#GradStudents

A 2018 study found that #gradstudents are nearly six times more likely to experience #anxiety and #depression than the general population. If you feel like you’re struggling, these strategies may help:

Thank you very much to @cafreeland for meeting with members of Support Our Science today to discuss increased funding for #GradStudents and #Postdocs! 🧡 Together we can create an sustainable research ecosystem that benefits all Canadians! 🇨🇦

I'm starting a #WeeklyWritingGroup to provide @IRSS_UBC's #gradstudents a dedicated #writingspace✍️ 🆘So then, what tools work best to promote #productive writing time? i.e. #Pomodoro, no-phone-zone, goal setting sheets, etc? All ideas welcome! @AcademicChatter #AcademicChatter

Okay, prospective #gradstudents. Let’s clarify a few things about funding at US institutions. Here’s some key information you should know before you start applying and cold emailing potential advisors. ✏️ US institutions (high-level research ones – so-called-R1s) fund more #PhDstudents than #MS students. Why? Because our goals are (1) to graduate PhDs to maintain R1 status and (2) do transformative research, which requires a PhD-type time commitment. Caveat: non-PhD-granting institutions do often fund MS degrees. 🎓 In the US, we admit grad students directly to PhD programs. You don’t need an MS degree first (though if you’re changing fields from your BS to PhD, it is helpful). 🎱 No, it will not improve your chances of funding if you email Department Chairs or Graduate Committee Chairs asking for Teaching Assistantships. TAs (and other assistantships) are decided as part of your admission decision and included in your offer package. Communicate your interests with the program based on research fit, not funding. We know you need funding! 🎯 Target your applications. Lack of commitment to a field shows through in your statement of purpose (SOP). Make connections with people in the research area and at programs that you really want to pursue as your life’s work. Diluting your effort to apply to dozens of places will not up your chances of admission and funding because your SOP will lack passion and authenticity. 📛 Please don’t be angry at a faculty member you want to work with who says they don’t have funding. I promise you – we all want to fund more students. I spend at least 20% of my work time writing proposals – about 10-15 hours per week – and double that in September, October and May. Grant funding is hard to come by, and we do our best! 💲 If you are lucky enough to have multiple offers, the stipend dollar amount isn’t the only thing to consider. You need to understand cost of living (e.g. living in Ithaca, NY at Cornell University is expensive, but living in New York City will cost more!) and how far your stipend will go. Understand if you’re responsible for any fees. Great message from Prof. Jillian Goldfarb from Cornell University.(Via LinkedIn)

Female #gradstudents in #psychology outnumber males by approximately three to one, and have done so for more than a decade. More from @APA_Monitor:

As promised! For #HispanicHeritageMonth we’re amplifying this community! STARTING TODAY, everyday this week at 12pm EST we’ll be posting a different thread 🧵👇 Monday: #Undergrads Tuesday: #GradStudents Wednesday: No thread Thursday: #Industry & #Academia Friday: EVERYONE!

Updated my CV recently and realized that in the last 5 years I taught 10 different courses at 5 colleges; 8 of the courses were developed almost from scratch. #Adjuncts, #gradstudents how many courses have you developed over 5 years or less? @AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter

Almost every grad student I know is depressed or burned out. Here are 5 small things I use to trick myself into having a better work day. A 🧵: #Mentalhealth #gradstudents @PhD_Genie @PhDVoice @MindfulAcademix @AcademicChatter @OpenAcademics @GradStudentTho1

Hey #AcademicTwitter: if your university opened TODAY with whatever plans opening plans they have shared, if any, would you go in immediately? Especially curious about #Postdocs and #GradStudents. Please reply with reasons either way!

Our second thread of the week is dedicated to #GradStudents 👈 Calling all #PuertoRicansInSTEM who are current or just graduated Graduate Students in any graduate STEM degree! Help amplify by tagging and RTs! #HispanicHeritageMonth 🇵🇷

4 DAYS LEFT! 🚨 Will you join us Monday to #SupportOurScience! Awards for #GradStudents and #Postdocs have not increased in 20 YEARS, despite 50% inflation during this time! It's time to change that. ⏲️ Find out more info about the walkouts here:

5 steps #gradstudents can take to think about their careers like entrepreneurs (essay)

Two challenges I gave to #gradstudents at the end of this panel: 1. In the next 2 weeks do something new and fun that has nothing to do with grad school 2. Hang out with your cohort without alcohol & with no talk about grad school or research - get to know one another as people

This stats in 1 hour at 12pm EST! Hope to see you there! #phdlife #gradlife #neurodiversesquad

#GradStudents are arguably *the* primary producers of #research output at Canadian universities, and core contributors to the #teaching and #leadership missions of their institutions. **But how (and how well) are they compensated?** Let's take a look! A long thread 🧵👇 (1/n)

#gradstudents, here's a booklet on preparing for the academic job market:

Yale’s first annual 🧬 Day of Immunology 🦠was today!! @YaleIBIO #gradstudents and #postdocs introduced 60+ @newhavenpublic1 students to #vaccines, #allergies and more! Thank you @YalePathways for your support! #STEM #outreach

Here's a booklet for #gradstudents preparing for the academic job market:

Guess who started grad school today? Welcome to the 12 new students in our 4th cohort! 👏 #gradstudents @StJudeResearch

Are #statistics hard? Yep. Can they be learned? Also yep. Are there potentially larger issues at stake regarding #gradstudents understanding the broader process of #science? Maybe... @boyleslab did the heavy lifting, and we wrote a paper on the subject:

Today's a big day for our incoming @ucdavis #GradStudents! While our Graduate Student Orientation will look a little different this year, we're still thrilled to be officially kicking off #gradschool for over 1,200 of our newest Aggies. #UCDavisGSO