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Pronouns of professors in Statement of Purpose

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Can I decline a professor's request for video conferencing?

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Rebuttal sent but no response from journal

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How much time should I spend on illustrations?

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Do I need to disclose that a manuscript has been rejected from another journal in my cover letter?

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Where or how do you ask for peer review?

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Do PhD degrees in Germany require government accreditation?

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Is it okay to use ChatGPT for generating letters of recommendation?

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Postdoc delegates work to PhD: who gets to be PI for a small proposal?

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Mailing address for retired people in teaching applications

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Work with structure and clearly defined performance outcomes after my Ph.D?

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Unhealthy PI behavior

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Ask about political climate at a department during a job interview?

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ethics form withdrawn during the international research funding process

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Salary Disparities Between Fields

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How do I bring my work in a new field to the attention of experts?

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Reference in a poster

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What will happen to my to downloaded PDFs on springer if I no longer have institutional access?

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Seeking Guidance on Comparing Algorithm Performance Metrics in Research Compilation

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What steps should I take if I haven't received responses from potential supervisors?

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Covering application fees for peer review, when your university declines to proceed, but expert in the field consider the work excellent

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Changing my lastname to A [duplicate]

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Should abstract contain citation, if current research is an extension of the another research?

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Should I continue working on project after graduating?

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Do Swiss professors have the highest gross income in the world? [closed]

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Including bad exchange transcript when there are limited upload slots in graduate application

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Interviewing Questions on Teaching

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If a bachelor degree was revoked for a exam misconduct committed within a module, how can that degree be re-earned? [closed]

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breaking into AI after a math PhD

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Will not receiving medals in two semesters hurt my profile?

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Equitable Recruting Process for International Faculty Candidates

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Co-author university affiliation on a paper while on leave as a student


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