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Mike D.

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    Toronto
  • Application Season
    2013 Fall
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    Philosophy

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  1. Thanks so much for the help guys. I would have stressed out a lot more without your comments
  2. Thanks a lot for the help guys! To "Required Information", I do have some sense of what I would like to research, but at the opening of the section SSHRC writes: "The information provided in this section refers to your own research expertise, not a research proposal." So what I'm worried about is representing my 'expertise'. In what sense could I say that I have such 'expertise'? If I were already a doctoral student, or if I had already completed a master's thesis, or done some (formal) research on the subject, I wouldn't be too worried. But for me, that's not really the case. Am I being ridiculous? Do you think I should just write down what I just take my expertise to be? Or do I have to have some formal mark on my record to point to demonstrate that I have the expertise that I'm claiming to have (such as a completed thesis, formal research already underway, etc.)? I'm also not totally sure by what you mean when you suggest that I look at the faculty listing of my department to take a look at their research interests. Generally, philosophy faculty listings, at least, only mention general areas of research interest (such as "Philosophy of Law"). But these general areas correspond to the disciplines of the 'Disciplines' section immediately below the section I'm asking about. And I'm guessing (though I'm not sure) that it probably wouldn't be a good idea to simply repeat the disciplines of interest to me there? (or perhaps it would be, since the section I'm asking about asks for "areas of expertise" and the 'Disciplines' section asks for: "Indicate and rank up to 5 disciplines that best correspond to your research interests"). To NicoleMC: Do you think mentioning areas of expertise that correspond to disciplines for the keywords (expertise) section would be appropriate (such as, "Philosophy of Law")? I worry that anything more specific might be too abstruse (to the point where it would be entirely unrecognizable to those outside of philosophy). Thanks again!
  3. Hey everyone, I'm not sure if this is a ridiculous question, but I was wondering if anyone would know how to complete a particular section of the SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship application. Under the "Research Expertise" section of the Doctoral Awards online application form it asks for keywords "separated by a semicolon, that best describe your areas of research expertise". No other details are provided. Does anyone have any idea what sort of keywords SSHRC has in mind? I worry that I won't be giving them what they want. (As a side note, I'll be applying for a direct-entry doctoral program and I have only completed an undergraduate degree, with no thesis). Thanks for the help in advance!
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