Funding Definition and 103 Threads

Hello all, Would anyone know of a website that has a comprehensive list of fellowships, grants and funding opportunities for graduate students in the sciences? I know of the big ones like NSF, DOE, NDSEG, etc but was wondering if there are smaller grants for research or stipend that is available?

I am attempting to found a Physics Engineering club at my school (Appalachian State University) and we have come to the sticky issue of funding. We would like to keep dues as low as possible, but with the expected cost of workspace, projects, and start-up costs of tools, we are going to need a...

Will the recent economic pressure in the US result in funding cuts of the research in the US universities? Let's debate.

Hello I will be applying next year to some PhD. programs in nuclear engineering and I have been thinking about whether or not to include information about funding in the statement of purpose. I have already written a decent statement of purpose for REU programs this summer that I have had two...

I have a question for this august body, prompted in part by this article. In the US, if I choose to get a PhD in the physical sciences, I receive a stipend that covers my tuition and pays me a modest salary, so that I come out of graduate school debt free. However, if I want to become a...

Hello, I completed my O level exams in 2006 from Bangladesh and my A level exams in 2009 from the UK with A's in all the subjects. Then I enrolled at Imperial College London on the BSc physics program. I completed my second year in 2011 and then I faced a financial problem, so I spoke with my...

My students would like to become engaged in the construction of robots. I am not sure what the best options are for kit purchase or DIY-type. I was also curious of any national organizations that might have funding opportunities. Thank you.

Does anybody have advice on how to get funding for a College Math club from sources outside the university? I know our physics club was able to write letters to various organizations requesting for donations and they got incredible results. I am going to check with them (though I hope we are...

I am told that most doctoral programs in the USA for the sciences are fully funded, and some even come with a stipend, because they need research and teaching assistants. Fair enough, but would "computer science", "economics", and "psychology" also be considered sciences for this purpose? Are...

Hello, Can you guys please tell me where do I can get help about my patent. I am a student and am unable to complete my EXPERIMENTS about climate research Cloud and storm I really need help to find a laboratory or a place to get my patent funded Thanks

Greetings, this is my first post here. I just graduated with a B.S in Physics and will be attending a university for a M.Sc program (Terminal degree there). I will be receiving a state university grant, additionally there are TA/GA positions that I am applying for. I will also...

This is wrong in so many ways. If you want to send your child to a private school, fine, but you should not be able to use public tax dollars. We have public schools paid for by tax dollars. How the hell can this happen...

So, I am an undergraduate physics student, and unfortunately I was not able to obtain a national physics internship for this summer. However, I was wondering if it is still possible to work on a project with a professor, without the funding. If this is possible, how would I go about to...

I am interested in understanding how Physics research is funded and which particular sub-fields as well as categories (.e. theoretical vis a vis experimental/observational) are preferentially funded today as well as historically (e.g. during WWII and the Cold War era, particle physics was...

I'm a Canadian student studying in Germany and I'm about to do my masters here. I'm wondering if anyone has been in the same situation? As a Canadian, I'm inelligible for most German funding (though tuition is free), so for my bachelors I've been working part time to finance what money I need to...

Most of the REUs are for US citizens only. However, some of them do admit international students who are willing to fund themselves or find some external funding. Is it popular among international students to participate in such way? Is it much easier to be admitted because you are funding...

Hello. My question is directed to those of you who actually have some experience in the area or who can provide detailed information rather than general/theoretical guidance. I would like to ask you about funding sources available for an independent scientist on the U.S. or international...

Hello everyone! I was wondering if any of you know any schools that will provide full funding for students pursuing a MS in analytical chemistry in the US? I have done some research and there are many schools that state they provide assistantships to masters students but once contacted, admit...

I have ideas about people I personally would like to put on these islands. :devil: My fear would be that these people will eventually leave these "islands" and come back to the real world unable to adapt or even understand how society operates. No laws and plenty of guns. Isn't this what we...

how much money did you receive for graduate funding are you in math or physics/masters or phd are you in Canada or the United States or somewhere else and what do you think is average, below average, above average for a domestic masters student per year? how do they make the decision...

Hello everyone. I have not found this topic, so it must be highly unusual. It is very embarrassing, so I ask any responders to please be nice... I am in the unusual position of being a fully funded researcher who is running out of ideas much faster than I'm running out of money. I am in...

So hopefully I can redirect the discussion from: https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=3229442 to here. I read an interesting article last night http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/03/an-anti-college-backlash/73214/ One of the things that stuck with me is this part...

So I heard that some physics and astronomy graduate programs are going through major funding issues right now. For example, one school I know only accepted about 5 students out of 150 for the phD admissions this year for their Astronomy dept (they're haven't been super-competitive like that in...

Got into PhD program--without funding! Hi all, Well, I was accepted to an applied math PhD program that I really wanted to attend. Actually it was the only program I applied to that I had particularly strong feelings about. Anyway, as you read above, I wasn't offered funding and I'm told I...

If you are not aware of this yet, the proposed 2011 Budget by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives includes a 30-percent cut to the budget at the Dept. of Energy Office of Science. This is the office that is responsible for funding physical sciences and chemistry, and the running...

