Award applications

• What to include in a SSHRC fellowship application
  "It’s really quite cruel. You begin your graduate program in September and, by October, you are expected to produce a first-rate application for a prestigious Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) doctoral fellowship." See our SSHRC at-a-glance page.
  
• Is sympathy for certain topics influencing SSHRC doctoral awards?
  "Looking for SSHRC funding for your doctoral research? Results from the past decade tell us that your best bet is to study children or indigenous peoples. Stay away from women and ethics. And, although the environment is still popular, you wouldn’t be amiss if you took on the global recession."
• On Applying for a Fulbright
  "As I started looking into the process more deeply, I had a momentary sense of panic as I realized I should have started months before I did." See our Fulbright info page.
  

Grad Student Life

• Visiolibriphobia: Fear of Facebook
  "Call me crazy, but I am not on Facebook. That’s strange for somebody my age and stranger still for somebody who belongs to a group of writers here at UVenus who are masters at using social media."
• Are You Reading These 17 Science Blogs? You Should
  "I try to put together a balanced mix of blogs written for and by scientists. In this list we have blogs with tips for scientists, advice for PhD and graduate school students, blogs of science communicators, blogs with tools for scientists, and many others." (Tip: It's not just for scientists — there are quite a few on the list with more general advice for grad students, like the Three Month Thesis, Research Whisperer, and GradHacker.)
  

Writing the Thesis

• Top 10 tips for fast thesis writing
  "Only turn on the computer when you know exactly what you’re going to work on"
  
• How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Dissertation
  "In fact, there are days when I open documents on my computer and start to cry. I am, at times, filled with an overwhelming anxiety, and there are moments when even thinking about my dissertation makes me want to throw my computer out the window and join the circus."