Questions tagged [research-assistantship]
Regarding the duties, employment and work of research assistants.
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What is a research assistant in the Australian system?
I've noticed postings for positions with the title “research assistant” from Australian universities. They require a PhD and are often (or exclusively) one-year contracts. Are these positions akin to ...
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Can a Ph.D student change his adviser, if he is supported by a Research Assistantship by the adviser upon admission (and possibly first year)?
According to my offer, I am admitted to the Ph.D program and funded by a Research Assistantship by Professor X. Nevertheless, I am interested in other research directions, and we are supposed to ...
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Research-assistant classification in C.V
I was a research assistant at a university when I had a master’s degree. Now I got a Ph.D from a different university. I want to apply for a faculty position.
In which of the following CV categories ...
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What questions do prospective advisors ask during first meeting?
I'm in a PhD program and I'm preparing myself to meet a prospective advisor for the first time. I want to know what questions do they usually ask students in their first meeting? What do they expect? ...
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How do I approach a professor for research
I'm in a PhD program and want to approach a professor that I'm interested in working with. I've already sent him a couple of emails describing my background and asking for a meeting but he hasn't ...
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Getting a funding position as a foreign MSc student in Finland [closed]
I got an admission for a master’s programme in data science at the University of Helsinki, Finland. However, because I am from Asia, I don’t get a tuition-fee remission. Is it possible for an ...
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Reply ‘no position’ while the job posting is still there (‘HiWi’ position in Germany)
I am third year undergraduate and I am not studying in Europe.
I plan to apply for a master at a German institute by the end of this year which is the time for application.
This institute advertised ...
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Job Title: Graduate Research Assistant
I worked on a project as a graduate student in a research group in order to complete the credit points (20 ECTS Germany) required for my Master's degree. I was not employed on a contract i.e. not paid ...
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Negotiating for a higher hourly rate for RA position?
I am a Ph.D student. A professor from another university is interested in hiring me part-time for a project that he just received funding for. I am interested in the work (to hone my own skills) but I ...
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Is it weird to contact a professor in foreign university for research internship opportunity if I am not a student?
I got a Bachelor degree few years ago and I have worked (non-research job) for few years since then. Recently, I would like to pursue a master degree in a foreign university but I cannot obtain ...
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Why would a European-style professor want a Ph.D student instead of a research staff? What are the advantages and disadvantages?
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How much knowledge is expected of a PhD applicant as compared to a postdoc or a research assistant?
For the average pure math US PhD program, what are essential topics after ...
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Strange experience in R&D / Research assistant post. Is this a red flag?
I have recently obtained an undergraduate degree in Computer Science with excellent performance and shortly afterwards got a research assistant post for a two-year industry-university collaboration ...
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How much knowledge is expected of an MPhil applicant as compared to a PhD student, a postdoc or a research assistant? [closed]
A related question asks about differences in required background knowledge between PhD students, postdocs and RAs. This question asks about differences in the required background knowledge between ...
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Is the professor positive toward me?
As an international graduate applicant, I'd contacted professor that I am interested to work in his research. He replied that I should apply to school first and if I get admission, then contact him? ...
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How to ask my advisor from another department for research assistantship?
I'm a first-year Machine Learning PhD student supported by a TAship offered by my host (non-ML) department that does not have much funding. I have heard that RA is uncommon in my host department. A ...
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Applying for research assistant (What can I speak about?)
I will be applying for a research assistant position under a professor at my college (master's program). I have an interview with her on phone (competition will be stiff, many students have applied). ...
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How much knowledge is expected of a PhD applicant as compared to a postdoc or a research assistant?
My understanding is that postdocs, research assistants (which I understand are master's level analogues of postdocs) and PhD students are all paid positions except for self-funded PhD which I hear is ...
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How do I charge my professor hourly for Web Scraping?
I am a graduate research assistant, who is paid hourly, I run a script that scrapes data for my professor's research. It is automated, meaning that I don't have to even click a button. But it runs for ...
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Should I explicitly remind people to include my name in the acknowledgement?
I am a research assistant. I've helped a PhD student from another department throughout her studies by providing and maintaining human cells for her project. She's now about to published, and I'm not ...
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Requests by PhD assistant to Master's Student - Avoiding an unreasonable request
I am a master's degree student that is going to graduate in the next two weeks.
After having concluded a master's degree thesis with many econometric models in R I also decided to show the results in ...
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How to ask professor to explain something again?
I had a class last week and I was 10 minutes late. I missed part of the class, and I want to write an email to my professor to arrange a time to meet.
I prepared this email:
Dear .....
I’ve ...
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Should professors pay undergraduate students doing research in their labs?
I have some undergraduate students doing research in my lab, and I pay them by the hours. I've observed that the students usually do what I tell them and don't go beyond that (as we usually expect ...
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How to effectively e-mail a professor I met briefly about collaborative work?
Recently in a conference, I met a professor from an esteemed university and head of a research group I have been following. I told him about my research and he gave me his email address (though I ...
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Pessimistic with direction of academia-industry project
I am a recent fresh graduate who came from math and physics. Recently (< 4 weeks), I've taken on a junior research role in a research institute within a University.
This particularly university - ...
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Questions about research assistant posts
Warning: The following are stupid questions. (Read in Kiefer Sutherland's voice)
Question 1 Is it weird or stupid to apply for a research assistant post at some university or research institute, and ...
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Research assistant: I am responsible for scheduling subjects, how do I deal with attrition in my PI's longitudinal study?
