... of research fellows remains an under-researched area in the field of researcher development. This qualitative study aims to start a discussion by exploring the lived experiences of this select group as they explain their identity-trajectory in research and pursue their aspirations towards achieving...

.... Agency Resilience Research funding Identity-trajectory Luck Principal investigator Research into the postdoctoral period is still limited in comparison with doctoral education (Evans, 2011), despite this period being increasingly viewed as normative and of increasing length (Cantwell...