Hence, you generally will only need to show that you have the potential to master new research skills as proof of success and you won't necessarily need to develop a futuristic view of what research skills you'll use later.
Significantly fewer supervisors felt that learning how to write grants and obtain funding (36 percent), developing new research skills (35 percent), gaining a deep knowledge of a specific area of research (32 percent), and learning to manage or supervise others (23%) were among the top attributes important for a successful postdoc experience.
And in addition to learning new research skills, communicating your results, and making a discovery to solve a problem or answer a question, you have the opportunity to earn a recommendation letter to support future applications for graduate school and graduate fellowships.
One participant explained how she applied her new research skills in practice.
The DRT approach promotes research skills development through education, training, mentorship and opportunities to apply new research skills.
It is surprisingly good at developing "mental maps" of an area, a skill new research shows can grow stronger with use.
But while we tend to think that siblings teach one another conflict resolution and other interpersonal skills, new research says they are no better off socially than children without siblings.
Aided by technology, consumers learned new research, bargaining and bartering skills.
In the second year of the program, the program announcement was clarified, stressing the intent to fund applicants for both the acquisition of new skills and/or the application of existing skills to new research questions.
Ask yourself what new areas your research skills could fit, and expand your research horizons.
