Is publishing a paper helpful for applying for a postgraduate scholarship?
In college, Carley Kratz ventured to southern Mexico to study the effects of ants and honeydew on coffee bean cultivation. This experience laid a good foundation for her and helped her get a postgraduate scholarship from her favorite school.
More importantly, this research expedition gave her the opportunity to collaborate with others to write a paper, which was also published in the Journal of Environmental Entomology, one of the major publications issued by the American Entomological Society.
Scholarship experts say that it is very important for students to publish papers early in their academic career when applying for scholarships and other forms of financial assistance.
Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of "finaid.org and fastweb.com", said, "If undergraduates apply for papers, it must be indicated in the documents, because the Admissions Committee thinks that students who can publish papers in undergraduate courses have great potential to become researchers."
The case of Cratz, a doctor of forestry at Michigan University of Science and Technology, can prove this statement. He won a very popular postgraduate scholarship from the Science Bureau of the US Department of Energy, which covered the living expenses of $35,000, tuition fee remission of10.5 million and research funds of $5,000.
Like Kantrowitz's suggestion, Cratz also suggested that students who are trying to raise the tuition fees for graduate students can strive to publish their papers as soon as possible, and the more they publish, the better. "The important thing is to start writing at once, keep writing, and don't stop," Cratz said. "The more you focus on your own research, the more you focus on optimizing them, and the more likely it is to be published."
Cratz's proficiency in scientific research (which stems from her down-to-earth experiments and keen interest in environmental change) is one of the important qualities that professors feel worthy of applying for funds for their research.
Their suggestions are also applicable to international students, such as Le Tai yvonne Leswich, a Fulbright scholar from South America, and a 29-year-old doctor who is also studying environmental engineering at Michigan University of Science and Technology. When asked what helped her wifi the Fulbright Scholarship, Leswifi said, "I have been doing scientific research since I was an undergraduate.
Leswifi has been focusing on hydrogen production, and she plans to return to South Africa to teach at Zwani University of Technology. She said that if others can see that you are passionate about scientific research, the greater your chances of getting funding. But this enthusiasm must be tested by practice. "The research proposal must be feasible and you think it can be achieved," Leswifi said.
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