Grant..Grant...Grant..


If phd without a fund, it would burden a lot :p

my next target to submit the grants is under MOSTI Science Fund, where the due are such as below:

Please note that all MOSTI R&D Fund applications will be processed in the series of quarterly cycles. The 2014 MOSTI R&D fund application cycle is as scheduled: Cycle Due Date of submission to RMI Due Date of Submission to MOSTI* Date of Evaluation Date of Result Announcement 1/2014 23/03/2014 31 Mac 2014 1 April – 9 Jun 2014 10 Jun 2014 2/2014 22/06/2014 30 Jun 2014 1 Julai - 8 September 2014 9 September 2014 3/2014 21/09/2014 30 September 2014 1 Oktober - 9 Disember 2014 10 Disember 2014 4/2014 21/12/2014 31 Disember 2014 1 Januari 2015 – 11 Mac 2015 12 Mac 2015

* Only applications with completed documentation will be processed & evaluated in the cycle.
* Any application received after each deadline will be processed in the next cycle.

1. APPLICATION PROCESS
Note:
i) The application is via e-science system
ii) New applicant MUST register as a user before proceed to the application
iii) The applicant later will receive the password via email
iv) Click SAVE button and SUBMIT button once have completed the application
*Print out and submit to the respective faculty with the Internal Screening form for recommendation from faculty (PJI)

Application for ScienceFund must be made online through the website http://ernd.mosti.gov.my/eScience/frmLogin.aspx
 Please refer to the ScienceFund Guidelines and eScienceFund User Manual for further instructions.

2. APPLICATION SUBMISSION
Application can be submitted throughout the year.

Tips on How to manage time- PhD

Tips on How to manage time- PhD

 1. Tools for planning

As a PhD research project requires 4 years of time to plan.So planning is most important.

- The general overview
 Google Calender document which I titled "Roadmap to thesis defense", marking in which week I should be working on which chapter.

- To Do lists
I keep different lists: a list with research ideas, a list with deadlines, and monthly and weekly to dos. All these are saved in Word documents. Every Friday, I plan out the next week (and month, when the time is there). That precise moment also serves as a moment to reflect on my progress and to ask myself why or why not I met my goals for this week; a method inspired by the monthly progress monitor.

- Daily appointments
Rather old-fashioned, but I keep my day-to-day appointments in a paper-and-pen type of planner. (It's bound in red leather with a pattern of roses on it, if that explains why I can't switch to a digital version). I write down my most important task(s) for the day, and have all my appointments written down and planned. Also, I write down my To Do list for the evening at the very bottom of the day page. 

2. Tools for tracking

In the first months of my research, I was surprised to discover how much time was slipping away and how little net worth can be left of the 40 hours I'm supposed to have allotted for research. Therefore, I started tracking, and I discovered that -in the days when I was working on my experiments- I would easily spend an hour to go help a hand in the lab, or to arrange things or move around objectives in my planning. Also, I started tracking how I spend my time on the computer, confirming that I was not spending my time optimally. The tools I use for this are ManicTime and RescueTime. 


3. Tools for reminding

This part still needs some improvement. I keep an overview of paper deadlines in a simple Word file, and I write these down in my paper planner. If I need to remind myself of something small, I just place a reminder in my phone. Even though I don't really need reminders (I typically remember things naturally), I do think that improving this part of my system would free some space in my head.

This i got from internet..from PhD talk, very useful for someone who really want to manage their time properly for PhD works.hopefully it will help.

Tips on How to manage time - PhD

Must Do - To Do list


1. General research ideas
This is my little goldmine of research ideas, that might keep me busy for quite some time after I graduate, provided that I can stay in academics/research; or ideas that could work for a master's thesis. There's no timeline attached to these, I just keep this file as a source of ideas.

2. To Do list
This to do list consists of well-defined small projects that need to be done by a certain month or date. It includes for example the deadlines for conference papers which are a few months ahead, or the next few parameter studies I would like to carry out. 

3. To Do in Month X
Very clear: the list of what I need to get done this month. I subdivide it in a few categories, and try to be as realistic as possible.

4. To Do in Week Y
About a quarter of the contents of To Do in Month X goes into my To Do in Week Y. I then take my planner and write down per day what I should focus on: testing 1,2 on day 1, testing 3 on day 2 along with reading paper z and so on.