Questions tagged [consulting]
Providing professional advice or expertise to outside clients for a fee
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Advise on selecting between Consultant Position at University Center or Postdoc in Research Institute as step for Professor of Applied Science-Germany
I am currently near the end of my postdoc position, and now have to choose for my next research job. Field of research is Computer Science and in Germany. What I have in hand is offer to work either:
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Altenative academic income streams (or how much can an academic really earn)
My question is about alternative salary streams for academics in fields with strong industry collaboration/interest. What is a typical "bonus" that a tenured academic can expect on top of ...
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Is this a form of plagiarism? [closed]
Recently, I had an author contact me regarding naming me as a consultant on a project of theirs, rather than co-author, if I was to contribute. No fee was discussed at all.
Was it a form of plagiarism ...
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Consulting and Outside Employment
My university recently required all professors to attest that they do not consult nor are employed for more than one day per week. This statement is required to ensure the professors are engaged in ...
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Thoughts on graduate school application consultant?
I plan to apply to graduate programs to get a master's degree. My undergraduate GPA isn't impressive (3.067, can I round that to 3.1 on my résumé?). I completed a certificate program in geographic ...
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Would University Professors be open to teaching short cohort based courses for massive financial upside?
As academics, professors and researchers possess a high level of subject matter expertise. However, many a times this knowledge is not accessible beyond small circles of people.
In such a scenario ...
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How hard it is to switch for a new Master's degree from different Undergraduate background?
For Non-STEM backgrounds like Media/Film Studies, is it possible to get a master's degree in Data Analytics/ Data science to go for the desired field? I feel extremely need for a transition into a ...
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I'm an F1 PhD student, but I'm continuing my PhD remotely. Can I work (legally)?
I'm doing a PhD at a university in the United States. I am in dissertation status. I am continuing the PhD remotely from outside of the US for the foreseeable future. I am not a US citizen, so am on ...
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How do university professors earn money beyond their salary?
How do university professors earn money external to their salary from the institutions where they teach?
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Obtaining funding from government/companies for doing research.
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What day rate should I set for consulting work?
I am a final year social sciences PhD student in the UK. A professor reached out to me and asked if I am interested in a three-day consultant work for their project and if so, what my day rate is. I ...
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Taking money for your research outputs?
As an academic working at a university, is it wrong to (personally) accept money for your research outputs? Would this be a bargain you would be happy to take?
EXAMPLE: Suppose you are a Mathematician ...
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Consulting gigs for quantitative sociologist [closed]
I am a university professor (quantitative sociology) and I am interested in finding consulting gigs, especially for the summer since I'm on 9-month, but possibly year round if just for a few hours/...
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Approaching Professors for Technical Consulting/Endorsement
I work for a technology company and our company is interested in inviting some professors to review some of our recent technological innovation. It'd be more like writing an endorsement, or a preface ...
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Is it a good idea being involved in your advisor's consulting activities as an exploratory activity during your PhD? For how long?
I am a first semester PhD student. I am not paid by a grant or scholarship. My advisor has been including me in multiple teams and meetings in consulting jobs he is taking. Most of them are loosely ...
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If I interview a professor, should I pay him or her?
As part of my Toastmasters club, I am preparing a speech where I have to research a topic I am not familiar with. One suggestion is that I could interview an expert (e.g. a professor) in a field ...
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Working from distance as a postdoc for a Company
Almost 5 months ago I got an offer for a postdoc in USA. As we knew due to my nationality it will take some time to get the visa, I started working on the project from distance. Even though, my ...
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Balancing an internet startup and a tenure track professorship
What should do or consider to simultaneously succeed at my new professorship and my internet startup?
I am starting a tenure track professorship in the fall. I am also on the team of an internet ...
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How to get into IT industry/consulting work without forfeiting the academic duties
I am currently a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Computer Science/Information Technology. I like the academic job that I have been doing over last five years and I am comfortable with the teaching ...
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Differences between writing a report for a company and for an academic reader
I have been hired for a small consulting gig and need to write a report. The people reading this report are not scientists, but rather process engineers and in general people with a more business-like ...
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How to establish ties with the industry as a young engineering professor?
Next January, I will start as an assistant professor in a respected university. My field of work is civil engineering, and I have diplomas (Masters, PhD) in the engineering studies (Hydraulics, ...
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Do academics in the UK usually have to declare other jobs (e.g. consulting) they take on and is it public information?
