06 / Career
Research careers
After the degree come the practical questions: where and how to apply for a doctorate, how to finance it, and what happens to an invention you made in a lab. This section gives neutral, practical answers without promising outcomes.
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In this section
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Patents for researchers: publish or patent first?
Patents for researchers: why publishing first can destroy novelty, who owns a university invention and when to involve your technology transfer office.
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PhD application: how to apply for a doctorate step by step
How a PhD application works: finding advertised positions or a supervisor, the documents you need, the research proposal and preparing for the interview.
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Research funding: scholarships, grants and fellowships
Research funding for early-career researchers: scholarships, project grants and fellowships, the main funders and how to write a fundable application.
Other sections
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Literature search and review
How to search databases systematically, write a literature review, find a research gap and turn it into a research question that holds up.
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Research tools compared
Reference managers, AI research assistants, plagiarism checkers and writing assistants compared on features, price, data protection and what your university allows.
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Academic writing
Research methodology, research proposals, citation styles, thesis structure and the practical last step of printing and binding, explained clearly.
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Publishing your research
How to choose a journal, prepare and submit a paper, what open access really costs, how peer review works and how to recognise predatory journals.
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Presenting your research
How to design a scientific poster that people stop for, submit an abstract to a conference and give a talk that fits the time slot.
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Deep tech explained
Research-heavy technologies explained for non-specialists, starting with emerging memory: MRAM, ReRAM and phase-change memory.