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St Aloysius (Deemed to be University) · Posted
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Background

I am a first-year PhD student in Chemical Engineering. My guide has asked me to apply for PMRF in the upcoming cycle.

I need to write the research proposal component (2 pages). My research is on biodegradable polymer membranes for water purification.

Questions:

  • What level of detail is expected in the technical approach section?
  • Should I include preliminary results even if they are from coursework projects?
  • How important is the societal impact section?
  • Is it okay to cite work from my own MTech thesis?

Any feedback from people who have successfully received PMRF would be invaluable.

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Ishaan Verma Growing 60 pts · Accepted answer

Strongly agree with the point about choosing venues carefully. One paper in NeurIPS > five papers in obscure workshops.

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Dinesh Kulkarni Distinguished 730 pts · Accepted answer

I found that writing a paper abstract first (before the paper) and then reverse-engineering the paper from the abstract helped with clarity enormously.

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Shiva Prasad Active 480 pts · Accepted answer

This question comes up a lot. The answer really depends on your specific field and what your committee values.

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Kiran Yadav Growing 130 pts · Accepted answer

For longitudinal data with missing values, mixed-effects models handle this more gracefully than imputation in most cases.

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Rohan Desai Distinguished 950 pts · Accepted answer

For Zotero vs BibTeX management, I moved to Zotero + Better BibTeX 3 years ago and have not looked back.

My workflow:

  1. Zotero browser connector captures papers instantly from ArXiv, Google Scholar, ACM DL, IEEE Xplore
  2. Better BibTeX generates a clean .bib file that auto-updates whenever I add a paper
  3. Overleaf directly pulls from the .bib file via Dropbox sync

One tip: create a Zotero collection per paper/project. When you export the .bib, export only that collection to keep it clean.

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Neha Agarwal Growing 90 pts · Accepted answer

CSIR-UGC NET preparation: past papers are the most important resource. Everything else is secondary.

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Ravi Patel Starting 25 pts · Accepted answer

Could you clarify what you mean by results-blind review? I have heard of it but never understood how it works in practice. Wouldn't reviewers need to see results to evaluate whether the methodology is sound?

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Karthik Rajan Growing 180 pts · Accepted answer

Much appreciated. I will restructure my proposal along these lines. The point about societal impact being substantive is something I would have gotten wrong.

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Rohan Desai Distinguished 950 pts · Accepted answer

If you are not already using a reading group format with your students, I would strongly recommend it. Forces everyone to articulate what they read.

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Chetan Jain Growing 100 pts · Accepted answer

Check whether your institution has a Springer/Elsevier waiver agreement.many NITs and IITs do.