In which I won an award on the day of publication. Can you do that, too? #AcademicWriting #AcademicChatter #tbp
Rocketman
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Is there such a miracle as funding for a "roll your own" PhD in EU, UK, Canada, NZ?
I'm finding that most funded PhDs in plant science are slanted towards computation (either bioinformatics or remote sensing or AI) and that's not my forte nor my interest. I'd really like to be able to construct a research topic of my own given I'm not finding what I'm hoping for in advertised PhDs.
I'll never know if I don't ask, right?
Is there such a miracle as funding for a "roll your own" PhD in EU, UK, Canada, NZ?
I'm finding that most funded PhDs in plant science are slanted towards computation (either bioinformatics or remote sensing or AI) and that's not my forte nor my interest. I'd really like to be able to construct a research topic of my own given I'm not finding what I'm hoping for in advertised PhDs.
I'll never know if I don't ask, right?
Jan
boosted
I’m trying to work out whether to renew my Institute of Physics membership:
• It’s a UK-based learned society and I’m not UK-based.
• Their magazine PhysicsWorld is great but they won’t post the printed version abroad anymore, even though I take it to my work coffee room where it reaches dozens of people.
• I gain nothing directly from the membership (no networking, grants or training opportunities) so it’s essentially a donation to further the cause of physics, mostly in the UK.
• I’m also a member of the Finnish Physical Society and through them, the European Physical Society. So if it’s a sense of professional belonging I’m after then I can get that from them.
So is 47 euros worth it for that? Will I feel like I’ve given something important up?
I’m trying to work out whether to renew my Institute of Physics membership:
• It’s a UK-based learned society and I’m not UK-based.
• Their magazine PhysicsWorld is great but they won’t post the printed version abroad anymore, even though I take it to my work coffee room where it reaches dozens of people.
• I gain nothing directly from the membership (no networking, grants or training opportunities) so it’s essentially a donation to further the cause of physics, mostly in the UK.
• I’m also a member of the Finnish Physical Society and through them, the European Physical Society. So if it’s a sense of professional belonging I’m after then I can get that from them.
So is 47 euros worth it for that? Will I feel like I’ve given something important up?