Wow interesting story

Thanks again

It seems that the academic life is like this. And we need to live with it.

Thanks for the reply.

Just one thing here, my supervisor’s field is not related to my field in general. So even if writing under his name, the funding committee will check the publications and the background of the PI ! . But that is very weird and strange to find out that this is allowed in academic community! . In an ideal case, the student should keep his idea and apply for a postdoc fellowship rather than seeing his ideas and his PhD work submitted under different name.

Hi

I have an issue with my supervisor. I am in my fourth year PhD study and my supervisor wants me to write a funding application from my PhD topics in which he knows little about!. As a student, I am not allowed to be a PI or CI in the funding application because that is UKERC regulation is. They want a Uni staff. The supervisor therefore will be the PI along with a group of other collaborators as CI. The supervisor promised that if the funding is successful, I will be the RA of the project!

Obviously, it is me who will write the idea and the funding application so why I give that for free? Is this morally acceptable from the supervisor’s point of view?

He said that in all UK universities, this is the norm in which the supervisor takes the PhD student idea and apply for funding. Also said that the IP of a PhD student work belongs to the Uni and therefore the supervisor can write funding application from the student work without asking!
Anyone please faced similar issue?

Thanks

Hi

I have an issue with my supervisor. I am in my fourth year PhD study and my supervisor wants me to write a funding application from my PhD topics in which he knows little about!. As a student, I am not allowed to be a PI or CI in the funding application because that is UKERC regulation is. They want a Uni staff. The supervisor therefore will be the PI along with a group of other collaborators as CI. The supervisor promised that if the funding is successful, I will be the RA of the project!

Obviously, it is me who will write the idea and the funding application so why I give that for free? Is this morally acceptable from the supervisor’s point of view?

He said that in all UK universities, this is the norm in which the supervisor takes the PhD student idea and apply for funding. Also said that the IP of a PhD student work belongs to the Uni and therefore the supervisor can write funding application from the student work without asking!
Anyone please faced similar issue?

Thanks