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| Jul 15, 2015 at 11:58 | history | edited | xLeitix | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 15, 2015 at 11:51 | comment | added | O. R. Mapper | One aspect of this just came to my mind that you might want to explicitly mention: In larger departments, this sometimes means there are several openings based on different projects. Topic selection then takes place by choosing the project that is most aligned with the future grad student's interests, or that can most likely be developed into a direction that seems interesting to the prospective grad student. | |
| Jul 15, 2015 at 10:04 | comment | added | O. R. Mapper | Well, some grants/grant applications are more explicit about what the funded project is about than others. Sometimes, one can manage to describe certain aspects vaguely enough to have a lot of leeway even when sticking exactly to what is written in the grant. That is where, to put it exaggeratedly, the bureaucratic dreamworld that requires a precise description of all research results that will be obtained during the 3 years to come, and the scientific reality that each result leads to new, unforeseen ideas that can completely alter the next research steps, meet even in official writing. | |
| Jul 15, 2015 at 9:54 | comment | added | xLeitix | @O.R.Mapper I think no grant allows you in writing to do something else with the money. However, some are in practice more lenient than others. | |
| Jul 15, 2015 at 7:41 | comment | added | O. R. Mapper | "not all grants allow students to deviate far from the original plan" - whether the grant allows it in writing, and whether the supervisor tolerates it (or even actively suggests it) can be entirely different. | |
| Jul 15, 2015 at 7:33 | history | answered | xLeitix | CC BY-SA 3.0 |