D-BSSE Research Plan
D-BSSE Guidelines for the Research PlanWriting a research plan should help you structure and plan your work and will also help you gain valuable experience in writing grant proposals.
Detailed guidelines for the research plan can be found here:
The Research Plan has to be submitted electronically to the coordinator 8 months after your matriculation at ETH.
Please follow the general structure of the research plan, use Arial 12pt font and single line spacing.
DO NOT change the template formatting.
DO NOTexceed a maximum length of 11 pages (including title page) – your plan will not be accepted if longer.
D-BSSE Research Plan
Basic Information
Signature
PhD Student / First name, surnameSupervisor / First name, surname
PhD Thesis Title / XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Date of submission
- Summary (max ½ page)
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- Introduction (min ½ page, max 1 page)
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- State-of-the-Art (max 1 page)
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- Goals of the Thesis (min1 page, max 2 pages)
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- Detailed Work Plan (min ½ page)
WP 1:
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WP 2:
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Risk assessment: (for all points include planned time requirements and risk assessment)
- Progress to Date (min1 page, max 2 pages)
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Time schedule:(change fill color of table cells to show planned timing)
Workpackage / Year 1 / Year 2 / Year 3 / Year 4(start: MM.YY) / (start: MM.YY) / (start: MM.YY) / (start: MM.YY)
Publication 1 (writing and submission)
Writing Thesis
- References (max 1 page)
1.Young, R.A., Control of the embryonic stem cell state. Cell, 2011.
2.Takahashi, K. et al, Induction of pluripotent stem cells from mouse embryonic and adult fibroblast cultures by defined factors. Cell, 2006.
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