Questions tagged [independent-researcher]
An independent researcher is not affiliated with any university or academic institution, and does not receive grants from any such institutions.
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What affiliation should I use for a paper that I partly wrote in a previous institution?
I am writing a research paper to be submitted to an IEEE conference. Part of the work was performed as a part of my University. I have graduated from there and am no longer a part of the university. ...
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Can I perform psychological experiments at home and be taken seriously?
I've just finished my under-graduation in psychology in my country and I'm very motivated to start publishing and making my own experiments.
Following this answer: Does one need to be affiliated with ...
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Author affiliation regarding [duplicate]
I completed my master's three months back. Currently, I am writing scientific articles with collobrations in which I use the previous educational affiliation. Is this correct or should I use my ...
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Bringing my nephew to classes with me [closed]
How does bringing babies to classes make the person, i.e. the student who brought the baby to school, feel?
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Conducting research at my alma mater
I'm thinking about conducting a research at a specific division of the university from which I received my PhD. I had a negative experience while I was there. And I keep hearing that many other ...
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How to "become familiar with the literature", inter alia to find appropriate method to publish independent research?
This is a more basic question than, and not a duplicate of, this question. That question was answered, basically, with "become familiar with the literature in that field" and read that literature. So ...
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Math Paper and Grad School Application
I am applying for pure Math Ph.D programs this year.
I did some independent research in centralizer of matrices, and I developed an algorithm to generate the explicit k-basis for the space of ...
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I want to write a historical research paper
I apologize if this isn't the place to post a question like this. Feel free to close it if that's the case.
So I want to write a historical research paper on a particular event in a past U.S. ...
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How do I cite sources in a math paper
I've written a paper that [still] seems original to me and feedback tells me it needs work. The paper is about Pythagorean triples which has been done for ages but I've yet to find prior art on the [...
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How to find a reviewer/editor for my paper? [closed]
I wrote a paper, which I would like to submit to a convention. I've never written a paper before. I'd like it to be thoroughly reviewed, not to say edited, before I submit it. I'm willing to pay for a ...
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What are the steps and resources I can use to publish a math paper? [duplicate]
I've spent years writing a math paper I call "A study of Pythagorean Triples" and I would like to publish. I've written and re-written for accuracy and clarity and I ported it from Word to TexShop ...
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Mentioning possible PhD principal investigators in graduate application w/o being asked to do so?
My title is pretty self-explanatory, but I was wondering how it looks to mention specific researchers to work with in graduate school via my personal statement/s. I'm applying to PhD programs in ...
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NSF GRFP Application for a Rising Undergraduate Senior
Prefacing this, I am currently a rising undergraduate senior who plans to attend graduate school after I finish this last year. I want to work toward a PhD in neuroscience. Over the past year, I have ...
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How to validate scientific ideas outside academia?
Long story short, I have some ideas regarding the field of psychology and I am looking into ways to validate them with people with experience.
Options I see:
Submit a paper and wait feedback from a ...
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Could one become a successful researcher by writing some really good papers while being outside academia?
Would it still be possible today to go from relatively unknown to a respected figure in physics by writing some spectacular papers being outside the academia?
(Just like Einstein did)
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Seeking to pursue research project independently (outside of academia) [duplicate]
Hello Academia Community,
I hold a PhD and would like to pursue a research project independent of an university (outside of academia on my own or in collaboration with other researchers). First of ...
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How to judge the quality of academic paper (students pov)?
I have a master's degree (in maths) and would like to pursue a PhD in future and have at least a year in hand. So I thought of picking some new research topic by reading articles in journals. The ...
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Do professors like answering questions from non-students/private citizens? [closed]
I am a non-student/private citizen and I am eager to meet with professors at universities in my area so I can ask these professors a particular question about a particular subject matter. I want to ...
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How to learn to make a meaningful study without having an academical background?
I am an autist who had been in therapie for 8 years. In that therapie I learned a lot about my own and later about others psychology. I also developed over the years an tendency to just experiment ...
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Can I affiliate with a university and use its IRB to do self-funded research part-time?
I am a social scientist about to finish my PhD program, and I'm hoping that I will get an academic job that will enable me to PI my own studies. However, I think there is a chance that this will not ...
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Employment in academia for doctorates w/o same field undergrad
I'm an undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering interested in a career in academia, especially Physics. A middle aged person in India (from where I am) I recently met told me he couldn't find ...
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Is it better for me to audit or enroll in a class for independent research?
I plan to conduct independent research on different forms of early childhood education. I have a B.A. in Early Childhood Education but no formal education in research methods or statistics. I was ...
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As an independent/non-affiliated researcher, what would I replace a logo with on a business card?
I'm currently not affiliated with any academic institution; but - I still get around, interact and need some business cards.
The thing is, without any institutional information, a card tends to look ...
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Dealing with misconceptions when proposing a new idea as an outsider to a field [duplicate]
I have some ideas related to computer architecture/electrical engineering on which I would like to get feedback from academics.
A professor at a university I visited has the belief that something I ...
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Is it possible to work on independent research project with a professor from previous university?
My Undergraduate education will be ending soon, and I want to work on an independent project with one of the professor even after my graduation before joining another university for my masters. Is ...
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How can a layman easily get the consensus view of what academia *thinks* about a subject?
I'm a total layman, but sometimes I have really random specific questions, like What does science say about the transfer of learning, or what is the distribution of different of sexual fetishes in the ...
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How to know if one is suitable for pursuing academia or Research work their entire life? [duplicate]
I am a PhD student in engineering in an university in Canada. I am close to completion of my thesis but I am not very proud of my work. I have couple of publications from my work, all in decent ...
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What can be done to bridge the gap between amateur and professional mathematicians? [closed]
I am an amateur mathematician. I have trained myself on math-related websites and other resources. However, the lack of technical knowledge, methods, and sociological culture usually shared by ...
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How to get second chance at pursuing honours/PhD if your undergraduate grades are poor in Australia?
I recently completed a 3 year bachelor degree in Computer Science at an Australian university. I graduated with a GPA which is roughly the equivalent of a “C” in the US. I only blame the grades on my ...
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How to obtain funding for independent research after graduating from undergrad?
I just graduated with BS from undergrad and am employed as a research associate staff by a research team at the university.
I would like to ask for suggestions about how to obtain research funding ...
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