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Covering application fees for peer review, when your university declines to proceed, but expert in the field consider the work excellent
Situation - I produced a MSc thesis in applied data science (I mean, using data science but applied on a certain domain X), which was A-graded. An expert in the field X said it is excellent and worthy ...
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How much would it be reasonable to plan for publication expenses, for a project in physics (experimental optics)?
I am preparing a grant application, for a project in physics (experimental optics).
So, my question is: how much would it be reasonable to plan for "publication expenses" in the budget, in ...
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Would it be professional to ask my host to cover my dining and commuting expenses?
I'm a M.Sc student in europe who is collaborating with a prof on a research project. He works in an institute which is in a different city than mine. He has offered to cover my up and down weekely ...
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Splitting conference expenses between authors
Suppose I submit a paper with a co-author to an expensive computer science conference, and we agree to split the expenses between us. How can it be done, from a bureaucratic perspective?
Suppose it ...
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What options does an international PhD student in UK have to fund his PhD? [closed]
I am in the final year of my PhD and have some dues to clear. Unfortunately, I don't have enough funds to pay my fees. What options do I have, being an international student, to obtain financial ...
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Methodology for estimating costs of a master’s program before seeking official approval for the program [closed]
Do you happen to know any methodology for estimating the cost of a master’s program at university level before proposing and asking for approval of that program and cost by the state or the university ...
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Will publisher waive fee if currently unaffiliated?
I am in between jobs and want to send a quick note to a journal. However, I do not have any lab to pay the ridiculous publishing fees, is there any way I can ask the journal to waive the publishing ...
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Sources to cover open-access fees
As this question mentions and as I know from my (limited) experience, some journals demand a high fee to make the articles you submit to be available as open-access. For example, a quote from JVSTB ...
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What should I do if I cannot afford a journal Article Processing Charge?
I would like to publish an article open access, but I cannot afford the article processing charge (APC). I am based in the UK, so I do not qualify for some of the available fee reductions or waivers. ...
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American universities - where does all the money go? [closed]
This question is about Title-IV eligable 4 year institutions in America, the majority of which are non-profit.
Colleges have a range of funding sources, including tution fees. Tuition fees have ...