Hello dear.
As the majority of you know, to catch a scholarship is an extremely complex and hard process. Believe it or not, even who won a scholarship once, would not be able to do it again if they go for it from scratch.
In your opinion, what factors can determine that you can hunt a scholarship while compete with other rivals or lose it? range the scores for following factors from 0 to 12 based on their relative importance.
- the number of published ISI articles in top journals with high impact factor.
- the number of well-known international conferences that you have participated.
- the quality of recommendations that your previous supervisors have written you, kindly.
- the grades of your transcripts and quality of your previous universities.
- the high grade of an English certification, such as an academic IELTS score = 8.0.
- the quality of your research proposal.
- the background of your work experiences and how many years you have worked in your field.
- the luck.
- the age
- the nationality.
- the appearance
- the gender.
- the exact synchronization of suitable time and need a supervisor to your skills.
I think one cannot make general claims here.
Different scholarship funders have different criteria.
Most important is the match between the funder's criteria and your profile plus the quality of your application (timeliness, completeness, layout etc.)
Dear Prof. Doring, do you think can we use of marketing laws and tricks for this purpose? Let me to explain more: the funder's criteria and our profile plus the quality of your application are equal to supply and demand in financial markets, the funders pay for our skills and we will to our best to sell them. So, can "scientific marketing" term be used for description of this situation? When top 6 potential PhD candidates are included into short list of doctoral school committee, is there another factor out of the funders criteria that may bias one to others? Something OUT of funders criteria. I mean hidden stimulators from a candidate towards the funders.
RA and TA are fuzzy states of a bigger picture. As soon as I collect enough data from who ranked aforementioned factors from 0 to 12, I will analyze them statistically. I guess there are some determinative factors that result in selecting a final candidate among others in a short list.
Dear Iman, you asked an important question which will certainly be of broad general interest to many RG members as well. First of all, let me note that you can find highly valuable information about this issue right here on RG. For example, the following potentially useful article is freely available as public full text on RG:
Article Factors that influence PhD candidates' success: the importan...
Other helpful references can easily be accessed by searching the "Publications" section of RG. I'm not going to give scores to all points listed in your original question. Here are just a few personal thoughts: If I had to offer a PhD position, I would look for a candidate who has solid practiclal experience in our field of research. Good knowledge of English, good grades and perhaps one or two publications in renowned jorunals would of course be helpful. What does not count in our group is: Age, nationality, and gender. In the past we had co-workers (both PhD students and post-docs) from all over the world, including India, China, Iran, Belarus, Ukraine, and Indonesia.
Good luck with your work and best wishes, Frank Edelmann
The best possible answer for a critical question from my personal point of view. Thanks Prof. Edelmann.
Sincerely.
Hi Dr Iman Javadzarin . I think the main factors are :
1.English certificate of high score. Like TOFEL. or IELTS.
2. High GPA in BSc or BA or BE.
3. Good back ground in your specialization to pass the interview. Sone universities make interviews .
Sometimes nationality and age play an important factor
Generalizing my experience I can make the following list:
- the quality of your research proposal.
- notoriety of your previous supervisor, who is writing a recommendation.
- the nationality.
- the gender.
- the luck.
I tnink it is a combination of many objective factors you mention, and a bit of luck.
Dear Iman, In my opinion it is very complex. You may have all of the mandatory requirements but in a close competition you could not be the final choice because you have no opinion about other applicants. I would say that you need to fulfill all the requirements and work more closely to the main topic that you apply for. Moreover, you need to apply in an appropriate time for an appropriate position.
Honestly. the luck.
IELTS or Etc is a must.
while, conference paper are just experienced with.
their only show a bonuses
but, we just doing precision and determination never stop try.
For what I have seen, among those suggested, I vote only for the quality/ pertinence of your research proposal
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0690-7
https://doi.org/10.1080/0158037X.2019.1652158
https://www.elsevier.com/connect/9-things-you-should-consider-before-embarking-on-a-phd
Check https://www.topuniversities.com/student-info/scholarship-advice/scholarship-applications-frequently-asked-questions
the number of published ISI articles in top journals with high impact factor (12)
- the number of well-known international conferences that you have participated(12)
- the quality of recommendations that your previous supervisors have written you, kindly(12)
- the grades of your transcripts and quality of your previous universities(12)
- the high grade of an English certification, such as an academic IELTS score = 8.0 (12)
- the quality of your research proposal (12)
- the background of your work experiences and how many years you have worked in your field(11)
- the luck(12)
- the age(12)
- the nationality(12)
- the appearance(6)
- the gender(10)
- the exact synchronization of suitable time and need a supervisor to your skills(12)
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Best_ways_for_PhD_proposal_and_PhD_Thesis
If you had an excellent undergraduate record from a recognized university, few decades back winning a scholarship for your higher studies was not a difficult task then. But now so many universities mushrooming all over the world and number of graduates with high credentials have increased in many magnitudes the scholarship opportunities have really dried up. Hence in todays world PhD scholarship opportunities are very few and every thing has become money driven. If you are ready to pay for your PhD the chances are more.
Hi,
Your academic credentials and a matter of luck would play the trick. Being at the right place at the right time.
Cheers.
In fact, everything you said increases one's chances of obtaining a scholarship. I believe that the quality of recommendations made by your past supervisors, the grades on your transcripts, your research experience, and the quality of your research proposal are all highly influential. The remainder, such as the quantity of high impact factor journals, the precise synchronization of appropriate time and the need for a supervisor in related field w.r.t your skills, are icing on the cake.
The number of publication in peer reviewed journals, academic grades, research experience, IELTS score, the quality of the proposal and reference letters, previously received funding and scholarship.
Yes sir i agree, the quality of the proposal and reference letters is a necessary thing.
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