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Lotte applies for a doctorate
Lotte's thesis on the trees in Berlin's parks raised more questions than it answered, and now she wants to spend three more years on them. Learn to write a research proposal - the research question, the method, the state of research - and to apply for a scholarship.
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Supervisor
Ihre Doktorarbeit soll also eine Lücke schließen - das gehört in den ersten Satz! Und der Forschungsstand?
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So your thesis is meant to fill a gap - that belongs in the very first sentence! And the state of research?
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Supervisor
Eine solche Fragestellung würde jede Stiftung gern fördern. Bewerben Sie sich doch um ein Stipendium!
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Any foundation would be glad to fund a question like that. Why not apply for a scholarship?
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Supervisor
Genau das macht eine gute Doktorandin aus. Ich bin gespannt auf Ihre wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse.
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That's exactly what makes a good doctoral student. I'm curious to see your scientific findings.
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Words and Phrases
- die Promotion doctorate
- die Doktorandin doctoral student
- der Doktorand doctoral student
- die Doktorarbeit doctoral thesis
- das Exposé research proposal
- die Forschungsfrage research question
- die Fragestellung research question
- der Forschungsstand state of research
- die Forschungslücke research gap
- die Methode method
- die Erkenntnis finding
- promovieren to do a doctorate
- erforschen to research
- fördern to fund
- empirisch empirical
- fundiert well-founded
- interdisziplinär interdisciplinary
- eine Lücke schließen to fill a gap
- das Stipendium scholarship
- die Forschung research
- wissenschaftlich academic
- die Betreuerin supervisor
- die Bewerbung application
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