PhD or a general scientific research project:
1) It may be unsolved (or partially solved, but may need further upgrades or improvements…may be open from decades to solve gradually, e.g., Human GENOME project etc., … ) topic or problem from academia, industry or other end users.
2) Crucial to know about the scope and gape of the research topic with getting questions on hands and the answers to be investigated.
3) In particular, it is important for the researcher/investigator to know about the importance and benefits of the underline research with goals to convince the academia, industry or other end users for getting research responsibility and grants.
4) To make literature review by reading and understanding most of the previous research findings related to the current research.
5) To evaluate the exact gape and then to gain further theoretical and computational knowledge with tools, related to the filling/solving of research gape or upgrade of the research questions at hand.
6) To outline the research steps and enhanced understanding and improvements in its development month by month within the given time frame of the research accomplishment.
7) To accomplish and meet all the research goals (of the PhD/Project) and in some or many occasions to share it with the global scientific community by presentations to audiences and publications in conferences and journals.
8) The phase of research presenting to the live audiences and its publishing in conference and journals provides golden opportunities to get valuable discussions and comments from the other research experts.
9) By passing through the above phases, the PhD candidate or project solver has to write a complete report of their corresponding PhD research work (THESIS) or project report.
10) The report must have significant research impact that may be reviewed and acknowledged by some expert referees within the related research area.
11) At this stage the outcomes may be in the form of accepts, accepts with minor review, accept with major review, acceptable for the Master degree only, or total reject.
12) Convocation for the grant of the degree for successful PhD candidates.
13) Job search???
14) AHHHH…., finally got it and Job starts…. Congratulations.
15) ----ups and downs of struggles------
16) Retired Professor with big honor.
17) Enjoy retirement life with wife, kids and grand kids.
Muhammad - I think that you are describing 'life' here - especially the life of an academic. Not sure how much more can be said.
What is a PhD or research project? How to do it? What are its phases and impacts with final consequences?
Above questions attract very wide or detailed answers. For a start you can also refer to the following RG links:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_do_you_plan_your_personal_research_ahead https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_most_important_advice_to_be_given_to_an_infant_researcher
Muhammad Ali- What a question. The answer is go and do one and you will get the answer. Your question reminds me of Hope Jahren, Lab Girl, quote:
“Establishing yourself as a scientist takes an awfully long time. The riskiest part is learning what a true scientist is and then taking the first shaky steps down that path, which will become a road, which will become a highway, which will maybe someday lead you home. A true scientist doesn’t perform prescribed experiments; she develops her own and thus generates wholly new knowledge. This transition between doing what you’re told and telling yourself what to do generally occurs midway through a dissertation. In many ways, it is the most difficult and terrifying thing that a student can do, and being unable or unwilling to do it is much of what weeds people out of Ph.D. programs.”
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