Career stages as defined in Frascati’s 2015 manual:
- Category A Top grade researcher: the highest grade/post at which research is normally conducted. Example: Full professor or Director of research.
- Category B Senior researcher: Researchers working in positions not as senior as top position but more senior than newly qualified doctoral graduates (IsCED level 8).
- Examples: associate professor or senior researcher or principal investigator.
- Category C Recognised researcher: the first grade/post into which a newly qualified doctoral graduate would normally be recruited. Examples: assistant professor,
- investigator or post-doctoral fellow.
- Category D First stage researcher: Either doctoral students at the IsCED level 8 who are engaged as researchers, or researchers working in posts that do not normally
- require a doctorate degree. Examples: PhD students or junior researchers (without a PhD).
