Thread by @drhammed

Important Tips for Undergraduate & Scholarship Applicants when choosing your Research Interest

This thread is to provide general tips on choosing research interest when emailing Profs and for your graduate school.

N.B- Based on personal opinion and by no means exhaustive.

1/n

1. If you're in Chemistry (& related courses)- Please don't change your course- We've seen over the past year that Chemistry is one of the most funded programs. So, contact Profs working on "Green Chemistry", "Drug Discovery", etc & you'd be good. @particular6 @arawusamuel

2/n

2. If you're in Public Health (& related)- like Ebola, for the next 10-15years, the world will be studying COVID19 (& other infectious diseases). In fact, any (good) proposal on this topic, at this time, will likely be funded- for obvious reasons. Contribute to this cause

3/n

So, please email Profs & focus on Epidemiology, global health & policy, etc. We have more problems in the world and we need more Scientist to design drugs and other treatments for us.

@AnumahABD

4/n

3. If you're in Biology, Wildlife, Forestry etc- You know we have a problem - Climate change. Focus on how you can contribute to this & incorporate digital tools into your work. Email Profs working in this line (species-climate change interaction). @matajson @Iam_MrPackagin
5/n

4. Geography, URP, etc- Our cities are often overcrowded and not well planned, leading to flooding, diseases, inequality, Land-use & Land cover loss, etc- These are pressing problems & focus on them (email Profs in this line)- apply GIS, remote sensing, etc
@Ijesha_canadian
6/n

5. Electrical, Computer Engineering- The world is moving, we're transforming. Focus more on Robotics, use of 5G, Machine learning, Artificial Intelligence, etc. More Profs are working in these areas and this is the right time to contribute- email them.

@Oludeewon

7/n

6. Physics- Focus more on drug design, quantum physics, laser, etc- relate your work towards health or environmental issues- They're pressing problems & receiving more funding.

7. Mathematics- Focus on Bayesian analysis, merge your work to solve environmental or health issue
8/n

8. Arts, Social Sciences- Relate your work to something pressing. Focus on Environmental & health Policy, Conflict resolution etc- These are receiving urgent attention & you get funding and opportunities post-graduation.

@Oluwanisoola @naylasaidd @JackieOwilli can add more
9/n

9. Agric (& related)- Food security, Food waste, malnutrition and resource economics are gaining more attention. Folks are interested in how some nations/people will be food insecure in future. Incorporate climate change, livelihood issue into your work and you'd be good.

10/n

Also, over here, most of your Profs work in the Geography dept, natural resource, please check them there. Most of them are jointly-appointed.

Goodluck.

If I forget your field, please drop them below and we shall offer tips, if possible.

11/11

@particular6 @Oludeewon @matajson @AnumahABD @Iam_MrPackagin @Ijesha_canadian @arawu_samuel @zainab__tiamiyu @NoahAluko @Beyond__Gender @AaronAkpuPhilip @AdeboyeSheyman @OgbeniDipo @FclNetwork @forum_isf @MICHAELSEGZY @olumuyiwaayo @Okafor_SC @KennyOnwukamike et al.