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Graduate Research Plan

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Graduate Research Plan

Reviewed each Quarter

1. Role(s) of the Mentor (Dr. Steven Roberts)

I will provide the following for each student:

  • Technical support (statistical, logistical, and intellectual) for experiments (e.g., access to equipment supplies, protocols, training on techniques, writing, coding, etc…)
  • Professional development and ongoing career support (e.g., professional networking, career discussions, outreach and engagement opportunities, etc…)
  • Non-technical support aspects of career challenges and progress (e.g., resource identification for dealing with imposter syndrome, mental health, etc…)
  • At least monthly individual meetings to provide feedback
  • Bi-weekly lab meetings
  • Tiered mentoring opportunities (e.g., postdocs, grad students, technicians)

2. Expectations of the Student

  • Research assistants will work 20hr per week and summarize progress at lab meetings
  • Maintenance of electronic, reproducible online notebook and code repository
  • Presentation of your research project to the lab group at least twice in the quarter
  • Completion of shared lab duties
  • Attendance at lab meetings
  • Meeting agreed upon lab time commitments
  • Communication and transparency
  • Respectful, collaborative, and collegial interactions with lab members
  • Lab safety training
  • Following all rules for safe lab practices
  • Academic integrity

3. Goals

Immediate - Current Quarter

Short Term - 1-2 years

Mid Term - 2-5 years

Long Term - 5+ years

4. Milestones and Plan of Attack

5. Clear Timeline for Deliverables

Immediate - Current Quarter

Short Term - 1-2 years

6. Writing plans

7. Funding

Funding Plan

Additional Funding Opportunities

8. Professional meetings

Current Quarter

Academic Year

9. Courses and Workshops

Academic Year

10. Plans for communicating/turning documents around

  • Writing will take place in shared electronic documents (i.e., Google Docs)

This plan is inspired by and based on a similar document developed by Dr. Hollie Putnam (University of Rhode Island)

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