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) refers to 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 facility employees (research associates) [6] 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.

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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. Coloumbia University Pre-Doc program
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