mrmalawi
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mrmalawi got a reaction from shadowclaw in No Eligibility for Fellowships due to previous graduate education?
I'm not very deep into the funding scene yet but I have run into the opposite problem. I am an MS student and the only substantial funding sources I have been able to find for soil science based research is the NSF GRFP and Borlaug Fellows and the rest appear to be for PhD students and post-docs. I suppose its really depending on the field of study though.
It'd be worthwhile to ask some PI's you are interested in working with what graduate students in their labs typically do and/or cold call them yourself.
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mrmalawi got a reaction from TakeruK in Saving most of your stipend
Oh bother, I opened up another can of worms.
http://www.bogleheads.org/ <---great, low-cost mutual funds.
Meeting with a fee only financial adviser could be a good move too.
Good luck!
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mrmalawi got a reaction from DropTheBase in Application Fee Waivers <--- Look!
Hey Everyone,
While I know this may not be relevant to all of you out there I really encourage you all to at least try to get application fees waived, especially for research programs. Last fall when I was applying to was serving with the Peace Corps in Malawi, Africa. I applied to 6 graduate programs all over the country and all fairly respectable schools (Berkeley, UC Davis, Michigan State, Cornell, UC Santa Cruz and UMass). All of them except UMass waived my application fee and made it very easy. So, if you find yourself questioning whether you want to send in all those applications consider if your current financial situation might be a hindrance and if so make your case. All they can say is no and if you don't ask you don't know.
Good luck to everyone this year!
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mrmalawi got a reaction from perfectionist in Application Fee Waivers <--- Look!
Hey Everyone,
While I know this may not be relevant to all of you out there I really encourage you all to at least try to get application fees waived, especially for research programs. Last fall when I was applying to was serving with the Peace Corps in Malawi, Africa. I applied to 6 graduate programs all over the country and all fairly respectable schools (Berkeley, UC Davis, Michigan State, Cornell, UC Santa Cruz and UMass). All of them except UMass waived my application fee and made it very easy. So, if you find yourself questioning whether you want to send in all those applications consider if your current financial situation might be a hindrance and if so make your case. All they can say is no and if you don't ask you don't know.
Good luck to everyone this year!