Part of IRISE
🔬 ISCORE
🌐 International Scholars' Centre Of Research Excellence
🌟 Vision
To be the international benchmark for researcher development — nurturing scholars who publish with impact, lead with confidence, and shape their fields.
🎯 Mission
ISCORE equips early-career and established researchers with the mentoring, publication strategy, leadership development, and impact evidencing needed to thrive in a competitive research landscape.
✅ We Are Committed
- Excellence in Scholarship — supporting research that meets the standards of top peer-reviewed journals
- Mentorship — pairing early-career researchers with experienced mentors who invest in their growth
- Integrity — upholding the highest standards of research ethics and publication practice
- Global Research Community — connecting researchers across institutions and disciplines internationally
🤝 Who We Serve
- Early-career and postdoctoral researchers building their publication record
- Academic staff moving into research leadership roles
- Universities preparing REF (or equivalent) impact submissions
- Research groups and departments wanting structured mentoring programmes
🛠️ What We Offer
📝 Research Publications
- Journal targeting and submission strategy
- Manuscript review and pre-submission feedback
- Support responding to peer review/revise-and-resubmit
- Guidance publishing in top peer-reviewed journals
🌱 Early Researcher Mentoring
- 1:1 mentoring pairing with experienced researchers
- Structured career development planning
- Grant and funding application support
👔 Research Leadership
- Leadership development for principal investigators and group leads
- Training in research team management and strategic direction
📊 Research Impact
- Impact case study development
- Evidence-gathering and impact narrative support
- REF-style (or equivalent national framework) impact submission support
💷 ISCORE Pricing
👤 For individual researchers
| Service | Price | What’s included |
|---|---|---|
| Journal Targeting & Submission Strategy | £120 | Journal shortlist, fit assessment, submission strategy for one manuscript |
| Full Publication Support Package | £450 | Manuscript review, journal strategy, response-to-reviewers support |
| Early Career Mentoring — Monthly | £150/month | One 1:1 mentoring session per month |
| Early Career Mentoring — Quarterly | £350/quarter | Three sessions plus career development plan |
| Research Impact Case Study Support | £950 | End-to-end support developing one impact case study |
🏛️ For institutions
| Tier | Price (per year) | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Small Institution | £2,500 | Publication & mentoring support for up to 15 researchers |
| Medium Institution | £5,000 | Publication & mentoring support for up to 35 researchers |
| Large Institution | £9,000 | Publication & mentoring support for up to 70 researchers + REF/impact case study bundle (up to 3 case studies) |
Institutional packages suit departments or universities running structured early-career researcher development programmes or preparing REF-style impact submissions. Custom quotes available beyond Large tier.
📬 Contact / Enquire
Ready to talk about doctoral admissions, supervision, or researcher development? Contact the Knowledge Edge team.