Research Plan and Curriculum Vitae What to Take

Research Plan and Curriculum Vitae – What to Take into Account? Prof. Kaisa Miettinen kaisa. miettine@jyu. fi http: //www. mit. jyu. fi/miettine

Research Plan l l l l l Your name and affiliation (university) Topic, i. e. title of thesis (project) Background and motivation Objectives Methods Implementation Research environment Expected research results and their relevance List of references

Background and significance of the research and its position in the national and international research field l Possible previous activity pertaining to the scope of the topic l Short list of important publications from the point of view of the topic l

Objectives l l Objectives and goals of the research Should be l challenging l but still possible to realize Hypotheses

Methods Research methods to be used l Possibly: research material, including how the research material will be obtained l

Implementation Current status of Ph. D thesis l Timetable l Type of thesis (monograph or collection of articles) l Detailed justification for funding applied for l – Financial plan: other funding, grants applied for etc.

Research Environment l l Supervisors Possible members of the team – Links with other research carried out by the team l l Research environment National and international collaboration – Form of collaboration l l Research environment Possible description of research carried out abroad

Expected Research Results and their Relevance l l Expected research results and their scientific impact Applicability and feasibility of the research results Publishing of research results and raising their awareness among possible end-users and scientific community The activity for which funding is applied for must always be described clearly

Others l l Do not forget to mention status of doctoral studies Regarding research visits abroad the time and the program of the visit are to be given Regarding research work or researcher training abroad, the foreign research team is to be described Regarding international conferences, the time and place, the name of the conference, its topic, purpose, type and target group should be mentioned as well as why participation is necessary & estimated costs

Foundations l Read instructions carefully – Different foundations have different guidelines and they give funding for different purposes l Get recommendation letters in good time (if needed) – Research plan is needed for writing recommendation letter l l Viable sources for funding for conference trips and grants (full-time or supporting grants) Information (in Finnish) about different foundations and their deadlines is collected in Turun yliopiston tutkimuspalveluyksikön tutkimusrahoitustiedotus, see http: //www. utu. fi/hallinto/tutkimuspalvelut/turatiedotus. htm

Curriculum Vitae l l l Name Address (incl. email, telephone, fax, homepage) Personal (year of birth) Education (degrees, dates and universities, major subject) Present employment Most important posts and full-time positions – Remember starting and ending dates l Research interests – Memberships in societies l l l Scientific expert positions Most important scientific positions of trust Most important foreign visits Most important scientific acknowledgements and awards Appendix: publications and conference presentations

List of Publications l l l l Articles in international scientific journals with referee practice Articles in international compilation works and in international scientific conference proceedings with referee practice Articles in Finnish scientific journals with referee practice Articles in Finnish scientific compilation works and in Finnish scientific conference proceedings with referee practice Scientific monographs Other scientific publications, such as articles in scientific journals, and conference proceedings without referee practice, and publications in university and department series If you wish to mention submitted articles, indicate clearly so that they cannot be confused with real publications!!!