Questions tagged [funding]
This tag refers to questions related to source and utilization of academic funding from government or non-governmental sources.
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Recommendation letter for Physics Fellowship being a Computer Science student
As indicated, I am a computer science undergraduate with a keen interest in Physics. There is a fellowship program, and I would like to apply for it in the Field of Physics. They (the committee) ...
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Is it appropriate to email professors to ask for research work as a PhD student?
I’m starting a PhD in one of central European countries (self-funded) and I already have a supervisor. During my interview, my supervisor told me that in the future I might be able to help in their ...
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Do European funding agencies consider socioeconomic background in their diversity initiatives?
I've noticed that many European funding agencies proudly highlight gender parity in their grant results, which is important. However, I haven't seen similar attention given to socioeconomic background,...
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Could and should I ask my potential Ph.D. supervisor to recommend my Ph.D. application?
I recently found a potential supervisor at a Japanese university who said that my research proposal was already polished enough for me to submit it to the Ph.D. admissions committee as it was. However,...
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Number of PhD positions for Fall 2026 Cycle (US)
Are there indications that the number of PhD positions for the Fall 2026 cycle in the US has decreased, and to what extent is that decrease due to funding uncertainty?
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Should I avoid "woke" language when applying for NSF GRFP?
I don't want the title to sound like I am opposed to such things, I'm not! I do, however, want to receive federal money. In the current political climate, is it more likely to help me or hurt me to ...
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What are signs that a US PhD program isn't doing well? [duplicate]
This was a question I wanted to ask for some time since I graduated from a PhD program two months ago that was on the ropes. They even stopped admitting students to my program two academic years ago ...
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Advices - selecting affiliation and seeking travel grants or sponsorship to present accepted paper at top-tier conference (workshop) [closed]
I got accepted paper at a workshop for top tier conference in AI (it will occur in the USA). I want to participate because it will help towards my doctoral applications, but I need to address doubts ...
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How can someone find out if a PhD program is one in name only? Or, just isn't doing well at all?
I'm making this post as somewhat of a spin-off to yesterday's post about PhD program prestige. After my experience in my PhD program, I can confidently say I feel like a "PhD in name only" ...
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Why do most academics say that prestige of a PhD program and/or university doesn't matter when seems to me that it does in most cases?
I'm a recent PhD graduate who finished at a program ranked towards the bottom of my field. I've spoken to a lot of people with PhDs over the years and many of them have a tendency to say that program ...
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What happens to academic grants if you leave for industry?
I am actively applying for third-party funds as a postdoc in Germany with varying success. I now do see 2-3 small 6-digit grants coming in the near future; however, in my frustration a few weeks/...
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Is it normal for postdoc to write grant proposals for PI, but then is denied the opportunity to work on the projects later on?
In my case, I have drafted three major proposals to three different major grant organizations.
At the time of writing, I was told that, should any of these proposals be awarded, I would be allowed to ...
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Single author paper from undergrad
For my senior thesis in undergrad, I ended up getting outstanding neuroscience student of the year award. It was a decent thesis. It was on sleep patterns in drosophila. However, I wasn't always the ...
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Best ways for researchers to approach companies and get contracts instead of only research grants?
I am a PI in academia, and most of the time I apply to public calls for research projects. However, these proposals take long time to prepare and evaluate, and in many cases they are rejected. ...
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Possible to switch subfields after first year of NSF Graduate Fellowship?
I am an incoming statistics PhD student (awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship in statistics) who has recently realized that my interests lie more in applied math (PDEs, mathematical biology and a ...
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