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