Questions tagged [funding]
This tag refers to questions related to source and utilization of academic funding from government or non-governmental sources.
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Why do academics have to get their own grants?
Usually in industry, we are either employed (in which case our company pays us), or founders (in which case we go look for funding). To the extent that we need to spend the company's money, or hire ...
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What does an NSF-sponsored conference mean?
Do the sponsors of a conference have anything to do with the quality of that conference? In particular, can someone conclude something of a conference's quality by an NSF sponsorship? I searched ...
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Leaving Ph.D due to stipend
I am a direct PhD student in Turkey, currently in my third year (of five). Because of the pandemic and the associated sky rocketed inflation in country, I am unable to manage my life with the stipend ...
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When citing your own work on a grant application, is it acceptable to change the order of authors so that your name appears first?
I review a grant application. One of the applicants, Author B, has published an article in a high impact journal as joint first author with Author A (Author A is not in the grant application). In the ...
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What steps to take when offered an unpaid research fellowship position in a funded research?
EDIT FOR UPDATE
I rejected this specific research fellowship.
Another lab in the same R&D institute reached out to me soon after I rejected the first one, offering me full funding with living ...
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Turning down a MSCA Fellowship due to personal circumstances? [closed]
I am a early career researcher with less than 5 years of postdoc experience since my PhD. After a few years of chaining up short term postdocs I've finally been successfully awarded an MSCA global ...
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Mentioning funding from previous research without direct influence on current paper?
Consider the following situation: A student is at a university U, funded by a certain stipend, with the ambition of pursuing a phd in research area X. After a year he drops out because things are not ...
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Not completing the objectives in a fellowship (Marie Curie for instance). Which consequences on the career?
When one applies to post doctoral fellowship, you typically have to write a proposal with clear objectives and deliverables. Of course, in research nothing is guaranteed. This is why we often have to ...
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Does being accepted in a PhD program guarantee that my tuition is payed for?
I'm a prospective psychology PhD student, and one of the most intimidating problems was tuition expenses, but I've checked a number of PhD programs (NYU, Carniege-Mellon, Princeton) and they all say ...
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Can a postdoc work on his hypotheses that were part of a winning grant proposal, even through his P.I. removed them from the project?
This post related to Research Integrity & Ethics.
I work for a P.I. in a project. I was initially funded by my hosting organization to write a project proposal for a funding dedicated to ...
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Innovative uses for a large donation for my department
Thanks to a large donation by a generous donor, my department has an "institute" that they use to host seminar speakers, subsidize student travel, support postdocs, and host social ...
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To what extent would my nationality and my research topic impact my chance to get research grants in the UK?
As a new lecturer in a UK university, I am willing to apply for an EPSRC "First Investigator Award". The (STEM) topic I have in mind is kind of related to autonomous nuclear operations. I ...
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Academic Independence: Interaction with your Line Manager?
I am a University Postdoc (got my PhD a couple of years ago). Many of the fellowships/grant applications require that the new "sponsor" is different from my line manager. The line manager ...
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Recommended ways to arrange celebrations in the lab when getting papers/grants accepted
Whenever we get a grant funded or papers accepted, I congratulate lab members who worked on the project, yet I normally do not organize dinner or parties.
I respect the decision of others to celebrate ...
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Can I submit a research proposal (originally made for a PhD) for postdoc fellowship under different PIs?
I made a research proposal for a PhD position. I was able to secure a conditional offer from a UK university but did not secure funding as the UK prof did not fund my project. After completing my PhD ...
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What is the upper age limit for a master's degree program in Germany?
I have a bachelor in electronics engineering, and I am 32 years old. I belong to a South Asian country and I want to apply for a master's degree program in Germany. But am I agewise eligible?
I have ...
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How to tell reviewers that I can't update my results
I spent a lot of time during my post-doc doing a big-data analysis using cloud credits paid for by a grant. I got the research conducted, written up, and submitted to a journal. The modeling I did ...
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Can someone with low master's grades be accepted to a scholarship for phd program? [duplicate]
I have a bachelor's degree in mathematics with grade 15.5/20 and M1+M2 degrees together 12.2/20. (French system university) (M2 degree in differential geometry and geometric control). I want to apply ...
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Are UK PhD studentships provided by PI grants or by their departments?
I have been recently accepted a lecturer position in a UK-based institution (which is supposed to be started in a couple of months). I had a discussion with my current postdoc supervisor (in a North ...
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Advisor is using my ideas as grant proposal
I am having a hard time deciding what to do or feel so I wanted to ask this question here.
For background, I am a PhD student and am doing pretty well overall. I also happen to have a fellowship that ...
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What mechanism prevents government organizations from handing out too much money for research during a year with exceptionally good proposals?
What mechanism prevents government organizations from handing out too much money for research during a year with exceptionally good proposals? I'm imagining that people in charge of approving funding ...
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How to calculate funding amount from fellowship award to list in CV?
Many people list the monetary funding amounts awarded from successful grants, especially PIs who apply for multiple grants.
As a young researcher/postdoc, I would like to know how to calculate the ...
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I have no academic affiliation and wrote a research paper in math - how do I publish it and get paid for the work I did? [closed]
I am an independent researcher (no academic affiliation).
If I submit a mathematical research paper to a journal or conference, how do I get any subsidies, grants, or funds for this work? Are you ...
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How to "quit" DFG Eigene Stelle and transfer the funding to another person?
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), which funds most basic research in Germany, has a grant program that funds a temporary position ("Eigene Stelle") for novice principal ...
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I am burning out due to lack of personnel
I was hired by a research group which - as they stated during the interviews - wanted to invest in my field and strongly needed my expertise. However, I am being the only person in the group with ...