I am interested in relationships between academics at UK universities and private businesses.
A number of academics in the Computer Science department at my old university worked part time and were ...
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Remunerated consulting while being a PhD student [closed]
The consulting activity, on the engineering field, would be tightly related to the research, and in fact would help to get the real-world data and reality touch to make it prosper.
Is it possible, in ...
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Is it ethical to take external consultancy jobs during a fully funded PhD programme?
I am on a three year PhD programme which is fully funded. My salary is fair, nothing flashy but definitely enough to get by without having to do anything else.
Recently, I was offered to start a new ...
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Can mathematics professors do consulting work external to their university?
Is it generally true that mathematics professors do not / cannot engage in consulting work external to their universities?
If I'm not mistaken, plenty of business school / law school / economics ...
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Would/could PIs hire a consulting company to do partial work that's not in his/her field
I understand that it is usually not difficult for PI to find another professor in the same campus or city for collaboration on a multi-field project (e.g. computational chemistry). However, when the ...
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What is the affiliation of an industry author that works for a consulting company?
If I am correct, (co)authors from industry are mentioned with their current employer as compared to PhD students that mention their university.
I know a case of an engineer that just started working ...
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Is it legal for a US professor to require remuneration from the foreigner for consulting services? [closed]
A person with allegedly academic affiliation from some foreign country approaches me with the request to help them in research being within my expertise.
The request anticipates about 10 hours of ...
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Consulting while being a postdoc
I would like to hire a postdoc who is working for another institute as part time consultant for my (proposed) federally funded project (in USA). But I don't know if this is even possible for a full ...
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Market research & consulting: perception and acdemic career perspectives
Those of you, who had a chance to read some of my questions on this site, are likely aware of my ongoing job search, which I am doing on both academia and industry fronts. Since, naturally, I am ...
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How many hours on an average do academics in business and technology spend consulting for businesses?
Early stage startups and entrepreneurs often look at those with experience and knowledge for help in areas such as finance, management (HR), marketing and technology.
How many hours per week/month ...
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Can New Zealand/Australian academics do consulting work during summers?
Is it possible (if not usual) to do consulting work during summers while working as academics in Aus/NZ universities? I guess the more important point is, is it allowed by the universities to earn ...
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Is it unethical to hire students for private consulting work?
As a faculty member, I tend not to involve students in any of my own consulting projects, but I often run into small units of work that would be great opportunities for students, especially ...
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Is it ethical to ask a graduate student to help me with my paid external research?
I have a part-time outside job in addition to being a full-time professor. I'm struggling with performing an analysis that I believe a graduate student would be able to help me with. I suspect the ...
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Is there an easy/good way for professors to connect with corporate consulting projects?
I'm not an academic (sorry!), but at various points over my career I have been interested in working with professors on a variety of projects. I never found an easy way to find a professor who might ...
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How to best start offering consulting services as a Ph.D. student?
I'm wondering how to best start offering consulting services as a Ph.D. student? In particular, how to think about stating a consulting business while in graduate school.
A potential partner and I ...
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Hourly rates for industry consulting?
I have a friend who is considering a part time (~10hr/week) consulting gig with a large, well-established software company, doing a mixture of research and coding. However, there appears to be little ...
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Criteria to evaluate consulting opportunity
You're an academic researcher who has done some work in a particular topic. You receive an email from a stranger, working at a small company, interested in your work and wanting to discuss possible ...
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How can I hire a professor to write a research paper?
I'm part of a trade group that's looking to hire a professor to write a whitepaper on our industry. We plan to release and promote the study to help people understand our business. What's the best way ...
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Hiring academics for very large industrial consulting projects - how to find an arrangement without full-time employees?
As described in Hiring a faculty consultant, we need to hire a faculty consultant. The initial stages are perhaps only 100 hours, but subsequent stages may blossom to ten times that.
Will good ...
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Hiring a faculty consultant
We need to hire a computer scientist with a very particular specialty as a consultant for a long term industrial research project. We've read the relevant papers and so know who does good work in it. ...
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Dealing with consulting agreements where NDA conflicts with research interests
I am a computer science doctoral student working on machine learning (ML) research. Meanwhile, a startup approached me to consult/advise them in areas related to algorithms in ML. Needless to say a ...
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Engineers/Scientists to break into management consulting
Engineers and Scientists are probably not the kind of people management consulting companies look for. But I think many of such would be highly qualified and a good fit for management consulting ...
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