At my place of work, among my other responsibilities I am responsible for following up with and scheduling participants in our longitudinal study. This study has been going on since the late 80's, and ...
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Do I need to follow traditional cover letter style for applying for an academic position?
I am applying for a research assistantship at a university, and I am required to upload a cover letter for submitting my application. I am not familiar with cover letter, since I'd only applied to ...
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Comparison of student involvement in research in different countries
In the United States, a student who will successfully enter academia will do some research as an undergraduate, and then in graduate school focus mainly on research. (Obviously this is just a ...
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Am I wasting my time as a research assistant? [closed]
To make a long story short, I have been a clinical interviewer/ERP technician in a lab for almost 1.5 years now. This has been my first job since undergrad (Psychology major/Biology minor). I plan on ...
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what is the best starting point to prepare for graduate school if you are not well equipped?
I suffered seriously from both bipolar disorder and major depression during my undergraduate*. It took me 7.5 years to graduate (including 1.5 year suspended from school due to bipolar disorder), with ...
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Reputation of university versus quality of work for research assistantship
I have a couple of offers for my bachelors thesis in computer science (machine learning, to be precise). The options are such that one is interesting work at a not-so-well-known institute (in my home ...
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Guidelines for When to Acknowledge Research Assistants
I know that it is general practice to include a footnote on papers acknowledging research assistants who have contributed to the project. I am wondering, however, if any guidelines or accepted ...
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Advice about the copyright in research work as a research associate [duplicate]
I need advice regarding the copyright of the work done as a research associate.
I am working for a university as a research associate and my principal investigator insists on publishing my work ...
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Ideality of collaborating with professor against backdrop of commitments
Soon, I'll be meeting a professor_A base at a University in my home country to discuss about my plans and projects that may be of interest to me(us) during my time back home.
Ideally, I am looking to ...
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Should I write an email to the professor I want to work with regarding my performance in the exam?
I am a masters student in one of the Swiss federal institutes. There is a professor I wish to work under as a PhD student after my masters. In fact, this was the entire reason I decided to join the ...
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Should I ask my research advisor for extra hourly work as a gap-year research assistant (not a student)?
I'm currently working as a post-bac researcher with my undergraduate advisor in the US, but lost my funding last summer. So, I have been doing the research as voluntary work and work odd jobs that are ...
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Applying to transfer to a different PhD in CS program while still enrolled in a PhD program
I am 1.5 years into my PhD in CS program. I cannot change my program to MS since I already have a masters. My research interests have been diverging from my advisor's and he told me that he might find ...
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Master's thesis results used to publish a new research paper?
few years ago I did my Master's thesis at University, when I worked in a lab and was performing various experiments on different materials. The thesis defense I held officially in front of commission, ...
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Evaluating an opportunity for undergrad thesis in computer science
I am a pre-final year undergrad student of computer science. I am interested in getting into research. I have already done some research, but it has not been very formal, and I have not been able to ...
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As a US citizen, can I work for my Canadian university without a study permit from the US?
This is probably a fairly unique situation and I'm not sure if it's appropriate to ask here, but I'm currently finishing up my master's at a university in Quebec, but I no longer live in Quebec as I ...
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Including poor undergraduate research performance in a masters application
During my undergraduate degree, in engineering, I took part in two 'undergraduate research assistantships'. Neither of them went well, from my point of view. Both were done during school terms, and ...
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Working for one professor, want to write paper with another party
I am a PhD student working for a professor as a research assistant and being paid with stipends. One of my friends in the same department asks me if I can collaborate on a project branched off his PhD ...
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What are best practices for reviewing peer research lab colleagues' work for a supervisor?
Since over a year, I've been involved in almost everything my supervisor does and seem to have gained her trust, which is very gratifying.
There have been instances where I was asked to review and ...
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How do I stay motivated with repetitive tasks as an undergraduate research assistant?
In a nutshell, I'm drawing circles on images for most of my day (more precisely, ROIs around cellular components in fluorescence imaging). I volunteer to do this on weekdays from 10am to 7pm, and I ...
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How best to email a professor to set up a meeting after a long time? [duplicate]
My path to get my MA was delayed following a family tragedy, and I'm finally in a position where I can get back on track, so I would like to reach out to a professor I previously did lab work for a ...
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Should I apply for the scholarships if I currently have a RA position in my supervisor lab?
I am a M.Sc. graduated and I will start my PhD in September and in a top university abroad (Canada). My supervisor guaranteed a yearly stipend during my studies as long as I am in good academic ...
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How to handle the fact that the advisor is disappointed?
I am a first year master student and I am working as a student research assistant with one of my professors. He is nice and very competent. Moreover, I am supervised by a Post-Doc. A few months ago ...
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Is it possible for a PhD student to survive in the USA only on TA/RA money?
Suppose, a prospective PhD student doesn't have money to self-finance his PhD in the USA.
Is it possible for a PhD student to survive in the USA only on TA/RA money?
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How do I ask / inform my supervisor that I need to take a day off?
I just recently got a job as a research assistant over the holiday (which will later turn into an unpaid independent study project). Before hiring me for the job, my supervisor asked me if I would be ...
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Is deferred enrollment normal or acceptable to graduate programs? What are the acceptable reasons for it? [duplicate]
I am an undergraduate student majoring in computer science. I am currently doing graduate (Master's) program application for top US universities.
However, just now I get a pretty nice research ...
