Applying for multiple research scholarships....

[Yoyomama88]

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I'm a med student that's applying for research scholarships over the summer. Many of these programs request a student to develop a proposal with a specific PI of your choice.

My question is, will I be upsetting PIs, if I get multiple scholarships, and I have to pick just one. Should I worry about this or should I just apply to as many as I can manage because there are no guarantees.

Let me know your thoughts...

 

[Build]

apply to as many as you feel are worth your time and don't even worry about winning too many. your PI would love that problem! Good luck!

 

[Yoyomama88]

sorry, I should have been more clear.

Each scholarship requires a different potential PI. So in the end I need to pick one PI for the summer. So I can't pick one PI and apply for different scholarships under that same PI.

ex1 is a cardiology scholarship requires research under cardiologist ex2 is a cancer scholarship under an oncologist....

Both applications require the PI to write a proposal with me, the , but i can only pick one for the summer.

 

[n3xa]

sorry, I should have been more clear.

Each scholarship requires a different potential PI. So in the end I need to pick one PI for the summer. So I can't pick one PI and apply for different scholarships under that same PI.

ex1 is a cardiology scholarship requires research under cardiologist ex2 is a cancer scholarship under an oncologist....

Both applications require the PI to write a proposal with me, the , but i can only pick one for the summer.

I'm assuming you've done research with these PIs and/or have some sort of established relationship with them? If you didn't get these scholarships, would you still do research with them?

Just be clear about your intentions. I almost landed in some hot water in graduate school due to a miscommunication issue between myself and two PIs. I could see a PI getting a bit meh if he/she expected you to do research with them over the summer and you ended up somewhere else.

Personally I'd pick one. Good luck to you.

 

[Yoyomama88]

I don't have a previous relationship with the PIs. And I would consider doing research with them without the scholarships.

I just kind of wanted to throw out some options now, and then decide later. But I also don't want to lead certain labs on and waste their time. I'll just try to be as transparent as possible to avoid pissing people off 🙂