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needed some insights from you regarding PhD funding. So far I've received 2 acceptances, and I'm really excited, I'm filling in my funding applications now, and my statements feel 70-75% ready. I wanted to ask someone who's been through the process. What do you think makes a good funding statement, what should one focus on the most, any tips you can provide will be helpful, thanks! love love

Hi! Congratulations on the acceptances, that is great news!!

It depends on what kind of funding programme you're applying for. More or less, you'd need to highlight why your project is important, and why you're the best person to do the research you're proposing. I don't know what field you're in, but it's a good idea to think and write about the larger social and political stakes of your research. Tell them a good story about what you'd like to do with this research, how you think it fits into your long-term goals/what you see yourself doing, and how the funding would help. And I know this sounds mercenary, but what's in it for the funder: like, think about how your research might contribute to the goals of that scholarship or studentship or whatever, or what specifically you being there brings to the table.

Hello everyone! Would you mind taking this survey?

It's important for my uni project.

Please reblog it too so desiblr community can fill this survey.

@blankcanvas-nowpainted @spliceweird-2004 @mrignaini can you reblog it and share and tag more of your girl gang so I can have a larger sample size? 🌺 Thank you for your support.

hi, i made a database on notion of a bunch of resources, online archives, journals and so on i frequently use for research!!

not all of these are open access/free, and some might be through a library membership (but most are open access) but the idea of this was more to get the names and links of resources in one place so things don't slip through the cracks

JANE GOODALL

Hi, yes I have! It’s a funded position — I don’t think it makes any sense to do a self-funded PhD at all. When I first wrote to my now-supervisor last year about working with him, they happened to be hiring a researcher for a project that was very much up my alley. I applied, got interviewed, and here I am.

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