Table of contents This book in one minute Introduction Student debt and mental health Who this book is for What this book is not Issues with academic funding Funding is noisy Funding is not fair Academics are weird about money Finding funding Scholarships, grants, and other types of funding Methods of finding funding Check funding acknowledgements Read colleagues’ CVs Ask around your network Search award lists, but only occasionally Micro-grants fund tiny projects Ask yourself: who benefits? Apply for grants meant for professors Everything else Internal university awards Department Ask for an entrance scholarship Check internal awards after accepting your offer University Supervisor Governmental awards Provincial Federal Student loans and bursaries Industry partnerships Mitacs Accelerate Finding an organisation Send a short email Discuss the potential partnership Brainstorm ideas Negotiate details Go to the decision maker Submit NSERC Alliance grant as an alternative Downsides of industry partnerships Conflicts of interest Choosing awards Estimating expected value Fit with the funder Stacking multiple awards at the same time Award multiple times Listing yourself as an applicant Useful feedback Awards that enable other awards Reusable work Apply anyway Red flags to avoid Common pitfalls Internal deadlines are before external ones Some departments cap or displace your funding Do not await nomination Wildcards: known unknowns Account creation may take time Reference letters need advance warning Hard copies may be required Canadian Common CV Give yourself (at least) a one-day buffer Do not assume that the instructions will make sense Promise nothing in advance Application writing Write for the evaluation Give your draft to a previous reviewer Nominate your own reviewers Share applications and copy structures Ask for more than you need Dealing with the decision Deciding whether to accept Declining awards gracefully Accepting an award After a rejection Success stories Social work PhD Psychiatry Master’s and PhD Conclusion Checklist Buy the book Updates This book in one minute →← Million Dollar PhD