Daughter applied for a fellowship at her college to do Summer research at a land conservation trust here in CT. She got in touch with the environmental director at the trust and wrote a research proposal to investigate invasive species. She just heard that her proposal was one of the few that were selected from all the applications and will be funded by the college. I was so pleased to see her take this on and see it through all by herself. I am so proud of her! Also, she will stay at home over Summer while doing this instead of a stay-away internship. That is a plus.
What is this? Writing research proposal; applying for funding?!?! Is this a first step towards a career in academia?