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@mattblaze @SRDas @SteveBellovin As a program officer making #scientific #grants, I was acutely aware of the grad student funding dilemma. Whenever possible, on a site visit for example, I took time to meet with grad students. They are often doing a great deal of the work, have lots of ideas, and are very likely the people you want to respond to future Requests for Proposals #RFP.
When I decided to fund a #proposal, I always included language that indicated intent to *extend* a grant/contract “subject to available funds”, progress, etc. and I followed through. I got criticized for this in my organization for a variety of reasons but never reversed.
Here is the reason why: I spent the sponsors’ (NASA, DARPA, other government tech programs) money “wisely.” That meant I “delivered high quality research results.” I attribute this to the effort I made to forge mutual understanding and trust with PIs, communication, enthusiasm, and reciprocal personal commitments to excellence.
To #professors and #gradstudents who are writing and working on grants, I highly recommend getting to know the program officer for an RFP and exactly what they hope to achieve. This kind of clarity means a better proposal for everyone’s benefit. When sponsored #research funds are under extreme pressure as they are today, it could make the critical difference for acceptance of your proposal.
Good luck to all of you, and remember that luck favors the well-prepared.
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Physicists just invented a math proof so complex, it doubles as a new form of #torture for grad students 🤯🔢. Meanwhile, Quanta Magazine's editors are busy patting themselves on the back for making math sound like the latest Netflix #thriller 🎬📚.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/string-theory-inspires-a-brilliant-baffling-new-math-proof-20251212/ #mathproof #gradstudents #QuantaMagazine #HackerNews #ngated -
Stevens Inst. of #Tech and #NewJersey Inst. of #Technology lead the #USA in exporting graduate #education: 81–88% of their #gradStudents are international: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/upshot/harvard-trump-international-students.html
Nationally, #higherEd makes the country’s top 10 biggest #trade surpluses: https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/opinion/columns/2025/05/02/attacks-on-higher-education-endanger-u-s-leadership-abroad-opinion/83369926007/
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When ChatGPT Writes Your Research Proposal: Scientific Creativity in the Age of Generative AI https://www.mdpi.com/2079-3200/13/5/55 #AI #creativity #GradStudents
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AI for research: the ultimate guide to choosing the right tool https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01069-0 #AI #DeepResearch #GradStudents
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🪧 Cornell grad student union demands university prioritize contract negotiations
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🪧 Boston University graduate students strike over pay, healthcare, housing and other benefits
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Treating workers fairly mat slow down the science. That's a good thing.
"As student and postdoc unions proliferate, academia is scrambling to adapt
“I think the size of the average lab will have to decrease,” one administrator says" -
@HeidiSeibold @digiresacademy
See my Twitter thread on using #preprints to teach #GradStudents and #ECRs how to do #PeerReview.
https://twitter.com/petersuber/status/1476571769897107457I agree that this could give them useful experience and boost the number of referees at the same time.
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It's official, I am now once again a graduate student, and now a physics student.
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@DelphineAngua @dgar Good point. ✅
I previously used the word ‘proves’ loosely.
There are in fact explanations (thankfully improbable IMHO) for why we have NOT been inundated with visitors from a future after #TimeMachines have been invented by #STEM #GradStudents. One is that ‘#VentureCapitalists ‘ lacking a high-quality #LiberalEducation will extinguish ALL other futures for humanity. 🤔
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@lauren #STEM #GradStudents don’t ‘Rule the World’, but they do INVENT it. 👏
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#California #GradStudents Won A Historic #Strike. #UCSanDiego Is Striking Back With Misconduct Allegations and Arrests.
Since ratifying a contract, workers at University of California #SanDiego have faced what they say is an escalating retaliation campaign.
https://theintercept.com/2023/07/11/uc-san-diego-graduate-student-workers-union/ #PhDLife #PhDChat #Union -
Do you know #cursive? If so, the
National Archives wants YOU to help transcribe pension records from the #AmericanRevolution! https://www.archives.gov/citizen-archivist/missions/revolutionary-war-pension-filesWAIT: A fellow mastodonian points out this should be *paid* work. These veterans' oral histories are fascinating reading, but how about paying #Veterans or #GradStudents to transcribe them?
#USHistory
#AmericanHistory
#AmericanRevolution
#histodons
#historicalSources
#vastEarlyAmerica
#HistoryRemix
#18thC
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Saw this in @washingtonpost and there's some great advice for #gradstudents (and all of us, honestly) @academicchatter
"my friend beats me out in every area, […] I’m genuinely happy for them — and jealous as hell. […] What’s the key to stopping the comparisons and just living my own life?"(Gift link, no subscription required)
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“Of the 4,165 graduate assistants who were eligible to vote, 2,559 participated by casting a vote with 2,487 votes in favor of unionization.”
Nicely done, #Minnesota #UMN #GradStudents / #GradWorkers
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Calling all #gradstudents and new #PhDs! GBE is proud to showcase exceptional work from scientists early in their careers. Nearly half of GBE manuscripts accepted in 2022 had a student or newly graduated PhD (within 2 years of defense) as the first author! Learn more reasons to publish with GBE https://academic.oup.com/gbe/pages/why-publish #science #evolution #biology