This bill by Sen. Rand Paul, http://www.randpaul2010.com/2011/01/senator-paul-introduces-500-billion-in-spending-cuts/ (links to the bill itself and a summary are in the linked page), is almost surely DOA, but it does reflect some of the thinking in the new 112th Congress. The outlook for...

Does anyone know of some NSF programs to fund US citizens to do PhDs in the UK or elsewhere outside the US?

Wasn't really sure where to put this post, Here is the short version I am a student who is trying to restart a research lab on campus that is highly publicized but inactive, much to my dismay as a transfer student. I have discussed it with faculty and admin, however without outside funding...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/04/business/04research.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=print It looks fairly likely that cuts will happen. Now, the stimulus did manage to shield universities from the recession (although some physics grad students did tell me that the recession still managed...

I'm quite concerned about that...

Although I am not yet sure which area I would want to do a PhD in (I am only in 2nd year undergrad) it would most likely be something applied like accelerator physics, plasma physics, metamaterials, plasmonics etc. (I realize this is a ridiculous range of topics :P ) The proposed ~30% cuts to...

This is a hypothetical question: let's say I win the lottery and I want to use the money to make sure my child is always employed and happy. Is there a way for me to transfer the money to the child in a way that they think they earned it on their own as if it were any other kind of investment...

Hi, I am currently finishing my third year of a four year Astrophysics degree at The University of Liverpool. I hope to go on and start a PhD the year after I finish my degree. I hope to finish with a high 2.1 or possibly a first. I am considering looking to study in the US, I wanted to ask a...

I don't know about the past, but these days it's very hard for MSME students to get funding, according to what the professors at my school say. However, I have heard that some MS students start off unfunded and then get funding after a semester or two. I was just wondering if anyone here can...

So I got an admit at NCSU for PHD math finally. In fact, it was the only school I got an admit from. Unfortunately, (Yep you guessed it!) I did not land myself any sort of funding. They seemingly decide upon Teaching Assistantships once in a year, and that's that! So, my only option on getting...

ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now is in the news again. http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/09/16/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5315657.shtml Should any more tax payer funds be given to ACORN or should they first be investigated?

here is the question and solution: http://i31.tinypic.com/347ttlj.jpg i was asked to find the flux of the system i know that \phi=LI why they divide the result by the number of turns?? in the previous question i was told in the inductor which has certain L and certain I find...

I plan on pursuing my PhD in aerospace or mechanical engineering and I am wondering, what are the advantages/disadvantages of getting graduate funding as an RA or TA? I feel like being an RA would require a lot more work but at the same time would be useful because you would gain even more...

Why is it so hard to find any sort of funding for those looking to bridge the gap between undergraduate and doctorate level? I have received a 2:1 in physics and am now looking to pursue a career in particle or theoretical physics. I imagine there could be some PhD courses I could get on to...

Assume the economy is in a recession. How badly will decrease in funding be in the sciences and maths research? Which area will be worse hit science or maths? For the worst hit, which area in it would be hit worst?

The following idea occurred to me: It seems very hard to get scholarships into Primary and Secondary schools because everyone goes for them. And also very hard to get scholarships for undergraduate because of the small number of them avaliable and small number of universities. However, it's...

Funding Issue: Departmental Poltics at play? An interesting issue occurred today, that I am having trouble interpreting. So, maybe some pseudo-random replies on this forum might help. I was accepted into Ph.D. program rather keen tostart purchased my textbooks months ago etc. Issue: I had a...

Is this very recent? can you post a link? from York Uni website: European Union Nationals EPSRC/STFC PhD Studentships are also open to all EU nationals. For those resident in, or “connected” to, the UK, these studentships provide full funding of University fees and the stipend to cover living...

How much does the American public know about or enable energy conservation? It seems to me that by far most effort of this kind is by industry and government. Has the informational drive to change public consumption through behavior been successful, or is the primary means the pocketbook...

I've asked this question before, but I have something different here. Ok, my school is probably going to have a certain amount of funding based on being a teaching assistant for a certain amount of hours per term (per week). It is predicted to be around $1800-2300 a term as far as I know...

from May 2006... Stop Funding America's Enemies http://www.defensetech.org/archives/2006_05.html For reference: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/ene_oil_con-energy-oil-consumption #1 United States: 20,730,000 bbl/day Doing some math, 400,000 divided by 20,730,000 x 100 =...

So I did a Math REU this past summer and have been invited to present at the undergraduate poster session at the joint AMS-MAA meeting in January, but being an undergraduate funding is a little difficult, and something of which I know nothing about, so I have a few questions. The school I did...

How much money do you have to spend doing a Phd (physics)?

European research goes for gold http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6399157.stm Thoughts? Sounds like some serious competition. Will it cause tension among nations and/or individuals? Will it impact collaboration? On a somewhat parallel topic - Car company collapse hits...

Quite a while ago, someone posted a flow-chart that showed how the "global warming lie" is repeatedly supported (one bubble being that scientists need funding for their research) I was wondering if anyone remember/knows of it and could dig it up and post it here for me. I'm not sure whether...