Timeline for How insulated is guaranteed funding from an economic slowdown?
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| Feb 15, 2019 at 20:12 | answer | added | yourfriendlyresearchadmin | timeline score: 5 | |
| Feb 7, 2019 at 15:41 | comment | added | Azor Ahai -him- | @Ben It wouldn't, that's why I didn't ask that question. I am more curious about how things work in general. | |
| Feb 7, 2019 at 14:25 | comment | added | user1482 | How would the answer to this question matter in your decision-making? If the answer is that, in general, your funding could have some small probability of evaporating, are you then going to say, "Oh well, I won't do a PhD after all?" | |
| Feb 7, 2019 at 0:43 | answer | added | guest | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 7, 2019 at 0:25 | comment | added | Brian Borchers | Offer letters from graduate programs in the US frequently include "weasel words" that say that your funding is subject to the department having funds available. It's always possible that something really bad could happen and leave you without support. | |
| Feb 7, 2019 at 0:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAcademia/status/1093298484470525952 | ||
| Feb 6, 2019 at 22:29 | history | edited | Azor Ahai -him- | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 6, 2019 at 22:26 | comment | added | Azor Ahai -him- | @Buffy Sorry for the confusion. Do US departments guarantee funds to specific graduate students? Are you thinking like the GFRP? | |
| Feb 6, 2019 at 22:25 | comment | added | BrianH | Also note that in every department I am aware of, the guarantee of funding has asterisks (if the department gets axed for instance, or the University declares a financial emergency, many Universities can even dismiss tenured faculty under such conditions, so guarantee is not "we put $X of gold bullion in a safe in the basement to cover your funding"). Slower funding can mean that less students have research-based (RA) positions, teaching loads increase and more students must teach for funding, etc. There are lots of ways to "manage people out the door" as well. All ventures as risky. | |
| Feb 6, 2019 at 21:33 | comment | added | Buffy | Note that "department" is a bit ambiguous here. It could mean a department of the US government or a department of a university. | |
| Feb 6, 2019 at 21:18 | answer | added | Bryan Krause♦ | timeline score: 16 | |
| Feb 6, 2019 at 20:59 | answer | added | Buffy | timeline score: 6 | |
| Feb 6, 2019 at 20:43 | history | asked | Azor Ahai -him- | CC BY-SA 4.0 |