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ECRC
Supporting science through collaboration and connection
EARLY CAREER RESEARCH COLLLABORATIVE
WHO WE ARE
The "publish or perish" research culture contributes to burnout and stress among early-career investigators and can inhibit the curiosity-driven, collaborative thinking necessary for transformative science. To address this, we founded the Early Career Research Collaborative, an international collective investigating psychosocial wellbeing and health. ECRC is designed to foster a curiosity-driven environment that values both the process and the product of research, and to connect early-career researchers with established investigators through structured podcast conversations exploring our unique scientific trajectories. ECRC is a means for early career researchers to build publication records through interdisciplinary team science.
Hannah Lamont, Founder
OUR STORY
The Early Career Research Collaborative began with a moment of unexpected insight. When our founding member Hannah Lamont broke her arm, she was temporarily out of the lab — but surrounded by a strong circle of supportive family. Her quick recovery sparked a question: How does social support impact health? Intrigued, she reached out to international early career researchers in her network. Together, they began exploring the psychosocial effects of social support, using an accessible, open-source database to launch their research. What started as a simple observation turned into a shared investigation — and then a growing community. Today, we are the Early Career Research Collaborative: a network of emerging scientists driven by curiosity, collaboration, and a deep belief in the power of connection — in science, health and the future of research.
About this project:
A fulfilling life and an academic research career demand social support.
We are a diverse group of early career researchers who believe that collaboration, not competition, produces impactful research.
We are passionate about understanding how social support relationships can buffer stressors to improve health. We are exploring variations of this research theme in the context of critical public health issues including cardiometabolic disease, cognitive decline, and sleep deprivation.
You can help!
As independent research scientists, we rely on crowd-funding to finance the publications and presentations of our research. We aim to publish three manuscripts investigating the role of social support and life purpose in buffering stressors. We need to share our work at regional, national and international conferences. However, as academics, we have no funding for extra projects. We aim to raise funds to send members and lead authors to two conferences per year without personal financial burden. Click the link to learn how you can support ECRC's research!
We are using secondary analysis to publish three manuscripts:
The first is focused on the the gendered cardiometabolic disease risks of family care giving
The second is focused on the relationship between psychosocial wellbeing sleep quality and cardiometabolic disease.
The third will focus on the sex-specific role of social support in the relationship between diabetes and cognitive dysfunction.
