Timeline for Should I ask the professor, whether he can give funding for masters instead of phd
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| Oct 5, 2023 at 17:00 | vote | accept | Wabalubadubdub | ||
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| Jul 19, 2023 at 21:05 | comment | added | yourfriendlyresearchadmin | @sErISaNo -- it's not only institution specific, it's school, and department specific. It really is up to whoever controls the purse strings. Where I work, that is the PI, who may have discretionary funds or grant funding. If they don't want to use it, that's the end of the conversation; there are no larger dept funds for this. At my previous institution, PIs had very little discretionary funding, and it was more likely that students were admitted as PhDs and just left with the MS because it wasn't working out (I worked in Chemistry) -- however, it wasn't planned to be an MS upfront. | |
| Jul 19, 2023 at 18:26 | comment | added | sErISaNo | @yourfriendlyresearchadmin I was actually supported by grant money during my masters! But at the time, I was really the only master's level student who received any money and, as you say, I was already admitted (I don't know that I was special though haha). I was referring to university funded spots. I least at my last institution, the department was able to provide funding for some PhD students. This was straight from the school's coffers and did have some restrictions i.e., you couldn't just decide to use it for a master's student. I realize this might be institution specific. | |
| Jul 19, 2023 at 12:43 | comment | added | Buffy | You seem to have hit all of the important points. I also doubt that it could happen or that it would be advantageous if it did. | |
| Jul 19, 2023 at 12:03 | comment | added | yourfriendlyresearchadmin | One correction: we can put MS students on grants like a PhD student. There are no additional restrictions. It's more the matter of your other points. Why invest in someone who will never become as productive as you require? The most expensive and least productive years for students in research are the first two. I have found two PIs who paid for MS students in 13 years, and it was because they were already admitted and were deemed "special". | |
| Jul 19, 2023 at 5:57 | history | answered | sErISaNo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |