Research statement for postdoc application
Are herehome » postdoc careers » documents for the job search » research g a research is a research statement? Common component of the academic job application is the research statement (or statement of research interests). This statement provides a summary of your research accomplishments and current work and discusses the future direction and potential of your work. The statement can discuss specific issues such as funding history and potential, requirements for laboratory equipment and space, and potential research and industrial collaborations. The strongest research statements present a readable, compelling, and realistic research agenda that fits well with the needs, facilities, and goals of the department. Research statements can be weakened by overly ambitious proposals, by lack of clear direction, by lack of big-picture focus, or if inadequate attention is given to the needs and facilities of the department or general advice on research statements:The goal of the research statement is to introduce yourself to a search committee, which will probably contain scientists both in and outside your field, and get them excited about your research. The statement may be 2 or more pages, keeping in mind that you want people to read it. It is better to use a larger font and let it run over another page than to squeeze it all onto two of the overarching theme guiding your main research subject area. If you think that your research could lead to answers for big exciting questions - say so! You've already built up credibility in the previous section, now reach for the it all off with a final paragraph that leaves the reader with a good overall impression of your is a delicate balance between a realistic research statement where you promise to work on problems you really do think you can solve and over-reaching or dabbling in too many subject areas. You probably want to select an over-arching theme for your research statement and leave some miscellaneous ideas or projects out of it. Make sure that you describe your research in language that many people outside your specific subject area can understand. Ask people both in and outside your field to read it before you send your application. Remember that the goal is to get the search committee excited about you - they won't get excited about something they can't will be helpful to point out how some faculty at the department/university that you are applying to could be your collaborators in research and/or sure to include potential funding partners, industrial collaboration! Research statement should convince the search committee not only that you are knowledgeable, but that you are the person to carry out the you have something that sets you apart, (e. Karen’s rules of the research the fall 2016 job market i am re-posting the essential job application posts. Today we look at the research expanded and updated version of this post can now be found in chapter 27 of my book, the professor is in: the essential guide to turning your ph. I am keeping a shortened version here, but for the complete discussion, including examples of common teaching statement errors, please do purchase the book, which compiles all my major job market posts along with 50% entirely new , at long last, and in response to popular demand, a post on the research statement. Have, perhaps, procrastinated on blogging about the research statement because at some level i felt that the rules might be more variable on this document, particularly with regard to in truth, they really aren’ rs should be be two pages long for any junior candidate in the humanities or soft social sciences. Two pages allows for an elaboration of the research well beyond the summary in the cover letter that gives the search committee substantial information to work with. Those junior candidates in the hard sciences and fields like psychology can have 3-4 page research statements. Just never simply assume that longer is better in an rs or in any job the way, the rs to which i refer here is the document sometimes requested as part of a basic job application. And resentment is categorically what you don’t want a search committee member feeling about your job application , in short, the research statement, just like the teaching statement, needs to be one to two pages in length, single spaced. Do not use letterhead for this or the ts, and do not use any special high grade your name and the words “research statement” centered at the unsure how to structure, use a 5-paragraph model as follows:Here are some additional principles:A rs (like a ts) is not tailored to a school overtly. While you may subtly adjust your project descriptions to speak to a specific type of job, you do not refer to any job or department or application in the statement not refer to any other job documents in the rs (ie, “as you can see from my cv, i have published extensively…. The active voice as much as possible, but beware a continual reliance on “i-statements”, as i describe in this post, the golden rule of the research statement.
Programs in the uk and they ask for a research proposal…is this the same thing as a research statement? They are looking for what you might think of as a research protocol, so literally your background, literature review, hypotheses and methods. You would need to convey how this is a unique area of research that is novel and adds to the existing literature; they are assessing the novelty of your research and how you would conduct the study. Phd programs in the uk are heavily researched based; you would need to show that you could literally hit the ground running to do your phd. I have a phd from the uk and there are obviously pros and cons compared to the us system but you need to be a confident researcher if you’re planning to take that : a research proposal is intended as a pitch for a specific project, or the research programme you will undertake within a specific timeframe (such as a phd or a post-doc). A research statement is used for applications for jobs and occasionally fellowships, and outlines the research you have *already* completed, and what you plan to pursue next. So your research statement will describe your doctoral thesis as a finished (or very nearly finished) product, and list the publications generated by your doctoral work and any subsequent , a research proposal is a description of what you would like to do for you phd research. Essentially an outline of your expected phd thesis (which can of course change later once you’ve been accepted and started working on your research) with a short lit review, an identification of a research gap that you plan to address and a brief outline of proposed about in the case where you are asked to provide a “teaching and research statement” in addition to a statement of your teaching philosophy? I have gone for a one page statement which focuses on my research but links that to my teaching so as not to repeat too much from my philosophy or my cover letter. M preparing a “teaching and research statement” and have kept it at 2 pages (1 page for teaching and 1 for research). If it’s 1 page total, for both teaching and research, then how much could i really say? That’s so short, less room than a 2-page cover , on occasions where jobs ask for that combined statement, i always work with clients to do a two page document, with one page devoted to each the blog this week… i wish i found sooner!! D start with rs in general, but it would depend on the job – teaching-centric jobs would be the my field in r1 jobs it is pretty rare that one is asked to prepare a research statement. Dependent, but as kk points out, you should have a research paragraph (or two) in your cover letter anyway…. One obvious caveat would be postdocs and such that either stipulate a longer statement length (the ol’ two page fulbright iie style), or suggest a wider range of material should be for the tips – a very useful post! If the required length of the research statement is not stipulated, would one page also be sufficient for a postdoc application? If you’re well beyond the diss, then you will use the “diss” para to describe your most important recent research, then at the end of that para or in the next one, indicate with a sentence or two the research that preceded it (demonstrating an organic connection between them if possible), with a major publication or two. If you have a small body of secondary research, that can also still fit on one page. The 5-paragraph format for the research statement is very similar to the format for the cover letter. Answer this in another response, but basically you have the space here to go into far more detail about the scholarship itself—the methods, the theoretical orientation, a very brief and edited literature context, and a strong statement of contribution to the discipline. In the hard sciences, and experimental or lab-based social sciences, the rhythm of research and publishing is different and different rules might possibly apply, with a larger number of smaller-scale projects possible. For a specific postdoc), what is the appropriate length of time for revising a dissertation for publication? My instinct is, for a 3-year program, to devote 2 years to revision/publication, and one year to the new research project. Not a single applicant made it onto our short list (or even the “semifinalist” list of 30 candidates) with less than a 2 page research statement (and most were 2. M in a top psychology program, and i echo this– i have read many research statements for short-listed candidates in my department, and i have never seen a research statement shorter than two pages, and typically they are three or four. Maybe it’s a difference in the prestige of the universities, with r-1 preferring lengthier research statements, while liberal arts universities prefer a smaller research statement.
As we situate our dissertation research within our fields (paragraph 2/3) does this mean we have license to use field-specific vocabulary or theoretical language? For schools that require this statement, should we just strip down our cover letter and include some of these details in our research statement? The distinction of the rs is that it can be more field-specific and far more detailed than what you can provide in the single para devoted to the research in the job letter. You can also situate the research vis-a-vis scholarship in the field (carefully and within limits, remembering the rules that the work described is your own, and never to devote precious real estate to what other people have or have not done). Basically, if the cover letter and cv open the door to your candidacy for the very first cut in a search comm member’s mind (say, from 500 to 100), then the rs gives more detailed indication that are a hard-hitting scholar with a sophisticated research program and a body of dense scholarship that will yield the publications you need for tenure, and also answer the question more clearly as to your fit for the job and for the the research statement the same as the diss abstract? Most research statements that i have seen (for searches at r1 schools) have been 2-3 pages. One aspect of this which may be different in stem fields compared to social sciences/humanities is that in stem you really should include between 1 and 3 figures in the research statement. My research statements always included at least two figures – one from published work and one from a cool new result that wasn’t yet published (but was either in review or accepted but not in press, making it hard to scoop). Depending on the school i also sometimes included a picture of a cool method (it’s a pretty pic too) – that was typically done for slac apps where i was also making the point that i would be able to involve their students in that research. With figures that are actually readable, there is no way to get away with less than 2-3 pages for a research statement. Question on the ma – mine was empirical research published in a general science journal (proc b) so i definitely need to mention it. I have collected sample statements from 5 successful candidates and they are all in the 3-5 page range, closer to what the sociologist above describes. I have not seen a single statement at one proposing future research, do you still recommend we avoid stating what others have not done? Can these types of statements, “yet others have not yet address xxx and yyy”, be helpful in justifying the need for our proposed topic? As you say in this post: “avoid the temptation to describe how you will “continue” or “extend” your previous research topics or approaches. My case, my book will be comprised of about half new material and half dissertation research. Like, ‘extending my diss research on xxx, the book offers new ways of thinking about issues yyy and zzz. That makes ally, the sentence i noted above about is my only reference to the diss–the rest is all about the book and future project since i’m a postdoc and the diss is really in the past. Would you recommend shifting the focus of the paragraphs for those of us going on the market as postdocs? For me, i’ll have completed 2 years of a postdoc in education, and so i have many new projects more relevant to my future research than my dissertation was. However, except for a few conference proceedings, i have no publications on my postdoc research yet. In fact, some of my proposed “new” research will be to continue what i began in my postdoctoc. Anyone here know if this is an effective format for british oxbridge postdocs as well? I know my research is good, but the eternal question of how to make anything in the humanities sound important to other people, you know? I consider teaching and curriculum development part of my research, is it okay to mention this in the rs–specifically if written for a university more focused on teaching than research? I don’t know the expectations of all fields well enough to ck: writing a research statement - career planning and professional development.
I searched through a tone of sites for samples and examples, but yours is the most one use references and include a reference list in a research statement? Some remarks on using reference lists/bibliographies would be really mention that p4 should include: “a summary of the next research project, providing a topic, methods, a theoretical orientation, and brief statement of contribution to your field or fields. I want the review committees to see that i have good, viable ideas for future research, but at the same time i’m worried that by giving too many details my ideas are liable to get stolen…not to mention that more detail means a lot more space on the document and i’m already finding it really hard to keep it to 2 pages even just using pretty general info. All the example research statements from my field that i’m reading make generalized statements like, “this area of my research will focus on developing and characterizing the structure of smart multifunctional materials for infrastructure applications,” but that just doesn’t seem like enough…. Am applying for a few phd positions & programs around the world, and some programs ask for a research statement, some for a statement of purpose. I understand, i can mention that in a sop, but not in a research statement. Is there anyway i can communicate to the admissions committee about my situation (within the scope of my application) ? Karen, i am an old follower a research statement, do you give considerably less space to what is already published, books and articles, and much more space and detail to describe projects(s) in progress or about to be launched as research proposal applications? Am applying to an r1 and part of the app package asks for a “statement of research interests”. They are, in fact, wanting to know what my future research projects are, to ascertain if i am a good prospect, correct? I have not done any independent research, but have worked in a lab under a postdoc for three years. As a undergrad, is it okay to refer to the postdoc by name and say that i was assisting? M applying for a phd scholarship and i’m required to write a research statement. I asked this because i am applying for a position that almost there is not a direct relation between my master thesis and my prospective phd supervisor’s research interests. Thank you in some of your research background was for a government agency and your results went to government documents and forms, are you allowed to include it in your research statement. For example, i am applying for a job that calls for a research statement in which i would be designing stream sampling plans and in the past i worked for state government designing and implementing sops for stream sampling and epa reports. In other words, is the rs more to show i can do research and think like a researcher or that i have done similar research in the past? Is a research statement assumed to be written out of the authors own confidence, experience, and general knowledge of their field of study? In science and engineering, almost all dissertation work is collaborative; that’s how it works, either through industry applications, a reagent or mathematical technique, opportunity to apply theory to projects etc. Of course, the student has to compe up with the research questions and hypothesis and methodologies but it is very rare for one lab to have everything that the student needs in-house and even rarer for the work to be done in complete isolation (you don’t see that many two author papers in stem fields these days). Of course the research thrust should be from the individual, but that is like a given. Am also in a stem field, and all of my research has been collaborative to one degree or another. In my tenure-track applications last year, i mainly phrased my research statement to say that i work with yyy group on yyy, lead studies of zzz within the zzz collaboration, and so on. I didn’t get any year i received some feedback from a new letter writer (and current collaborator), who thought that last year’s statement made it hard for outsiders to tell what specific ideas i had and what i specifically did about those ideas. When i rewrote my research statement to focus on those issues this year, i ended up with a stronger document that didn’t need to mention my collaborators at all — not because i tried to claim credit for everything, but because i wrote about my own contributions rather than the corporate jobs go to individuals and not corporations, i am strongly inclined to agree with karen’s advice, even for stem fields. In fact, it may be even more important for those of us with highly collaborative research to discuss our own contributions and leave our colleagues out of our research statements.
The difficulty is to demonstrate what i actually did as author #13 (in alphabetical order) that makes me actually worth karen, i am applying for a faculty position and have been asked to provide along with the usual cv and cover letter “research program plan” and “teaching philosophy”. Could you please or anyone inform me if the “research program plan”is the same as the rs or a detailed research proposal? Please read all my posts on the teaching statement for more on that—do not include your undergrad experiences. Check out my column in chronicle vitae for more on that question–it’s the column on how to apply to a small liberal arts college (slac) karen, i am applying for a postdoc position in spain and have been asked to provide along with cv and references, a “cover letter with a description of research accomplishments and statement of overall scientific goals and interests (approximately 1000 words)”. How do i craft a rs if i really haven’t thought about future research in topics related to management but my teaching experience and work experience (line management) is directly related to management/leadership? My current research focus (and for the last year and a half in my postdoc) has been in “data science”, primarily applied to biology; my dissertation work was in computational biology. I don’t want to focus on the biology aspect; i see this research being more broadly applicable. I also have significant industry experience from before my phd; i spent 6 years doing work that was very relevant to this field of data science (in finance and in global trade), and i’d like to tie that industry work into my research statement. Some have told me i should just talk about my postdoctoral research, while others have said the industry experience, since it’s very relevant, makes me a stronger candidate and i should tie it and my dissertation work into my postdoc and future are your thoughts? My research plan includes a description of past and current research projects (dissertation + 4 subsequent projects) and a description of short and long term projects (work in progress and three major research projects i want to undertake). A few of the ads i’m looking at are asking for a research statement. If you have a research statement where one is combining two different streams of research, is this generally a good idea or would it be better to have a single stream? You also give advice about an “academic plan” is this simply the 1-2 page “teaching statement”? That being said, do you think i should add my master’s research to my research statement? Special question… how do your rules above changing when writing a research statement for someone who has 4+years of ap experience and tons of research after dissertation? Need some good insight/advise on how to to tailor a description of your research that spans many different threads and is perhaps quite a bit different from your you for this useful about career goals? Example, for nih career development awards one has to write a one-page personal statement that includes career and research goals. The two are often specific, can /should one say things along the lines of:“my primary career goal is to become a successful independent investigator focused on xxx research. I plan to secure a faculty position at a major university or research institute where i can engage in cutting edge research on xxx. If you are articulating a complex research and teaching plan, it is understood that you’re aiming for an academic ng, hope this greeting finds you well. Have read this blog with great interest…in my opinion, writing teaching and research statements are very difficult than writing a phd research…. Your info that i have finished my phd research with 17 publications in 2 years and 4 months and since that time (2 years)still writing my research statement and not finish yet.. Am applying for a grad program in engineering and the university requires me to write a research statement. I have no prior research experience nor have i thought about any topics for research. M sorry, i don’t provide advice on applications to grad , can i cite a reference in statement of research interests for a postdoctoral position? Also, do i title my statement of research interests page as ” statement of research interests”?
The initial position is offered for one year with a possibility of renewal for up to one more plan is to use the postdoc opportunity to convert my dissertation into a book manuscript. I may not be able to describe the rationale of my dissertation and further show the addition, (part of) my future directions is to increase the generalizability of the extended model, which means that i may apply it to my future research; and to discuss a potential issue in the extended model. Interesting enough, i found a number of model developers applied their developed theoretical models throughout the year with different research focuses and to validate the model. Am in public health and am a generalist so i have conduct research on a wide variety of topics. My research is all related, because it is on health systems or health policy, so i am trying to unify my rs with the theme of research that improves population health. Regard to your recommendation to leave names of others out of the research statement, i am struggling with what to do for an edited volume with some *very* prominent contributors. Should their names still be excluded from the research statement, or perhaps included elsewhere (perhaps in the cover letter or cv)? Have a question for those out there encountering job openings for technical staff (like myself) with bs degrees requesting research statements. Everything i’ve seen online has been geared towards rs for graduate programs or for those with newly minted there a difference between a “one page research plan” and a “research statement” ? I am a postdoc applying for faculty positions, and they all ask something similar but different. It’s either a research statement, a statement of research interests, or a research plan. A research statement sounds like a research summary, but i feel like i’m missing something. I appreciate any clarity you can bring on the of the postdocs require to submit a c. However, i’m applying for what i think is a better job for me at a research museum, one that would have me doing research and supervising grad students as well as doing outreach (something i’ve got piles of experience with). See that some applications require a vision statement: “no longer than two pages, that outlines one or more major unsolved problems in their field and how they plan to address them. Long should the research statement be if it has been requested as part of the cover letter? The postdoc project seems very prescribed, to the extent that the announcement includes how many studies are planned to be conducted, what the broad hypotheses are and the broad theoretical background. Have a question regarding the relationship between future research and the title of the position in question and how much overlap there should be between the two. Is it acceptable to propose research that is (this is history-based) from a slightly later/earlier period, or a slightly different geographical region than the position focuses on? I’m a nationally regarded thirty-three year veteran high school teacher and recent postdoc (2013) from a top tier history department. Given that i have been out of grad school for quite a while, have a book and many papers published, another book in progress, etc, should my tenure statement be longer than 1-2 pages? M applying for tenure track jobs in english, and some applications ask for a research statement instead of a dissertation abstract, which is the more common of the two. I’ve been told that even if a dissertation abstract isn’t asked for, i should send one in with my application materials. If i’m asked for a research statement, do i still have to send a dissertation abstract as well? I have always wondered whether including 1-2 figures or diagrams that help to illustrate your research plan would be helpful, and maybe even appreciated. Scientists are used to seeing such images in evaluating fellowship applications or grant proposals, why not research statements?
Not in your cover letter of it appropriate to put a date at the top or bottom of your statements? Have been working as a fellow at a slac in the sciences and am directing undergraduate research that does not completely fit the mold of my usual work. But i can see it will come across as much more mature if you downplay that in an application for this great blog and the book! They say they want a “research statement,” but i really think they mean a proposal. Is what will make this work better for this otherwise, there is no time for a second project in this postdoc (or maybe you beg to differ? 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Monday: brows get their own post, because of course they g presentable on webcam – a guest monday: all about job hunting sign portfolio ation you will find here the purpose of a research statement timeline/getting started with your research statement research statement samples additional research statement resources how career services can help youthe purpose of a research statementthe main goal of a research statement is to walk the search committee through the evolution of your research, to highlight your research accomplishments, and to show where your research will be taking you next. To a certain extent, the next steps that you identify within your statement will also need to touch on how your research could benefit the institution to which you are applying. This might be in terms of grant money, faculty collaborations, involving students in your research, or developing new courses. Your cv will usually show a search committee where you have done your research, who your mentors have been, the titles of your various research projects, a list of your papers, and it may provide a very brief summary of what some of this research involves. However, there can be certain points of interest that a cv may not always address in enough got you interested in this research? What direction will your research take you in next, and what new questions do you have? You may not have a good sense of where your research will ultimately lead you, you should have a sense of some of the possible destinations along the way. You want to be able to show a search committee that your research is moving forward � and that you are moving forward along with it in terms of developing new skills and knowledge. Ultimately, your research statement should complement your cover letter, cv, and teaching philosophy to illustrate what makes you an ideal candidate for the job. The more clearly you can articulate the path your research has taken, and where it will take you in the future, the more convincing and interesting it will be to read. Note: separate research statements are usually requested from researchers in engineering, social, physical, and life sciences, but can also be requested for researchers in the humanities. In many cases, however, the same information that is covered in the research statement is often integrated into the cover letter for many disciplines within the humanities � and no separate research statement is requested within the job advertisement. Seek advice from current faculty and new hires about the conventions of your discipline if you are in ne: getting started with your research statementyou can think of a research statement as having three distinct parts. The first part will focus on your past research, and can include the reasons you started your research, an explanation as to why the questions you originally asked are important in your field, and a summary some of the work you did to answer some of these early middle part of the research statement focuses on your current research. How is this research different from previous work you have done, and what brought you to where you are today? In other words, do not talk about your research in abstract terms, make sure that you explain your actual results and findings (even if these may not be entirely complete when you are applying for faculty positions), and mention why these results are significant. When the search committee reviewed the candidate's research statement, they very quickly added his application to the "reject" pile. The candidate actually had a very complete research statement that clearly articulated the future research he wanted to do, and the questions he wanted to answer � that was not the issue. The research statement specifically stated that a primate colony was required to complete most of this research.
Since the future research could not be completed at this university, the candidate was no longer a good fit. The candidate was a very good candidate, but had not given enough thought to tailoring his application. Since you are hoping that your future will be at one of the institutions to which you are applying, you should provide some convincing reasons why your future research will be possible at each institution, and why it will be beneficial to that institution, or to the students at that best time to write your research statement is when you have some tangible results that you can focus on. And you may only be able to write a convincing "future research" question when you know where you will be applying, as you will need to tailor what you write for each institution (see example of what not to do). While you are focusing on the past, present, and future or your research, and tailoring it to each institution, you should also think about the length of your statement and how detailed or specific you make the descriptions of your research. Can you go into very specific detail, or do you need to talk about your research in broader terms that make sense to people outside of your research field � focusing on the common ground that might exist? Additionally, you should make sure that your future research plans differ from those of your pi or advisor, as you need to be seen as an independent researcher. You can give some idea of a 5-year research plan that includes the studies you want to perform, but also mention your long-term plans, so that the search committee knows that this is not a finite r important consideration when writing about your research is realizing that you do not perform research in a vacuum. When doing your research you may have worked within a team environment at some point, or sought out specific collaborations. While these aspects are not necessarily as important as your results and your papers or patents, they can help paint a picture of you as a well-rounded researcher who is likely to be successful in the future even if new problems arise, for these general steps to begin developing an effective research statement:step 1: think about how and why you got started with your research. The research you completed in the past will have brought you to where you are today; also be sure to show how your research past and research present are connected. Explore some of the techniques and approaches you have successfully used in your research, and describe some of the challenges you overcame. What makes people interested in what you do, and how have you used your research as a tool for teaching or mentoring students? Integrating students into your research may be an important part of your future research at your target institutions. Conclude describing your current research by focusing on your findings, their importance, and what new questions they generate. Familiarize yourself with the faculty at each institution, and explore the research that they have been performing. You should think about your future research in terms of the students at the institution. You will also need to think about what equipment or resources that you might need to do your future research. You can also mention what you hope to do with your current and future research in terms of publication (whether in journals or as a book) � try to be as specific and honest as possible. Finally, be prepared to talk about how your future research can help bring in grants and other sources of funding, especially if you have a good track record of receiving awards and fellowships. Mention some grants that you know have been awarded to similar research, and state your intention to seek this type of funding. Step 3: ask faculty in your department if they are willing to share their own research statements with you. To a certain extent, there will be some subject-specific differences in what is expected from a research statement, and so it is always a good idea to see how others in your field have done it. You should try to draft your own research statement first before you review any statements shared with you. Your goal is to create a unique research statement that clearly highlights your abilities as a researcher. There are many examples of research statements online, and links to some of these resources are listed below.
Step 4: the research statement is typically a few (2-3) pages in length, depending on the number of images, illustrations, or graphs included. Research statement samples the samples provided below do not represent perfect examples of research statements � these are unique documents, and there is no absolute right or wrong way to create them. These samples are provided to help you see how others have talked about their research so that you can understand the range of different approaches that can be taken. You should then review the additional resources section below to gain a more detailed understanding of what you should be thinking about when writing your own research statement. Assorted penn alumni samplescomputer science/data analysis samples:http:///~ssuri/about_me_files/p:///~kovar/ mathematical sciences samplebioinformatics samplethe academic job search handbook contains research statements from a variety of disciplines that were successfully used by candidates applying for academic jobs. Note: some of these samples represent general research statements that are not being used in specific job applications, and so you may notice the absence of attempts to tailor the statements to specific universities and institutions. Additional resources many of these resources provide a structured approach to developing and revising research statements, as well as additional samples that you can review. You may also notice that the research statements for certain subjects and disciplines have unique attributes (e. If you are in doubt about what your research statement should look like, then seek advice from current faculty in your department/school. Research statements - university of washington career centerdeveloping your research statementresearch statements - duke university career centerpreparing your application materials - university of california, san franciscoone strategy for writing a research statementacademic job search handbookavailable to current doctoral students and postdocs for purchase at penn's career services for $ we can help you can make an appointment to meet with a career advisor at any time, but you will find it more helpful if you have a draft version of your research statement (even if it is just a rough draft) to get the most useful feedback. However, given the length of academic job application materials such as research statement, these 15-minute slots may not be long enough for you to get a complete review of your a look at our calendar of events to see if we have any workshops or panel discussions that might be helpful. Remember, the more you know about an academic institution, what they do and how they do it, the easier it will be to write more effective application ia stack exchange is a question and answer site for academics and those enrolled in higher education. Join them; it only takes a minute:Anybody can ask a best answers are voted up and rise to the g a research statement. I have mostly highlighted my present work, with only a short discussion of future make my life more complicated, i want to move out of the present problems which i am working presently and choose some new problems for my postdoctoral research. However, modifying my research statement according to the research work of each group is, i think, difficult (as i need to spend time to read their works and spot exactly where my knowledge can be used in their problems and so on). The reason for not having time is i am simultaneously working on some research problem as well as writing my thesis, which i need to submit in the coming this situation, how do i write a good research statement? I want to convey the message to potential employers that, while i have not done research on their problem yet (though i know them to certain level), given an opportunity i can learn and do work in their ch postdocs |improve this mar 4 '13 at 21: mar 4 '13 at 18:g a postdoctoral research statement should not be a huge exercise. Unless you are applying for a major postdoctoral fellowship, i would not necessarily expect a huge research statement. In many cases, in fact, you may not need a research statement at all to apply for a postdoctoral appointment; a cover letter, cv, and list of references may suffice. That said, your statement should provide a few pieces of information:A brief description of your current project, and any maor research skills or tools you have acquired as a result of your training. Brief summary of the kinds of problems you would like to study as a postdoctoral associate. If these are aligned with the interests of the group you are applying to, this is even more tely, however, when you are applying for a postdoctoral position, you are applying to a specific individual, who will be the one reviewing the applications. That means i want to see a clear statement that the applicant has thought about what we do in my group, and how her skills will contribute to the project for which i'm advertising. If there's no such indication, i'm much less likely to take the application seriously, unless there are mitigating factors (lots of publications in top journals, strong recommendation letters from colleagues i know, and so on). While this might seem to be a minor issue, a poorly written statement can be enough for me as an advisor to think twice about hiring someone, simply because i would worry about my ability to communicate with the candidate. It is important to remember that a research statement, or any cover letter for that matter, is a live example of your ability to communicate 's worth pointing out that math postdocs are often posted by departments not individuals, so work a bit differently than typical science postdocs.
A postdoctoral research statement should not be a huge exercise — go on, pull the other one. In my experience, effective research statements for postdoc applications (in mathematics and computer science) are not that different from effective research statements for tenure-track faculty applications. I have written [my research statement] after reading the first few entries of google search results as well as advice from the ams. Haven't read your research statement but i would suspect that reading the first few entries off of google may have been insufficient to fully support your consideration for a post-doc , get someone to test read your research statement. In it, you'll get:The week's top questions and ant community ons that need an example subscribing, you agree to the privacy policy and terms of to write a postdoc research proposal in mathematics? For making online presentation over skype7tips for mathematics student giving interview for physics (quantum information)14how to write a postdoc research proposal in mathematics? Can i justify my choice of projects in my research statement, when i'm not very experienced in it? A research statement in mathematics without having any research experience2background section for research statement2phd in quantum information science/ quantum physics without intensive formal education1postdoc at a research hospital for a physicist (non radiation)3can a research statement contain research interests which are not concrete?
