Timeline for As a PhD student, should I give a talk at a conference outside my supervisor's field?
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| May 18, 2017 at 18:25 | comment | added | O. R. Mapper | Even funding basically "related to a field" can well be available for certain kinds of interdisciplinary research. And aside from that, there are also field-agnostic funding sources such as support programmes for female researchers etc. Anyway, my comment was just meant to address the issue when the advisor does not just lack the funding, but is actively unwilling to support the student, which transpired from both the OP's question ("feeling that he does not want me to be involved in activities in other fields") and from your answer ("I do not see why he or she would"). | |
| May 18, 2017 at 16:35 | comment | added | Nicole Ruggiano | I can still be supportive of my student and help him or her with the project (reviewing the paper or poster, etc.) without providing travel support. | |
| May 18, 2017 at 16:33 | comment | added | Nicole Ruggiano | Well, if I have funding for a conference or for my student to attend a conference, it is usually connected with a grant or contract that would be related to my field. I cannot spend money from a grant on topic A to cover student travel for some other unrelated topic. If the advisor has general funds to cover the student, that is different. I think funding would more appropriately come from the department, not the advisor. | |
| May 18, 2017 at 6:51 | comment | added | O. R. Mapper | "However, if the paper is outside of your advisor's field, I do not see why he or she would provide you with funding" - I tend to think something is wrong there already. For instance, I am rather unfamiliar with the concept of "outside of [the] advisor's field". The advisors I know are generally supportive whenever someone opens a door for possible interdisciplinary collaboration; it's one of the best things that can happen. (Of course, a specific grant may require a particular topic.) | |
| May 17, 2017 at 13:42 | history | answered | Nicole Ruggiano | CC BY-SA 3.0 |