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Five email templates for contacting a potential PhD supervisor — and the checklist to send them safely.
5 email templates · Markdown
Get it freeA paragraph-by-paragraph structure for a PhD statement of purpose, with prompts and word budgets.
SOP structure · Markdown
Get it freePlan a reproducible literature search and track your screening — with a ready-made screening log.
Worksheet + screening log · Markdown, CSV
Get it freeScore your own proposal like a reviewer would — before you submit.
Scoring rubric · Markdown
Get it freeA point-by-point response letter for journal revisions, plus a short-form conference rebuttal.
Letter + rebuttal templates · Markdown
Get it free44 questions examiners commonly ask, what each is testing, and how to prepare.
44 questions + prep plan · Markdown
Get it freeFix your evaluation plan before you run experiments — the fastest way to avoid reviewer objections.
Protocol template · Markdown
Get it freeUse AI tools in your research without hallucinated citations, wrong numbers, or policy violations.
Checklist + disclosure templates · Markdown
Get it freeThree job scripts (single GPU, job array, multi-GPU) and a cheat sheet for university HPC clusters.
3 scripts + README · .sbatch, Markdown
Get it freeA clean Overleaf-ready paper skeleton and a README template that makes your code reproducible.
main.tex + .bib + README · LaTeX, Markdown
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Open the toolsPractical guides on supervisor emails, statements of purpose, PRISMA, rebuttals, viva prep, and more.
Read the guidesFive days, nine prompt templates, one finished research proposal.
Start the free courseHow admissions work, supervisor shortlisting, the cold email, the statement of purpose, and your final package.
Start the free courseJournal-quality proposals across protein structure, drug discovery, medical imaging, and genomics.
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