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Funding for an Undergraduate Conference [closed]
I'm currently an undergraduate international summer research student in Canada and I'm interested in attending a five-day long undergraduate (math) conference, which is being held at a location that ...
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Can a self-supported finance student in Japan earn schoolarships, other than MEXT?
I've been looking into LLM programs in Japan. As far as I know, an international student can apply for the MEXT scholarship or as a self-supported finance student. I don't believe I can compete with ...
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College policy change after grant awarded
What recourse is there to a faculty member if the university changes its policy after a grant has been awarded?
I am a tenured professor and recently won a prestigious research grant. For years, my ...
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Should I really acknowledge funding from an unrelated project?
I am postdoc working at a university, and I was hired by the PI of a specific project, let us call it Project X.
Apart from working on Project X, when time permits I like to concentrate on my own ...
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Financial Support for Master's Programs in Pure Math
I'm an undergrad studying pure mathematics, and graduate school applications are around the corner. My ultimate aim is to do a PhD in pure mathematics. I understand that in several places (e.g., ...
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Will two unpublished research papers boost the chances of my scholarship application being reconsidered?
The scholarship committee denied my application yesterday. Fortunately, the committee gave me five months, to produce new credentials that would merit its reconsideration of its decision.
Thus far, I ...
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Is it a good idea to add a cover letter to a scholarship application when a cover letter is not specifically required?
My scholarship application was denied yesterday. Fortunately, I can still request the scholarship committee to reconsider my application, provided that I have new credentials to present in my ...
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We are a UK programming company with a maths discovery, but we cannot get into contact with any mathematicians. Help?
Over the past several months we have developed a new way of handling very large numbers in order to turn handling these numbers into a storage problem rather than a processing problem.
The system is ...
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What is the best way to approach professors in USA and Canada about the possibility of an internship (as an unfunded, international student)?
I live in an Asian country and completed my master's in Math in June 2020. I want to do a PhD in Europe, but I have had some difficulties in finding a suitable position. I do not believe doing a PhD ...
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Should a professor acknowledge a student research funding source after the student left？
I am in a weird situation. I changed my advisors during my Ph.D. program. I received research funding for my doctoral research before I changed advisors. The funding source does require funding ...
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Are non-EU PhD scholarships for a non-eu student taxable in France?
I am a non-eu student. I have a PhD admission from a French university where the funding will come from an institution at my country (outside of the EU) who will pay me directly.
My question is the ...
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Have money, but am old--how will these affect PhD application [duplicate]
In terms of academics, I think when I finish my masters (in two years), I will have a strong application with excellent grades, good recommendations, and a potentially very interesting project (albeit ...
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After a multi-authored grant proposal is funded, can the P.I. change project without the agreement of the co-authors?
Together with a senior researcher acting as the P.I., we were recently funded a research project. I wrote 75% of the application, including the whole research hypotheses and design. The Representative ...
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Do universities generally allow faculty members to teach while getting NSF summer salary?
What is the general practice for universities in USA in deciding if there any conflict between receiving 2 month salary funded by an NSF grant (the maximum) and teaching a Summer course (which ...
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Providing evidence of being the major contributor of a successful grant proposal helps your opportunities to get a job in the academic field?
I recently worked on a grant proposal for a project. As it sometimes happens to post-doc researchers, to move forwards in their career they have to ask a senior researcher to act as the principal ...
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Can I find a fully-funded PhD position in europe at 39 or more? [closed]
I'm 37 now and hold a master degree. I got my degree 3 years ago. For some personal reasons I plan on applying for a phd position next year or later.( I cannot do that now.)
I love my field and doing ...
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Thesis focus and fellowship focus divergence
I am currently halfway through my first year of a multi-year PhD fellowship. After the first year, you must re-apply to be awarded the remaining years. I am currently undecided as to whether or not I ...
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Does CISA fund academic research? If not, which US Government agency primarily funds cyber-infrastructure resiliency projects?
The title pretty much says it all. Does the US Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency fund academic research projects related to cyber security or infrastructure security? If not, which ...
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Where to find industry funded PhDs?
In the fields of Mathematics and computer sciences, what are possible options to do a well funded PhD? In Canada or the US.
Is it better than doing a PhD as a part time student, while taking a job ?
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Frequently checking NSF website for new grant?
Shall one frequently check the NSF website for newly released grant opportunities?
How often does NSF release a new grant in fields like Machine Learning or Deep Learning? Per Month? Per half a year?
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Is it ethical to be dropped as a sub-awardee / co-PI after helping to write a grant proposal?
I co-wrote a proposal with two faculty members who mentored me during my PhD. Since I am now a non-tenure track Assistant Professor at a different institution than the other two, I was to be given a ...
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Accept MA in art history with no funding and massive debt, or apply PhD fully-funded? [closed]
I am a very strong graduate candidate in art history with a 3.97 undergrade GPA and excellent research and writing skills. My recommdations are very strong with three professors attesting that I my ...
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Fellow lab researcher adds me as (fake) author because his funds come from my fellowship
I received a 3 year fellowship for a 3-year PhD in computer science at a well known lab in my topic. I am in my last year and things haven't gone well. I don't have any impressive research results, ...
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How should one navigate a "I currently do not have any open positions, that may change depending on grant applications" situation?
A prospective postdoc PI, after looking at my application and papers, told me "I currently do not have any open positions, although that may change depending on grant applications", ...
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University admission offer
I have applied to some US and European universities, which all have somewhat different acceptance timelines. I was offered a graduate student position with certain funding at a US university. There is ...
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