Grad StudentsGrad Students and and
NDeRCNDeRC
How to get a Ph.D.How to get a Ph.D.Apply to grad schools, some apps are free, some apps cost $$$
Once accepted, grad schools are trying recruit you! (visitation weekends)
Pick a school
After 5 years, leave with a Ph.D.
Cost?Cost?
Tuition is covered by the University
About $25,000/year stipend
Teaching Assistant
Research Assistant
Outside Fellowship
Chemistry and BiochemistryChemistry and Biochemistry Program at ND Program at ND
Year 1
Take classes, teach, pick a research group
Year 2
Seminar
Research
Teach?
Academic and Research Progress Exam
Chemistry Hall, c1910s
http://www.archives.nd.edu/about/news/?p=761
Year 3
Research
Year 4
Oral Candidacy Exam
Research
Year 5
Finish research
Write and defend thesis
Find job
Graduate!
Fire-September 1916
After the fire as Hoynes Hall, c1920s
http://www.archives.nd.edu/about/news/?p=761
After GraduationAfter GraduationPost Doc
2-3 years at a different university
work harder than a grad student, get paid slightly more
Academia
Teaching/Research
Government
Industry
Procter and Gamble, Ford, IBM, etc.
Grad Students and NDeRCGrad Students and NDeRC
National Science Foundation GK-12
207 STEM projects across the country
NSF provides a fellowship for graduate students to work in K-12 classrooms while still doing research and working towards their Ph.D. or Masters
NDeRC Grad FellowsNDeRC Grad Fellows
Cohort IV
Natalie WasioChemistry &Biochemistry
erc.nd.edu
Collaborations within NDeRCCollaborations within NDeRC
NANO
ASTRO
GENO
BIO
ENVIRO
Particle Physics