, or PhD-student associated with the research groups or research environment of BECC PIs, whose research contributes to BECC’s strategic aims and is in line with BECC’s strategic and operational plans. Employed at LU or UGOT. 

Application

After application (at any time), a decision is taken by the coordinator. 

Benefits

• Invited to use BECC support functions (for example related to outreach), given available capacity. 
• Can apply for some of BECC’s funding mechanisms: Actions, workshops, guest researchers etc.
• Invited to participate in BECC activities.
• Can use BECC as affiliation in applications, publications, and presentations.

Requirements

• Participates in BECC activities.
• Contributes to the development of BECC by proposing research, and by engaging in communication and dissemination of BECC-related findings. 
• Highlights BECC affiliation (and funding when applicable), for example in relevant applications, talks, reports and scientific publications. 

Membership renewal

None.