Predoctoral fellow

Europe (EU)

Across EU, typically a pre-doctoral fellow is somebody already registered in a PhD program at a host university to work together with a full professor in a certain topic of research.[1] Upon completion of the research work and other requirements (e.g. graduate courses/exams, see: all but dissertation), the pre-doctoral fellow can submit the thesis to the doctoral committee for review and upon passing the review is asked to defend the thesis in a public presentation for conferral of PhD degree.[2]

North America (USA/Canada)

In the USA a predoctoral fellow (pre-doc) is a researcher who has a master's degree (or equivalent university graduate education), but not a doctorate, but is enrolled in a preparatory program at university for admission to PhD (doctoral degree program) and often granted a stipend.[3][4][5] As the name implies, predoctoral fellows often use their time as a fellow to develop their skills and résumé before applying to graduate school for a doctoral degree. They differ from other research employees (research associates) [6] [7] [8] in that they primarily pursue research, rather than maintain the day-to-day function of a research facility, and may have external funding to support their research or educational activities, but typically are also reliant on the support of a research mentor whose lab they work in.

Predocs also refer to predoctoral (that is, before Ph.D.) research positions held at universities and research institutions as a transition, to doctoral studies. In recent times, for instance, the path to a PhD in Economics and Business often contemplates a period of research assistantship for faculty or researchers at universities and research institutions.[9] Such predoc research assistantship programs are available at many universities, business schools, and research institutions.[10]

References
  1. Doctoral Regulations for the Faculty of Engineering at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Part II §6
  2. General Doctoral Statutes of the Ruhr University Bochum
  3. New York University PhD | Pre-Doctoral Program
  4. California State University Pre-Doc Program
  5. Stanford Pre-Doc program
  6. Columbia University Pre-Doc program
  7. Research Staff Program at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business
  8. Research Associates Program at Harvard Business School
  9. PREDOC: Pathways to Research and Doctoral Careers
  10. PREDOC: Pathways to Research and Doctoral Careers
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