How to build an effective research network: lessons from two decades of the GARNet plant science community

Parry, Geraint, Benitez-Alfonso, Yoselin, Gibbs, Daniel J, Grant, Murray, Harper, Andrea, Harrison, C Jill, Kaiserli, Eirini, Leonelli, Sabina, May, Sean, McKim, Sarah, Spoel, Steven, Turnbull, Colin, van der Hoom, Renier A L and Murray, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2282-3839 2020. How to build an effective research network: lessons from two decades of the GARNet plant science community. Journal of Experimental Botany 71 (22) , pp. 6881-6889. 10.1093/jxb/eraa397

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Abstract

Successful collaborative research is dependent on excellent ideas and innovative experimental approaches, as well as the provision of appropriate support networks. Collaboration requires venues, infrastructures, training facilities, and, perhaps most importantly, a sustained commitment to work together as a community. These activities do not occur without significant effort, yet can be facilitated and overseen by the leadership of a research network that has a clearly defined role to help build resources for their community. Over the past 20 years, this is a role that the UKRI-BBSRC-funded GARNet network has played in the support of the UK curiosity-driven, discovery-led plant science research community. This article reviews the lessons learnt by GARNet in the hope that they can inform the practical implementation of current and future research networks.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Biosciences
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
ISSN:	0022-0957
Funders:	BBSRC
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	24 August 2020
Date of Acceptance:	18 August 2020
Last Modified:	02 May 2023 19:04
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/134346

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